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Podcast: The DemystifySci Podcast
Episode: Inside the Mind of a Psychotic - Dr. Ragy Girgis, DemystifySci #410
Description: In this conversation, Columbia University psychiatrist Dr. Ragy Girgis joins DemystifySci to explore why psychological breakdowns appear to be rising in modern society. The discussion examines the limits of current mental health frameworks, the role of medication, and the importance of relationships and community in stabilizing people during periods of distress. The episode also looks at how social media and AI systems can unintentionally reinforce harmful patterns of thinking by mirroring users back to themselves. Together they ask whether the real crisis lies less in individual minds and more in the systemic cages enclosing them.<...