#191 Today's guest is Hans Schroder— a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan who currently researches beliefs and messages about mental health and their impacts. As a licensed clinical psychologist, he provides psychotherapy and exposure-based therapies to individuals and groups with anxiety and depressive disorders. In this episode, we discuss:

+ Popular beliefs about why people are depressed & why they're not always accurate

+ Medication as a popular treatment for depression compared to talk therapy

+ Pros and cons of endorsing the "chemical imbalance theory" behind depression

+ How believing that your depression is caused by biology affects your recovery

+ The best way to think about your depression, according to psychology

+ What your depression is actually trying to tell you

+ How depression was diagnosed in the past & problems with the current diagnostic criteria for depression

+ What happens when people strongly identify with their mental health condition

+ Effective ways that high schoolers & college students can view their depression

+ Positive changes in how Gen Z talks about mental health compared to previous generations

+ Ways to validate your loved one's mental health struggles

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+ Hans' Google Scholar page

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