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215 - Anna Lembke: On Philosophy and Psychiatry

215 - Anna Lembke: On Philosophy and Psychiatry

Robinson's Podcast vor 2 Jahren

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Dr. Anna Lembke received her undergraduate degree in Humanities
from Yale University and her medical degree from Stanford
University. She is currently Professor and Medical Director of
Addiction Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
She is also Program Director of the Stanford Addiction Medicine
Fellowship, and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual
Diagnosis Clinic. This is Anna’s second time on the show. On
episode 117, she and Robinson discussed her latest, New York
Times bestselling book, Dopamine Nation (Dutton/Penguin Random
House, August 2021). In this episode, they discuss psychiatry and
some of its philosophical connections. Some of the topics they
cover include psychiatric phenomenology, eating disorders, the
patient-psychiatrist relationship, therapeutic modalities, moral
realism, the goals of therapy, and the upcoming Official Dopamine
Nation Workbook.

Dopamine Nation: https://a.co/d/0AJw6Je

The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook: https://a.co/d/0eVHKFc1

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

03:01 Meta-Commentary, Telehealth, and In-Person Psychiatry

13:50 Transference in Therapy

23:01 Moral Realism

33:45 Nietzsche and Veganism

42:43 Reductionism, Emotion, and Psychiatry

45:55 On Treating Eating Disorders

52:24 The DSM-V and Psychiatric Practice

01:00:00 The Relationship Between Science and Psychiatry

01:08:31 Robinson’s Speech Patterns

01:15:40 Medication Versus Therapy

01:23:07 Creative Pursuits and Therapy

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
with philosophers, scientists, and everyone in-between.