Sep 20, 2014
How do you know when you are being irrational?
Raj Persaud in conversation with Lisa Bortolotti a Professor of Philosophy interested in delusions and irrationality. Are delusions really that different from other commonly held beliefs? If this is the case then this is a fundamental challenge to psychiatry, as delusions...
Sep 17, 2014
Controversy continues over how Alan Turing died and why it matters
Raj Persaud in conversation with Michael Ferguson discussing the death of Alan Turing
Michael Ferguson lives in San Francisco and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Homosexuality and he does book reviews on a variety of topics having to do...
Sep 16, 2014
Did Tolstoy have a special understanding of depression?
Raj Persaud in conversation with Professor Jeremy Holmes. Jeremy Holmes is a psychiatrist and Professor of psychotherapy at the University of Exeter. He is best known for his work in Attachment Theory and its applications to psychotherapy and psychiatry. He...
Sep 14, 2014
A young woman who suffered one of the most traumatic experiences of all for anybody talks to Dr Raj Persaud.
Raj
Persaud in conversation with Victoria,
who suffered bipolar illness, sexual assault, self-harm and suicide
attempts.
Victoria (not
her real name) was a victim of a serious sexual assault who
developed...
Sep 13, 2014
How to get a good nights sleep without pills?
Dr Raj Persaud in conversation with Dr Jeremy Beider. Problems sleeping are one of the commonest difficulties that doctors in the UK deal with - possibly leading to massive over-prescribing of hypnotic drugs which can be highly addictive. What are the non-pharmacological...