The Abnormal Psychologist

The seemingly simple question of "what is a psychologist?" has a surprisingly complicated answer that this episode will attempt to wade through. 

This episode explores conceptualizations of childhood through human history (or at least up until the 20th century).  It explores what an infant is, how the word "family" is related to slavery, and why you might find baby Jesus with male-pattern-baldness in medieval art .

What better way to kick off Season 2 than by talking about number 2?  This episode explores encopresis and feces smearing (scatolia). 

This episode is the season finale for Season One of the Abnormal Psychologist.  In this episode, I discuss shortcomings of the DSM-5, especially as they relate to gender and cultural issues. 

This episode discusses Autism Spectrum Disorder.  I'm super excited about this one, as Autism is one of my passions. 

This episode covers what we colloquially call "addiction"-- including substance-related addictions, like alcohol use disorder, and non-substance related addictions, like gambling disorder.  Internet gaming disorder is also discussed. 

This episode discusses schizophrenia, and in doing so, explores the life of Dr. W.C. Minor, which involved murder, the branding of someone's face, and a penis amputation. 

This episode discusses the personality disorders of the DSM-5 and touches on Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and Dependent Personality Disorder. 

This episode covers feeding and eating disorders in the DSM-5, including Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa.

This episode discusses Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders, including Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Pyromania, and Kleptomania.