Conceptualising mental disorders: why psychiatry needs more than one lens
Update: 2025-12-01
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What does it mean to call something a “mental disorder”? Are biological explanations enough? In this episode, psychiatrist and philosopher of psychiatry Awais Aftab, USA, joins host Stefan Jerotic, Serbia, to unpack competing models of mental illness, the value of explanatory pluralism, how patient perspectives reshape psychiatric understanding and how conceptual clarity can make psychiatry more humane and scientifically grounded.
Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the official position of ECNP. The content of this podcast should not be used in any way as the basis for treatment decisions.
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