Guest Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD, a leading psychiatrist, discusses how he feels that Mental health care in America has become nothing short of atrocious. It seems obvious that the system is broken, but the tragic truth is that it is actually functioning exactly as intended, providing reliably enormous profits for the corporate entities who now manage mental healthcare.

Two Canadian researchers are beginning to unlock the secrets of how the foods you eat can affect things like anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions.

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Protocol for the clinical trial: https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-023-01414-y

For the first episode of Psyched for Mental Health's second season we dive deep into the intriguing question, can artificial intelligence replace psychotherapists?

With rapid advancements in AI, and its increasing integration into various aspects of our lives, the possibility of it playing a role in mental health support is becoming a subject of great interest. Host Dr. Ed Bilotti speaks with with Dr. Diego Pinochet who has a a PhD in Computational Design from MIT, Smriti Joshi, a clinical psychologist, member of the board of directors, and chief psychologist for Wysa, a company pioneering the delivery of mental halth care using AI applications, and Professor Alastair Van Heerden. the research director of Human and Social Development Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria, South Africa. As we watch the evolution of AI right before our eyes, what are the potential benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI in psychotherapy?