Dr. Ronald Kessler is the McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. His groundbreaking work on the social determinants of mental health, studied from an epidemiological perspective, has made him the most widely cited psychiatric researcher in the world. In this wide-ranging conversation, he talks about precision psychiatry's e ... Show More
Feb 2026
Closing the Revolving Door of Severe Mental Illness
Bipin Subedi, MD, explores how health systems can better care for patients with severe mental illness who cycle between hospitals, homelessness, addiction, and the justice system. He argues that acute inpatient treatment, while essential, is rarely sufficient on its own. Preventi ... Show More
23m 41s
Feb 2026
The Neuropsychiatry of Complex Brain Injury Care
Lindsey Gurin, MD, discusses how clinicians can approach patients whose symptoms fall at the intersection of psychiatry and neurology. Drawing on her work with traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and persistent post-concussive symptoms, she explains why attempts to separate psychologic ... Show More
18m 11s
May 2025
Essentials: Understanding & Healing the Mind | Dr. Karl Deisseroth
In this episode of Huberman Lab Essentials, my guest is Dr. Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., a clinical psychiatrist and professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. We discuss his experiences as a clinician treating complex psychiatr ... Show More
44 m
Oct 2025
Dr K: The Truth About Incels, "Low Value" Men, & Why You Can't Get A Girlfriend
Dr. K is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, co-founder of Healthy Gamer, and the world's leading expert on modern mental health issues. Check out more from Dr.K on the HealthyGamerGG Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6VaJwyS2KXxiXqR77jqzmP?si=2fbfbaece86441a4 00:00 Intro 01:44 D ... Show More
1h 47m
May 2025
How Ketamine is Changing Depression Treatment – Dr. John Krystal Explains
Dr. John Krystal, a leading psychiatrist and neuroscientist, explains how ketamine works in the brain, why it’s revolutionizing depression treatment, and what the future holds for psychedelic-assisted therapy. His journey to discovering the revolutionary benefits of Ketamine trea ... Show More
20m 37s
Jun 2021
Understanding & Healing the Mind | Dr. Karl Deisseroth
Dr. Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, is a clinical psychiatrist and scientist who directs a bioengineering research laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine. His work aims to understand and develop treatments for disorders of the mind such as depression, attention deficit di ... Show More
2 h
Oct 2025
The State of Mental Illness in 2025
In this special World Mental Health Day stream, Dr. K explores why mental illness continues to rise even as awareness, therapy, and neuroscience have advanced. He connects the dots between modern lifestyles, constant stimulation, and a growing disconnection from the body. Using i ... Show More
2h 41m
Mar 2023
"The Problem with Clinical Trials" with Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D. - s1, e10
<p>Jonathan Shedler, Phd is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and faculty member at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. He is author of numerous scientific and scholarly articles, and his article The Efficacy of Psyc ... Show More
1h 5m
May 2024
Enhancing Global Mental Health Care With Digital Tools and AI for Scalable Interventions
<p>Can AI/machine learning-driven digital phenotyping facilitate global personalized medicine? In this Q&A, Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD, the Paul Farmer Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Ki ... Show More
35m 50s