Shows
The Daily HereticDr. Raj Persaud - Celebrity Psychiatrist: The DARK Truth Why Celebs FAIL at Parenting👉 Subscribe now to Heretics Clips for fearless conversations the mainstream avoids: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos
Why do so many celebrities fail at parenting despite their fame, wealth, and influence? In this gripping interview, celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Raj Persaud exposes the disturbing psychological truths behind why famous figures often struggle to raise grounded, balanced children.
From David Tennant speaking publicly about his trans child, to high-profile scandals involving celebrity families, Persaud asks the tough questions: Are these decisions genuinely rooted in love and understanding — or is there a darke...
2026-01-0806 minThe Daily HereticCelebrity Psychiatrist Raj Persaud - Jimmy Savile & Huw Edwards: The BBC Created MONSTERS👉 Subscribe now to Heretics Clips for explosive, uncensored conversations the mainstream won’t touch: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos
The BBC was once considered the gold standard of broadcasting. But behind the polished exterior, did it create the perfect breeding ground for monsters like Jimmy Savile and Huw Edwards? In this shocking interview, celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Raj Persaud pulls back the curtain on the dark psychology of celebrity culture, institutional cover-ups, and the sinister patterns of behaviour hidden in plain sight.
Why do so many high-profile figures — from TV pres...
2025-12-0112 min
heretics.Celebrity Psychiatrist Explains Why So Many Psychopaths Work At BBC - Dr. Raj PersaudDr. Raj Persaud is a celebrity psychiatrist who today explains the Huw Edwards case as well as the reasons why so many celebs seem to be psychopaths or pedophiles.Support Heretics and get my writings: http://andrewgoldheretics.com See Raj: https://drrajpersaud.com/ Head on over to AwayTravel.com/heretics to see the new softside luggage from Away!And get The Psychology of Secrets here: https://amzn.to/4aqViT1 Andrew on X: https://twitter.com...
2024-08-191h 16
Depression Detox Show | Daily Inspirational Talks745 | Dr. Raj Persaud: "Incredibly Deliriously Happy."The returning speaker, author, executive coach, and consultant psychiatrist discuss happiness's last two pillars. Source: Is Deep and Meaningful Happiness Truly Possible?Connect with Dr. Raj Persaud: Website: Dr. Raj Persaud Instagram: rajendra0YouTube: Raj Persaud @drrajendra1963Book: Can't Get You Out of My HeadPrevious Episodes:580 | Dr. Raj Persaud: "Have The Right Balance Of Type 1 And Type 2."
2024-04-1907 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Statistics Expert who's helped two Nurses overturn their Serial Killer Convictions on AppealPsychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud talks in-depth to Professor Richard Gill - one of the key experts who has helped overturn two recent nurse serial killer convictions You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.c...
2023-09-121h 38
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsLucy Letby - the untold story from the key prosecution expert witness - Dr Dewi Evans talks to Dr Raj Persaud Psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud talks in-depth to Dr Dewi Evans - one of the key prosecution expert witnesses about the Lucy Letby case You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...
2023-09-051h 12
Depression Detox Show | Daily Inspirational Talks580 | Dr. Raj Persaud: "Have The Right Balance Of Type 1 And Type 2."How Many types of happiness are there? One. Two. Ten? Our newest featured speaker, author, executive coach and consultant psychiatrist dives deep into the social artifacts to unveil his findings. Source: Is Deep and Meaningful Happiness Truly Possible? Connect with Dr. Raj Persaud: Website: Dr. Raj Persaud https://drrajpersaud.com Instagram: rajendra0 YouTube: Raj Persaud @drrajendra1963 Book: Can't Get You Out of My Head Hosted by Malikee Josephs (Pronounced Muh leek Jo seffs) Give Me A Shout: Follow Me On Instagram @DepressionDetoxShow. Email me: mj@depressiondetoxshow.com Support The Show: Donate
2023-09-0113 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhich member of the UK Royal Family was most mad for sex? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Born in New Zealand, Anne f...
2023-02-071h 01
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsBest-selling author Johann Hari talks to Psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? All over the world, our a...
2023-02-071h 04
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsAlexandra Durnford Executive Coach talks to Dr Raj Persaud about coaching and personal change You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? A London-based executive coaching & mediation practice. ...
2022-12-0859 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsDiet and Fitness Guru Rosemary Conley talks to Dr Raj Persaud about the psychology of motivation You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Rosemary Conley CBE is one of...
2022-11-291h 01
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsJane Janse Van Rensburg Addictions Therapist talks to Dr Raj Persaud about why addicts become therapists You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Jane Janse Van Re...
2022-11-291h 00
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsRoxana Cardos Business Psychologist talks to psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud on the psychology of personal strengths You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Roxana is a Business Psychologist w...
2022-11-2954 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Psychology of Music with Rock Legend and Executive Coach Peter Cook You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Peter Cook helps you navigate u...
2022-11-291h 00
The FS Club PodcastDr Raj Persaud: Dealing With Difficult People At WorkFind out more about this event on our website: https://bit.ly/3ESrkva
Stress at work is something everyone talks about - in the press recently was even the idea that Clifford Chance the famous 'magic circle' Law firm was to appoint a well-being officer! But the problem with that idea is most stress at work boils down to dealing with difficult people. The difficult person may be a demanding or bullying or neglectful boss or a lazy co-worker etc etc. Difficulty comes in many forms, shapes and sizes. Maybe you are a manager struggling to get...
2022-10-1847 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Psychology of the Greatest Cad and Bounder Ever in the World - Dr Cosmo Duff-Gordon defends his ancestor - the first man to get off the Titanic You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Dr Cosmo Duff-Gordon is an e...
2022-08-181h 00
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsAn addictions counsellor explains the essence of personal changeYou can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Jane Janse van Rensburg is...
2022-08-181h 02
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsPsychology of the Professional Executive Who Starts to Drink Too Much You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Clare outwardly had everything anyone c...
2022-08-171h 01
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Serotonin Story - Depression Myth or Medical Miracle? Professor Joanna Moncrieff talks to Dr Raj Persaud You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Prof Joanna Moncrieff P...
2022-08-0943 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWho Really Saved Freud From Himself? Andrew Nagorski talks to psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Saving Freud The R...
2022-08-0243 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWill Robots Choose What Drugs We Take in the Future? Psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud talks to a pioneer of AI drug discovery You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Peter Richardson https://www.b...
2022-07-2159 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhat Does Luxury Treatment in Psychiatry Look Like - Raj Persaud lifts the veil on how the wealthy get psychological help You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? George Georgas, Business Development Manager, talks t...
2022-07-211h 00
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Reluctant Carer talks to Dr Raj Persaud'Incredible. One of those rare books that should be dispensed on prescription to every household.' - Lucy Easthope, author of When the Dust Settles 'Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound . . . like an existential soap opera - only with more laughs.' - Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan It was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your even older mum is now at home alone. The answer? Simple. Drop everything, go back and help. The reality? Not so straightforward. Suddenly, you’re a kid again, stranded in the...
2022-07-0842 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHow to stop worrying - Gwendoline Smith talks to Dr Raj PersaudGWENDOLINE SMITH - PSYCHOLOGIST, AUTHOR AND SPEAKER Trained as a clinical psychologist in the 1970’s, we were introduced to a bit of everything, sex therapy, behavioural therapy, couples therapy, working with phobias, depression, addictions and schizophrenia. The pallet of learning was extensive. As a combined result of my experience I specialise in: Depression Anxiety Work-related stress Worry Social anxiety PTSD I mostly work with adults and young adults. In today’s ‘urban jungle’, anxiety, in my opinion, prevails as the epidemic. The anxiety of the ‘Facebook’ world and brand advertising and social images of perfection, do take thei...
2022-05-171h 00
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Psychology of the Ukrainian Soldier - interview with a Psychologist who treats themDoes predicting the outcome of the war in Ukraine rest more on understanding the psychology of the Ukrainian soldier, than any other factor? Psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud is in conversation with Dmytro Assonov, MD, MSc Assistant professor at the department of medical psychology, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine Clinical psychologist at the Hospital for War Veterans "Forest Glade" of Ministry of Health of Ukraine. PhD thesis (currently writing) is related to the resilience of Ukrainian veterans. You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Go...
2022-03-2639 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsMental Health of Ukraine - A psychiatrist based there explainsThe photograph accompanying this podcast is of Orest Suvalo, a volunteer and a psychiatrist in #Ukraine, speaks with patients at a medical point set up above Lviv Central Station. A doctor and psychiatrist, Orest Suvalo, talks to Dr Raj Persaud about the mental health situation in Ukraine From The Guardian Newspaper ‘They draw bombs, tanks and wishes for peace’: Ukraine’s child mental health crisis Theatre workshops and art classes have sprung up to offer temporary respite from war as doctors warn of widespread trauma https://www.theguardian.com/global...
2022-03-2130 min
Tone up a Lot of Full Audiobooks in Self Development, Health & WellnessMental Vaccine for Covid-19: Coping With Corona - A Guide To Pandemic Psychology - Dr Raj Persaud FrpsychListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Mental Vaccine for Covid-19: Coping With Corona - A Guide To Pandemic PsychologyAuthor: Dr Raj Persaud FrpsychNarrator: Richard BurnipFormat: UnabridgedLength: 11:27:55Language: EnglishRelease date: 03-10-2022Publisher: Findaway VoicesGenres: Self Development, Health & WellnessSummary:For all the horrifying statistics of the number infected by COVID-19, multiply by a factor of 20 to approximate how many worldwide are suffering stress, depression, relationship breakdown and even suicide, as a direct consequence...
2022-03-1011h 27
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCan you achieve more Good Luck in your life? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? CONNECT THE DOTS THE A...
2022-02-2139 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhat Can Grief Teach Us About Ourselves? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Grief and Grieving a...
2022-02-0838 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCan you do therapy with no money? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? https://readinglist.click/sub/in-madness-stories-of-uncertainty-and-hope-sean-baumann-argues-for-a-more-inclusive-way-of-making-sense-of-mental-health/
2021-10-1347 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsDo we have free will? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument f...
2021-05-0551 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHow to Keep an Open Mind You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Richard Bett specializes in ancient G...
2021-04-1534 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Psychology Behind The Movie The Shawshank Redemption You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? I guess it comes down t...
2021-03-2630 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsMeghan Markle interview discussed by Associate Professor of Suicide Research Unit You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Thomas Niederkrotenthaler is as...
2021-03-1539 min
ProgressPureThe Psychology of Seduction and Romantic vs Pragmatic Love, with Dr Raj Persaud#36 Dating Series: In this episode of the Progress Pure Podcast, Molly is joined by renowned Dr Raj Persaud to discuss seduction, how to maximise your chances of finding the 'right' person, what factors contribute to the longevity of a relationship, the effects of dating apps in terms of how we try to seduce and the controversy around his TEDx talk.
Raj is a Consultant Psychiatrist who has worked as a Consultant at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley NHS hospitals in London and as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of L...
2021-02-141h 40
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs Life A Miracle Beyond The Ability Of Physics To Explain It? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? The Demon in the Machine
2020-10-2850 min
Head TalksHow to be authentically charming by Dr Raj PersaudHow to be authentically charming by Dr Raj Persaud by Head Talks
2020-10-1517 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsAre you ignorant about the pandemic? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? https://press.princeton.ed...
2020-09-0952 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHow To Think Like Shakespeare - Scott Newstok discusses his new book You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Scott Newstok teaches lite...
2020-08-1959 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCan your intellect save you from the pandemic? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? An invitation to readers from every w...
2020-07-0159 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsDid Politicians Not Understand Basic Maths When It Comes to Understanding Covid-19? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Welcome to the we...
2020-05-2939 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHave Historians Got It Completely Wrong Over How Pandemics Psychologically Impact People? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? The Flagellants Attempt to Repel t...
2020-05-1044 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsPsychology of Working Remotely From Home You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Isobel Heyman, BSc, MBBS, PhD, F...
2020-05-1041 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCovid-19 and Conspiracy Theory - Who To Believe In A Pandemic? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Covid-19 and Conspiracy Theory - W...
2020-04-3048 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs The Plague Of Athens, over 2000 years ago Relevant to Today's Pandemic? Plaster cast bust of Thucydides (in the Pushkin Museum) from a Roman copy (located at Holkham Hall) of an early fourth-century BC Greek original Born c. 460 BC[1] Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos) Died c. 400 BC (aged approximately 72) Athens Thucydides from Ancient Greece - perhaps the first Historian - gives a famous Account of the Plague of Athens from over 2000 years ago - Ancient Greek Literary Scholar Jenna Colclough explains to Dr Raj Persaud the relevance to today's pandemic using her thesis researched while she was at the University of Western Ontario. You can also l...
2020-04-2236 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Role of Leadership in the Pandemic Crisis - where are our Governments Going Wrong? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? In the Pandemic Crisis - w...
2020-04-1654 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHow To Cope With The Pointless Suffering Of The Pandemic You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? www.press.uchicago.ed...
2020-04-1655 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs There A 'Social Cure' for the Mental Health Impact of the Pandemic? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? New Book: The N...
2020-04-1442 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCan Economics Be Taught In One Lesson?You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-ra... Economics in Two Lessons: Why Markets Work So Well, and Why They Can Fail So...
2020-04-1434 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIn the middle of the Pandemic - can you get people to do anything you want? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Introduction quoted from:...
2020-04-1154 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsDoes 'The Plague' by Albert Camus prophecy the current Pandemic? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Re-reading Camus’s The Plague in...
2020-04-1048 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs There An Art To How To Drink Alcohol? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Professor Michael Fontaine discusses his n...
2020-04-1036 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsSurviving Trauma of Covid-19 You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Professor Jonathan Bisson is a p...
2020-04-0640 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsPsychology of Coping with Quarantine You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Psychology of Coping wi...
2020-03-3127 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsTyphoid Mary - the first confirmed 'super-spreader' in history? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? The Psychology of th...
2020-03-2452 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsPsychology of Pandemics - An Epidemic of Fear? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Did you know that research has fo...
2020-03-1240 min
The Weekend UniversityThe Psychology of Motivation – Dr Raj PersaudStrong motivation has to be part of any formula for achieving what you want in life. In this talk, Dr Raj Persaud will reveal the surprising science at the heart of motivation that can take you across the finishing line – no matter where that might be. To be compelled by a forceful drive is vital for a life worth living. It’s the key tool you need for achieving your goals. But beyond that, above all its material benefits, motivation is advantageous because at a spiritual or transcendent level, it brings real meaning to our lives.
However, motivation also has a da...
2020-02-161h 41
Unwind with Poppy Jamie13. The psychology behind seduction with Dr Raj PersaudOn today's show I am speaking to award winning consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster and best selling author Dr Raj Persaud! We dive into the psychology behind seduction and the research behind his book "Simply Irresistible: The Psychology of Seduction" and "How to Catch and Keep Your Perfect Partner". Dr Raj shares his views on happiness and science-backed advice for how to create the best setting for a successful date. I enjoyed our conversation as he busts myths, challenges strategy when it comes to dating and drops a few good quotes along the way too!A little bit...
2020-02-0937 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsDoes the Secret To Happiness Lie in a Maths Formula? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? The Calculus of Ha...
2019-12-0444 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsTHE INEQUALITY PARADOX You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? In his illuminating new book, Douglas Mc...
2019-11-2741 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? The Seven Deadly Sins of P...
2019-10-0148 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsSurgeon David Sellu talks to Raj Persaud about being wrongfully imprisoned for the death of a patient You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? from amazon.co.uk...
2019-09-051h 03
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHow to stop taking the drugs your doctor prescribed You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? David Taylor is Di...
2019-07-0422 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs Lithium the Penicillin of Mental Health? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? Prior to the Se...
2019-07-0457 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCan you control a tic? Professor Eileen Joyce one of the world's leading authorities on tics and tic disorders talks to Dr Raj Persaud about tics. Professor Joyce obtained her first degree, PhD and medical degree from the University of Cambridge. She trained in psychiatry at the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals and spent several years as a research worker at the Institute of Psychiatry, where she was a Wellcome Trust Lecturer in Mental Health, and the USA National Institutes of Health. Before moving to UCL/UCLH, she was Professor of Neuropsychiatry at Imperial College London. ...
2019-07-0323 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCan you get addicted to risk? Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones is a medical doctor and neuroscience researcher working as Consultant psychiatrist in Addictions. Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( OBE) in the 2019 New Year’s Honours for Services to Addiction Treatment and to Research. She was elected President of the Medical Women’s Federation in 2018 having been Vice President from 2014 to 2016 and President Elect 2016-2018. She is Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College and the past co-recipient of Medical Research Council grant...
2019-07-0344 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCould An Aphorism Change Your Life? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? A Theory of th...
2019-05-2940 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsTimefulness - Marcia Bjornerud talks to Dr Raj Persaud about her new book Marcia Bjornerud Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Geology Why an awareness of Earth’s temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survival Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet’s long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves. The passage of nine days, which is how long a drop of water typically stays in Earth’s atmosphere, is something we can easily grasp. But spans of hundreds of years—the time a molecule of carbon dioxide resides i...
2019-05-1637 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsDo you know how to navigate life? On Freedom Cass R. Sunstein From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means—and requires—today You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.googl...
2019-03-0526 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsDid Winston Churchill ever really suffer from Clinical Depression? Did Sir Winston Churchill suffer from the ‘black dog’? Anthony M Daniels, J Allister Vale First Published October 26, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076818808428 This article is in a series from the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine on Winston Churchill's illnesses Introduction In 1969, the psychiatrist Anthony Storr published an essay Churchill: the Man,1 reprinted in 1980 as the first chapter of his book, Churchill's Black Dog and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind.2 This essay established very firmly in the public imagination that Sir Winston Churchill (Figure 1) suffered throughout his life from recurrent attacks of seve...
2019-02-1343 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHow To Keep Your Cool - Timeless advice on anger management from Seneca You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? https://press.princeton.ed...
2019-02-1231 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhy are children now being prescribed anti-depressants more than any other drug? You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? from David Healy's bl...
2019-01-3141 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsProfessor Ed Bullmore discusses with Dr Raj Persaud his new book 'The Inflamed Mind'The Inflamed Mind A radical new approach to depression by Edward Bullmore You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.raj...
2019-01-2347 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsPsychology of Walls, Immigrants, Gated Communities and Rap MusicCharis E. Kubrin Professor of Criminology, Law and Society Ph.D., University of Washington You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... https://itunes.apple.com/us...
2019-01-2022 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Tyranny of Metrics The Tyranny of Metrics Jerry Z. Muller You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr...
2019-01-1553 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsGENETICS IN THE MADHOUSE - Raj Persaud talks to Theodore Porter about his new bookThe untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredity https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11242.html You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google Play Store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links. Don't forget to check out the bonus content button on the app.
2018-09-1749 min
The Royal College of Psychiatrists PodcastRaj Persaud Talks To David HumbertIs there hidden meaning to the use of violence in movies?
Dr Raj Persaud talks to Professor David Humbert about his new book on Violence in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock, and uses a depth psychological analysis to show that there are often hidden layers of meaning behind the use of violence in film. This analysis also helps us understand ourselves better and why we turn to anger and violence ourselves.
You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and Google play store entitled, Raj Persaud in conversation, which includes a lot of free information...
2018-07-2656 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhat is Violence in the Movies Really About?You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and google play store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223? David Humbert discusses with psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud his new book on Violence in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock and uses...
2018-05-1956 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Voices Within - Charles Fernyhough discusses hearing voices and inner speech with Dr Raj Persaud You can also listen to this interview on a free app on iTunes and google play store entitled 'Raj Persaud in conversation', which includes a lot of free information on the latest research findings in mental health, plus interviews with top experts from around the world. Download it free from these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223?mt=8 The Voices Within http://www.charlesfernyhough.com/tvw.html The Voi...
2018-05-1542 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhere There Is No Psychiatrist Interview with Dr Charlotte HanlonDr Charlotte Hanlon is a British psychiatrist who lives and works in Ethiopia, linked to Addis Ababa University and King’s College London. Dr Hanlon provides clinical supervision to psychiatric trainees working in general adult psychiatry in Ethiopia. She co-ordinates a PhD programme in mental health epidemiology at Addis Ababa University, from which 6 Ethiopian students have graduated and a further 20 students are enrolled. Her research interests focus on public mental health, women’s mental health, cultural validity of measurement, intervention studies and health service and system implementation research. She is research director for the Programme for Improving Mental health carE...
2018-04-1138 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsHow to spot a deluded person https://www.amazon.co.uk/Delusions-Understanding-understandable-Peter-McKenna-ebook/dp/B07314FDKD Delusions, in their many different manifestations, are central to the concepts of madness and psychosis. Yet what causes them remains in many ways a complete mystery. McKenna's Delusions is the first comprehensive attempt to tackle one of the most arresting phenomena in psychiatry: an in-depth and critical review of what delusions are, the forms they can take and how they might be explained from both psychological and biological perspectives. Delusions covers key topics such as the clinical features of delusions, the disorders they are seen in, other oddities...
2018-02-1255 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsCould you live to 120 years old? A new diet and research program suggests this is possibleCould you live to 120 years old? Is all disease just a manifestation of a more fundamental biological process referred to aging? Why do we get old and get sick? A revolutionary new approach to aging and disease is being pioneered by one of the foremost authorities on longevity Dr Valter Longo. Dr Raj Persaud interviews him about his latest research and new book. Professor Longo's research suggests that living to 120 is entirely possible and that the average human lifespan could end up being 110 if the right diet and lifestyle is followed. From https://www.penguin.co...
2018-02-0833 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs Human Progress Inevitable? You can also listen to this podcast using the free app 'Raj Persaud in Conversation' for Android and Apple mobile devices; the app gives you access to more interviews with world class experts plus more free information and bonus content on the latest cutting edge psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-help, social science and neuroscience then any other app and is available free from itunes app store and Google Play Store - click on these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223?mt=8 If you are having difficulty viewing...
2018-01-0646 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Psychology of The Whistleblower Press Release• Sat, November 04, 2017, 7:16 PM You can also listen to this podcast using the free app 'Raj Persaud in Conversation' for Android and Apple mobile devices; the app gives you access to more interviews with world class experts plus more free information and bonus content on the latest cutting edge psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-help, social science and neuroscience then any other app and is available free from itunes app store and Google Play Store - click on these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223?mt=8 If you are ha...
2018-01-045h 02
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs it Possible To Attain Any Goal You Desire? Sean Young's new book 'Stick With It' describes the science of personal changeYou can also listen to this podcast using the free app 'Raj Persaud in Conversation' for Android and Apple mobile devices; the app gives you access to more interviews with world class experts plus more free information and bonus content on the latest cutting edge psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-help, social science and neuroscience then any other app and is available free from itunes app store and Google Play Store - click on these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223?mt=8 If you are having difficulty viewing...
2017-12-2437 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhat Do Our Faces Reveal About Us? You can also listen to this podcast using the free app 'Raj Persaud in Conversation' for Android and Apple mobile devices; the app gives you access to more interviews with world class experts plus more free information and bonus content on the latest cutting edge psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-help, social science and neuroscience then any other app and is available free from itunes app store and Google Play Store - click on these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223?mt=8 If you are having difficulty viewing...
2017-12-2239 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs the secret to happiness revealed by Buddhism and Stocism?You can also listen to this podcast using the free app 'Raj Persaud in Conversation' for Android and Apple mobile devices; the app gives you access to more interviews with world class experts plus more free information and bonus content on the latest cutting edge psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-help, social science and neuroscience then any other app and is available free from itunes app store and Google Play Store - click on these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223?mt=8 If you are having difficulty viewing...
2017-12-2031 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsIs Your Soul A Machine? George Makari Talks to Raj Persaud about his new book You can also listen to this podcast using the free app 'Raj Persaud in Conversation' for Android and Apple mobile devices; the app gives you access to more interviews with world class experts plus more free information and bonus content on the latest cutting edge psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-help, social science and neuroscience then any other app and is available free from itunes app store and Google Play Store - click on these links https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rajpersaud.android.rajpersaud https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr-raj-persaud-in-conversation/id927466223?mt=8 Soul Machine THE INVENTION OF THE MOD...
2017-12-1632 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsAre you disenchanted with life? Professor Adrian Furnham discusses his latest book, 'Disenchantment' with Dr Raj Persaud FROM www.bloomsbury.com/uk/disenchantment-9781472949745/ About Disenchantment Workplace disenchantment can cause major issues for organisations – productivity decreases, employees can turn actively destructive and individual health and well-being can deteriorate. Most people start a job happy enough and determined to do a good job – if they are lucky, they have found a job which suits their skills and values. They may be eager, hopeful and willing to be engaged. So when and why do they become disenchanted and demotivated? In this new book, Adrian Furnham and Luke Treglown look at several theories into job s...
2017-12-1227 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsRaj Persaud talks to Prof Timothy Pytell about Viktor Frankl, possibly the second most famous psychiatrist of the 20th CenturyFirst published in 1946, Viktor Frankl’s memoir Man’s Search for Meaning remains one of the most influential books of the last century, selling over ten million copies worldwide and having been embraced by successive generations of readers captivated by its author’s philosophical journey in the wake of the Holocaust. This long-overdue reappraisal examines Frankl’s life and intellectual evolution anew, from his early immersion in Freudian and Adlerian theory to his development of the “third Viennese school” amid the National Socialist domination of professional psychotherapy. It teases out the fascinating contradictions and ambiguities surrounding his years in Nazi Europe, i...
2017-11-1629 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsAre You Getting Enough Sleep? Professor Russell Grant Foster talks to Dr Raj PersaudRussell Grant Foster, CBE, FRS FMedSci is a British professor of circadian neuroscience, the Director of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and the Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute. www.ox.ac.uk/research/research-in-conversation/healthy-body-healthy-mind/russell-foster 'Fundamentally, what I'm excited about and trying to understand is how the core mechanisms of sleep and 24-hour circadian rhythms are generated and regulated within the central nervous system, and then use this fundamental knowledge for translational studies – to inform therapeutic approaches that will improve the quality of life for individuals and their family across a bro...
2017-06-2727 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsSome surprising causes of mental illness - interview with Ardesheer Talati Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (Psychiatry) at Columbia University Medical CenterRaj Persaud talks to Ardesheer Talati. Ardesheer Talati’s research focuses on understanding long-term clinical, behavioral, and neurobiological problems in offspring that result from prenatal exposures. Two particular areas of interest are tobacco and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant exposures during pregnancy. Although the rates of smoking have decreased in the general population, about 5-10% of women smoke during pregnancy today. On the other hand, the rates of antidepressant medication use have been rising. When used in pregnancy, both nicotine and SSRIs cross the placental and the blood-brain barriers and thus can enter the developing fetal bra...
2016-11-2825 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhy are the children of depressed parents more likely to die earlier and from unnatural causes?Dr Raj Persaud talks to Professor Myrna Weissman about what happens to the children of depressed people HEADLINE FINDING OF THIS MAJOR NEW STUDY: There was increased mortality in the children whose parents had serious depression (5.5% compared with 2.5%) due to unnatural causes, with a nearly 8-year difference in the mean age at death (38.8 years compared with 46.5 years in the control group - children of parents without depression). From The American Journal of Psychiatry Volume 173, Issue 10, October 01, 2016, pp. 1024-1032 Offspring of Depressed Parents: 30 Years Later M...
2016-11-2720 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsEGO IS THE ENEMY - RYAN HOLIDAY IN CONVERSATION WITH RAJ PERSAUDEgo Is The Enemy is a new book published by best-selling author Ryan Holiday and is a philosophical exploration of difficulties we create for ourselves in life. Early in our careers, Ryan argues, ego impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, ego can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, ego magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. At every stage, ego holds us back. The book draws on a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. Using the stories of people like William T...
2016-07-1423 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Euthansia Program in Nazi-Psychiatry - Dr Michael Von Cranach talks to Dr Raj Persaud about German Psychiatry in the Nazi era.The “Euthanasia “ Program in Nazi-Psychiatry Dr Michael Von Cranach, an eminent German Psychiatrist, discusses with Dr Raj Persaud his research into the Nazi era, at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress, London, 27th of June 2016. More than 200000 psychiatric patients and handicapped persons where murdered in Germany between 1939 and 1945 by doctors and nurses. Alexander Mitscherlich, rapporteur of the Nuremberg Medical Trials wrote 1947, but published decades later,: ” Their atrocities were so unrestrained and at the same time organised with such technical bureaucratic coldness, malice and bloodthirstiness, that no one can read about it without feeling...
2016-06-2930 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsProf Frank Schneider discusses mass murder of psychiatric patients during World War 2Professor Frank Schneider, M.D., Ph.D. Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Aachen and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, also Past President of the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, talks to Dr Raj Persaud about the role of the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in the mass murder of psychiatric patients which occurred in Germany during the Second World War at the hands of Nazis and Nazi ideology. How was it that elite doctors and psychiatrists, caring and highly accomplished clinicians, could so rapidly be transformed into...
2016-06-2921 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsThe Quotable Jung - Tony Woolfson taks to Raj Persaud about the latest book on Carl Gustav Jung
TONY WOOLFSON, PH.D.
Editor The Philemon Foundation
From the Philemon Foundation website: philemonfoundation.org/about-philemon/about-the-foundation/
Tony was a university teacher of arts and humanities until he decided to accompany his partner, Judith Harris, to Zürich where she trained at the C. G. Jung Institute. While in Zürich, Tony undertook intensive study of depth psychology and religion both independently and through attending classes at the Institute. He taught at the Zürich Institute and continues to study, write, and teach in the area of psychology and religion. He col...
2016-02-1929 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhat's wrong with modern psychiatry?Hugh Middleton discusses his new book 'Psychiatry Reconsidered', with Dr Raj Persaud - his book is a n exciting critique of many of the serious problems with modern psychiatry, including fundamental questions he raises over issues such as diagnosis, treatment and the medical model.
Hugh Middleton is both an Associate Professor of the School of Sociology and Social Policy and an NHS Consultant Psychiatrist. Hugh qualified in medicine in 1974 (Cambridge and St George's), became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1976, completed an MD (Cambridge) in 1980, became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists...
2016-01-1438 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsElectro-Convulsive or 'Shock' Therapy - what is it like to revceive it?Dr Raj Persaud talks to a lady who received ECT or shock treatment after a prolonged and severe bout of depression. What is it like to be treated with this therapy? What kind of problems lead doctors to consider using it? Are there side-effects? In the long-run is it worth it? Does this treatment work? Is the reality of such a treatment anything like it's portrayal in Hollywood films? All these questions and more are tackled in this rare interview with someone who has actually received ECT.
Follow Dr Raj Persaud on Twitter: www.twitter.com...
2015-09-0225 min
Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcastsWhy do authors write fiction? Professor James Hynes discusses with Dr Raj PersaudFrom The Great Courses website:
http://www.thegreatcourses.co.uk/courses/writing-great-fiction-storytelling-tips-and-techniques.html
Whether you’re huddled around the campfire, composing an email to a friend, or sitting down to write a novel, storytelling is fundamental to human nature. But as any writer can tell you, the blank page can be daunting. It’s tough to know where to get started, what details to include in each scene, and how to move from the kernel of an idea to a completed manuscript.
Writing great fiction isn’t a gift re...
2015-08-0529 min