For years, it has been conventional wisdom that depression can be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Conventional wisdom in the general public – but not among psychiatrists who have long known this is not necessarily the case. We speak to Dr. Joel Paris about the persistence of this myth, and the value of increasing funding for therapy in addition to – and on occasion in place of – medication.
Dr. Lori Brotto is the author of the 2018 book ‘Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire’. This year she published a companion piece, a workbook that provides strategies that women (and men!) can use. Kathryn and Eric speak with Dr. Brotto about the new workbook, sex in relationships, and how the stigma around sex research has changed over the past few decades.
Dr. Anastasia Jane Gibson is a transgender psychologist and musician in Brandon, Manitoba. We discuss the fear-mongering that is endangering the gender diverse community in the leadup to Transgender Day of Visibility March 31st. We also talk music and performing in semi-rural Manitoba.
This is a discussion we had earlier this year with Dr. Andrew Kim and Dr. Nassim Tabri about the psychology of addiction. It was part of our Psychology Month campaign, highlighting the work of the CPA’s Addiction Psychology section.
A huge international study of heterosexual male-female couples looked at whether one partner or the other had a better sense of where their relationship was headed. There was no difference between men and women when it came to measuring relationship satisfaction, busting the myth of the well-worn cliché ‘happy wife happy life’. Dr. Cheryl Harasymchuk joins us to talk about the study and the article she wrote about it in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/happy-wife-happy-life-a-harmonious-relationship-is-the-responsibility-of-both-partners-191288
In surveying Canadian residents who have accessed mental health services in the past year, the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) found that the provinces received a collective grade of “D” in providing access to mental health professionals. See the news release and survey results.
The CPA was recently invited to appear before the Senate Sub-Committee on Veterans Affairs to discuss emerging treatment options for Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police veterans’ suffering from occupational stress injuries. Read our opening remarks.
