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What Modern Psychiatry Gets Wrong About Addiction and Depression - Dr. Rodrigo Nardi, MD
Dr. Rodrigo Nardi, MD, joins Andrew Heacock on The Lucid Interval to challenge the foundational dogmas of modern psychiatry. Drawing from psychology, medicine, and evolutionary theory, Dr. Nardi explains why treating mental suffering as a pure "chemical imbalance" misses the mark—and why depression, anxiety, and boredom are vital biological signals rather than defective brain diseases.
In this deep, wide-ranging discussion, Andrew and Dr. Nardi explore the profound implications of Bruce Alexander’s Rat Park experiment, the psychological price of modern isolation, the reality of drug tolerance…
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