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The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth

Author: Dr. Alex Curmi MD

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"If you are interested in your mind, emotions, sense of self, and understanding of others, this show is brilliant."


Learn something new about the mind every week - With in-depth conversations at the intersection of psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-development, spirituality and the philosophy of mental health. 


Featuring experts from around the world, leading clinicians and academics, published authors, and people with lived experience, we aim to make complex ideas in the mental health space accessible and engaging. 


This podcast is designed for a broad audience including professionals, those who suffer with mental health difficulties, more common psychological problems, or those who just want to learn more about themselves and others. 


Hosted by psychiatrists Dr. Alex Curmi, Dr. Anya Borissova & Dr. Rosy Blunstone.


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"Every episode is enlightening, the approach, conversations and depth of information is deeply enriching. So refreshing to hear practitioners with this level of insight into human behaviour. Thank you for the work and for sharing."


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Disclaimer: None of the information in the podcast is intended as medical advice for any one invididual. 


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What happens when a psychiatrist has to put his own advice about facing fear into practice? In this episode, Dr Alex joins Dr Rosy Blunstone, a psychiatry and psychotherapy registrar, to discuss his experience of trying stand-up comedy for the first time. From anxious rehearsals to jokes that didn’t land, Alex shares what helped him handle self-doubt, embarrassment and the vulnerability of being a beginner. Together, they explore: • Responding to the inner critic • Focusing on the proce...
What can Netflix's Matthew Perry documentary teach us about the psychology of addiction? Matthew Perry achieved extraordinary fame and success, yet continued to struggle with addiction throughout his life. His story raises important questions about why some people become addicted to drugs and alcohol, and why success, wealth and recognition don't necessarily resolve deeper psychological difficulties. In this episode, psychiatrist Dr Alex explores some of the psychological lessons from Matth...
What happens when ordinary people are handed power over others, and how do they respond when that power is taken away? Do you have an inner monster waiting to be unleashed? In this episode, psychiatrist Dr Alex examines Netflix’s The New Stanford Prison Experiment, exploring what the controversial reality series can and cannot—tell us about human nature. Dr Alex discusses how leaders emerge, how people gain status and why having authority doesn’t automatically earn respect. He also consider...
A major new government review has been published into mental health, ADHD and autism. Some headlines have framed it as a warning about ADHD and autism being overdiagnosed, but is that really what the report says? In this episode, Dr Alex looks at the executive summary of the review and explains why the findings are more complicated than some of the coverage suggests. Dr Alex discusses the report’s concerns about underdiagnosis, misdiagnosis and overdiagnosis, the difference between having t...
We talk constantly about “mental health”, but do we actually know what it is? Psychiatry is very good at defining mental disorders: depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, anxiety and many others. But that raises a more fundamental question: what does a mentally healthy person actually look like? In this episode, Dr Alex is joined by philosopher and psychotherapist John T. Maier, author of the forthcoming book The Minds We Want: A Theory of Mental Health. They discuss whether mental health is...
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