PsyDactic
A resource for psychiatrists and other medical or behavioral health professionals interested in exploring the neuroscientific basis of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, and other psychiatric interventions, as well as discussions of pseudoscience, Bayesian reasoning, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and human psychology in general.
This podcast is not medical advice. It strives to be science communication. Dr. O'Leary is a skeptical thinker who often questions what we think we know. He hopes to open more conversations about what we don't know we don't know.
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Latest Episodes
Not Buddhism and Not Science
Dr. O'Leary provides a critical analysis of increasingly popular claims that modern neuroscience confirms the teaching of Buddhist philosophy, and questions whether many of these claims are even consistent with Buddhist teaching. He also ...
Consciousness Undefined
Why do conversations so rarely begin with the phrase, "We need to undefine our terms"? In this episode of PsyDactic, host Dr. T. Ryan O'Leary challenges us to do exactly that with one of the most elusive concepts in science, psychology, and neu...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a Syndrome, not a Primary Disorder
Dr. O'Leary discusses his critical perspective on Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and argues that ODD is not a primary diagnosis but rather a risk syndrome, a set of symptoms (defiance, irritability, and vindictive...
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