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    Psychiatrist with philosophical interests. My first book “Conversations in Critical Psychiatry” (OUP, 2024) is an edited collection of interviews.

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    hot dog eater. diagnosed with Trouble In Michigan

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    Psychiatry, and many things adjacent to it

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    I'm a psychodynamically trained therapist here to talk about psychoanalysis, life, grief, love and everything in between. I'm not an expert, just have a lot of opinions. Still learning.

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    Professor at the University of Southern California. I study the neurobiology of parenthood & wrote the book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How it Shapes Men's Lives.

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    Associate Professor in the School of Social Work & affiliate psychiatry faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.

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