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The Checkup with Doctor Mike

The Lies Behind "Alternative Medicine" | Dr. Jonathan Stea

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

DM Operations Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

Buy Dr. Jonathan Stea's new book "Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry, here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/727047/mind-the-science-by-jonathan-n-stea-phd/9781039008236

Follow Dr. Jonathan Stea on X/Twitter here: https://x.com/jonathanstea?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor


His website: http://www.JonathanStea.com


Executive Producer and Host: Doctor Mike Varshavski

Produced by Dan Owens and Sam Bowers

Art by Caroline Weigum


00:00 Intro 01:16 Where Misinformation Comes From 26:30 Is There Any Value In Alternative Medicine? 31:37 A Gap In My Knowledge 35:23 Worst Therapy He’s Seen 45:10 Dr. K / Unethical Treatments 48:00 Cannabis 55:33 Anecdotal Evidence 1:06:16 Is It Our Fault? / TikTok 1:12:52 Acupuncture 1:19:52 Prescribing Habits / Adderall 1:23:46 Is Mental Health “Weakness”? / Andrew Tate / Elon Musk 1:36:55 Life Coaches 1:47:00 Family Medicine Doctors Treating Mental Health 1:55:40 Biggest Misconceptions About Mental Health

Transcript

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0:00.0

Is the world of psychologists, psychiatrists struggling these days with the rise of influencers saying things like?

0:09.2

I believe that feeling depressed is real. I don't believe depression as a clinical disease is real. Is it

0:15.0

making difficult for you to take care of your patients? Yes. Why? He's tweeting

0:19.7

him hundreds of millions of people that depression doesn't exist.

0:23.0

You're lazy and you're weak.

0:25.6

More people here that mental illness doesn't exist.

0:28.8

More people are to believe it.

0:30.0

Dr Jonathan Staya is a fulltime practicing clinical psychologist and an adjunct assistant professor

0:36.4

in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary.

0:40.1

He has become popular on Twitter for his efforts in combating misinformation and debunking quackery.

0:45.7

In his new book, Mind the Science, he uncovers how alternative medicine grifters

0:50.7

are able to trick you into skipping out on proven treatments and

0:54.3

instead pursue completely bogus wellness hacks including buying expensive

0:59.1

supplements and weird tech. I'm extremely excited to chat and ask him some hard questions

1:04.4

on why so many fall victim to these schemes, how we can fight back against snake oil

1:09.7

salesman, and most importantly, if there's any truth in alternative medicine that might

1:14.7

actually be helpful.

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