Awais Aftab: From Pakistan to the US, Embracing Pluralism in Psychiatry

In this episode, my guest was Prof. Awais Aftab, a psychiatrist in Ohio and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include philosophy of psychiatry, psychiatric classification, history of psychiatry. We talked about his journey from Pakistan to the US as a psychiatrist, how his interest in philosophy of psychiatry developed, his efforts to improve psychiatry training, and much more! Beyond his clinical and academic work, he recently published a book "Conversations in Critical Psychiatry" and runs a very active blog Psychiatry at the Margins . Truly inspiring! Be sure to check them out if you're interested in the vast and complex landscape of psychopathology.