The Late Psych Show: Desi Edition

The Late Psych Show

Is therapy a Western fad? Is there more to psychogy than Freud's couch and Skinner's lab? Grab a cup of coffee and join Yashpreet and Rasika as they explore the realities of mental health in India, from government hospitals to YouTube channels, and from research labs to places of worship.

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  1. 10/09/2024

    Ep. 1: Textbooks, Healers and Ancient Chaos

    Welcome! It’s the first episode of The Late Psych Show: Desi Edition. Do you ever wonder how psychology took roots in India? Was it imported from the West on a cargo ship, or whitewashed like much of our history? Put on your thinking cap, and join us on a fascinating tour of psychology and mental health in India. Feel free to say hi to Buddha, sing with Sufi saints, and shake hands with Greek philosophers along the way! Here are some references and reading suggestions! History of psychiatry in India: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146221/ A reference book on Indian Psychology https://drive.google.com/file/d/19o8fzg4nCTZozejQYpVK-Ytsrwhqy91Y/view?usp=sharing “Regimental therapy” in Unani medicine (interestingly, they also follow some practices like blood letting, which have been long discarded as ineffective in the mainstream medical community) https://ccrum.res.in/Home/Regimental?mid=1448 Psychiatry in Siddha system https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v6MBESpCq7DyACfWzGnw523XgvzjghF7/view?usp=sharing Psychiatry in Ayurveda https://doi.org/10.4103%2F0019-5545.105556 What is erotomania? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359441/ Mental health treatment in the Middle Ages in the West https://courses.lumenlearning.com/waymaker-psychology/chapter/mental-health-treatment-past-and-present/ Bloodletting and other treatments for mental illness in the past https://public.websites.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/madness/cures.html Franz Mesmer and his ‘Mesmerism’ https://psychcentral.com/blog/psychologys-history-of-being-mesmerized#2

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Is therapy a Western fad? Is there more to psychogy than Freud's couch and Skinner's lab? Grab a cup of coffee and join Yashpreet and Rasika as they explore the realities of mental health in India, from government hospitals to YouTube channels, and from research labs to places of worship.