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What convinced me that Kraepelin was right and DSM is wrong
About manic-depressive illness versus "major depressive disorder"
Jan 14
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Nassir Ghaemi
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Psychiatry as it was, is, and should be
An interview with Chilean-German psychiatrist Otto Dorr
Dec 27, 2025
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Nassir Ghaemi
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New lithium mini course
Begins tomorrow
Dec 4, 2025
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Nassir Ghaemi
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What is mental illness, disease, "disorder"?
DSM wrongly focuses on distress and functional impairment
Dec 1, 2025
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Nassir Ghaemi
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Lithium: The safest psychiatric drug?
Yes
Oct 20, 2025
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Nassir Ghaemi
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Lithium: The most effective psychiatric drug
All clinicians should be willing to use it, including outside of bipolar illness
Sep 24, 2025
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Nassir Ghaemi
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Mixed states: Why depression and mania aren't important
Usually they're mixed so you can't distinguish them, and it doesn't matter
Sep 2, 2025
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Nassir Ghaemi
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Why drug mechanisms (mostly) don't matter
My recent podcast
Aug 25, 2025
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Nassir Ghaemi
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