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Jonah Davids: The Mental Disorder and Therapeutic Order
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Jonah Davids: The Mental Disorder and Therapeutic Order

Plus Toronto Talent, Canadian Conservatism, Loneliness, and Coordination Problems
Brian Chau
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Jonah Davids
Aug 21, 2023
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Mental Disorder

The science and politics of mental health
By Jonah Davids

https://twitter.com/jonahdavids1

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Mental Disorder
Loneliness Isn't a Public Health Problem
Loneliness in America is now being treated as a public health crisis. In 2021, 58% of Americans said they felt lonely, with younger adults twice as likely to feel lonely as seniors. 49% of Americans have fewer than three close friends, 12% have no close friends at all, and 45% say they don’t feel a sense of belonging to…
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a year ago · 14 likes · 3 comments · Jonah Davids
Mental Disorder
Ives Parr - Embryo Selection for Mental Health
Listen now (70 mins) | Ives Parr is an independent scholar known for his work on the science and ethics of genetic enhancement. For the first episode of the Mental Disorder podcast, I invited him on to talk about how polygenic screening and embryo selection could be used to prevent or reduce the risk of mental illness. Ives and I discuss whether there are tradeoffs between me…
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9 months ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · Jonah Davids and Ives Parr

https://www.amazon.ca/iGen-Super-Connected-Rebellious-Happy-Adulthood/dp/1501151983

https://www.amazon.com/Generations-Differences-Millennials-Silents_and-Americas/dp/1982181613/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1692303420&refinements=p_27%3AJean+Twenge&s=books&sr=1-1

https://twitter.com/psychosort/status/1684407652523155456?s=20

Timestamps:

01:15 Toronto

39:00 Mental Illness

1:29:00 Loneliness and Economic Models

1:51:00 Therapeutic Culture

2:08:00 Social Anxiety

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