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The Connection with Marty Moss-CoaneRedefining normal: autism, stigma and cultureAnthropologist Roy Richard Grinker comes from a long line of psychiatrists—his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather—all of whom believed that everyone has some degree of mental illness.
Grinker’s book, Nobody’s Normal, explores the shifting history of stigma and acceptance toward people who are perceived as different. He writes about his daughter, who was diagnosed with autism in the 1990s, a time when the condition was still considered rare.
In a recent piece for The New York Times, Grinker criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy and President Trump for describing autism as a tragic...
2025-10-1050 min
The Next Big Idea DailyNobody's NormalTo close out the week, here are five key insights from Roy Richard Grinker's book Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness.
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2025-06-2018 min
THE DEEP COVER SHOW with Damien DynanTHE DEEP COVER SHOW with DAMIEN DYNAN : TUESDAY APRIL 8TH 2025THE DEEP COVER SHOW with DAMIEN DYNAN: TUESDAY APRIL 8TH 2025Tonight – Naltrexone - The Pill that can fix a Drinking Problem with Annabel Fenwick Elliott...&NOBODY'S NORMAL, How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness with Roy Richard Grinker...Up on our Eyes & Movies & TV - Johnny Richardson joins me to review - DEATH OF A UNICORN Cinema 2025 & RESTLESS Cinema 2025 & Adolescence NETFLIX 2025Also Radio Veteran from Toronto Patrick Malkin & Author Bill O Riordan live on the What if, the Why Not & the What for? Forum...The...
2025-04-082h 03
Stick to Shorts: A Classic Cartoons PodcastIntroduction | Porky in Wackyland (1938)Welcome to Stick to Shorts!
Most of this first episode is introductory table-setting to give you a sense of what you're in for and what cartoons you can expect us to talk about. You’ll hear a little bit about classic cartoon distribution, the academic response to a cartoon crisis, the history of the Looney Tunes style, and why it’s kind of impossible to make a good podcast about classic animated shorts.
All in all, you’ll learn why it’s important to talk about these cartoons as films and as historical works.
Then...
2025-03-311h 28Stick to Shorts: A Classic Cartoons PodcastIntroduction | Porky in Wackyland (1938)Welcome to Stick to Shorts!
Most of this first episode is introductory table-setting to give you a sense of what you're in for and what cartoons you can expect us to talk about. You’ll hear a little bit about classic cartoon distribution, the academic response to a cartoon crisis, the history of the Looney Tunes style, and why it’s kind of impossible to make a good podcast about classic animated shorts.
All in all, you’ll learn why it’s important to talk about these cartoons as films and as historical works.
Then...
2025-03-311h 28
Spectrum SessionsEpisode 5: Schizophrenia and AutismIn this episode, we discuss the history of Autism as a diagnosis and its relationship to Schizophrenia. We discuss the reason behind movement away from Asperger’s as a diagnosis. We discuss overlap in symptoms between Schizophrenia and Autism (including the very common Autistic experience of feeling as if you are being watched/living life on a stage). We discuss ways to differentiate the two diagnoses. Works cited:“Autism and Schizophrenia: Is There a Link?” Healthline, 7 Mar. 2022, www.healthline.com/health/autism-vs-schizophrenia#research.Baron-Cohen, Simon. “The Truth about Hans Asperger’s Nazi Collusion.” Nature, vol...
2025-01-1918 min
Talking To Teens: Expert Tips for Parenting TeenagersEp 293: Breaking the Stigma of Mental IllnessRoy Richard Grinker, author of Nobody's Normal, How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness, joins us to discuss the cultural history of mental illness stigma and how parents can create supportive environments for their teens to talk about their mental health.Full Show NotesTalking about mental health can often feel like walking on eggshells. Despite growing awareness, there remains a significant challenge in how comfortably and openly people address issues surrounding mental illness. For parents of teens, understanding and navigating this intricate subject is crucial to ensuring their children feel supported and understood...
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[Coluna] Daniel Barros (Humanamente)05/04/2024 - Indicação: livro "Ninguém é normal: como a cultura criou o estigma do transtorno mental", de Roy Richard Grinker
2024-04-0902 min
vibes em análisePROBLEMAS DO DINHEIROpor que tantas pessoas sofrem de fobia financeira? um verdadeiro pavor de ter que lidar com o dinheiro, de se planejar, estudar sobre o assunto, abrir o jogo da sua situação financeira mesmo pras pessoas mais próximas na sua vida…. um grande tabu, né?talvez uma das maiores armadilhas psicossociais do capitalismo seja nos fazer acreditar que esse assunto pertence apenas a quem tem muito dinheiro.no entanto, falar da falta e também do excesso de dinheiro é também falar da nossa relação com a falta. só que, para complicar… a gente também n...
2024-03-2858 min
Book Club with Julia and Victoria119 The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber & David Wengrow— People Have Always Been PeopleJulia and Victoria are surprised to find hope and belonging in a new story of humanity with The Dawn of Everything by “the Davids” (Graeber and Wengrow), the anthropological clapback to Sapiens by Harrari.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make...
2023-10-281h 20
Seize the Moment PodcastRoy Richard Grinker - Nobody's Normal: Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness | STM Podcast #189On episode 189, we welcome Roy Richard Grinker to discuss the cultural differences of conceptions of mental illness, the WEIRD model of mental health and its limitations in helping us understand it, the false dichotomy of the social/cultural and biological models of psychological disorders, the limits and benefits of using the DSM, how the model of neurodivergence doesn't negate the existence of emotional struggles, Roy's grandfather undergoing treatment with Sigmund Freud and why he considered him to be a poor psychotherapist, how Nepali concepts of mental illnesses focus more on their physical elements and why this affects treatment, and...
2023-09-241h 06
Book Club with Julia and Victoria115 The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki — What Happened? and Other QuestionsJulia and Victoria wrestle with their frustrations with The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki and try to get to the bottom of important questions like, “What happened?” and “Who is this book for?”Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide t...
2023-08-111h 11
Book Club with Julia and VictoriaBonus: Julia Wrote a Thesis – Online Autistic Community and Finding Your Writer VoiceVictoria interviews Julia about her master’s thesis in Anthropology on Autistic social groups, disabled futures, and how to make Autistic friends by exchanging fun facts.Become a Member! Shop with us on Bookshop.org! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to yo...
2023-07-2851 min
Book Club with Julia and Victoria108 Nobody's Normal by Roy Richard Grinker — How Culture Creates the Stigma of Mental HealthJulia and Victoria learn about the history of mental health stigma in the United States and have some lightbulb moments with Nobody’s Normal by Roy Richard Grinker.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading ChallengeDisclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more....
2023-02-161h 04
The Ezra Klein ShowA Top Mental Health Expert on Where America Went WrongThere’s a paradox that sits at the center of our mental health conversation in America. On the one hand, our treatments for mental illness have gotten better and better in recent decades. Psychopharmaceuticals have improved considerably; new, more effective methods of psychotherapy have been developed; and we’ve reached a better understanding of what kinds of social support are most helpful for those experiencing mental health crises.But at the same time, mental health outcomes have moved in exactly the wrong direction. In the United States, there is a death by suicide about every 11 minutes, and abou...
2022-07-221h 11
WondermineSeason 2, Episode 3: Desire & PowerOn this episode, Larissa & Elizabeth talk about desire and power--how they're related and how we can embrace our power and act on our desires.Discussed on this episode:K.F. Breene, Magical Midlife Madness series Gina at Incandescent TarotLarissa’s current favorite tarotdeck is the Lightseer’s TarotThe Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change by Dr. Pauline BossNobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental IllnessRoy Richard GrinkerAppetites: Why Women Want, b...
2022-05-2448 min
New Books in PsychologyMental Health in Academia 2: Hacks for Cultivating and Sustaining WellbeingWe are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks will shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well as in wider society. Seminars are held online once per month on Wednesdays at 5pm CEST/ 11am EST and free for all to attend. Speakers include academics, organisations, and health professionals whose work focuses on mental health. Live Q and A sessions will be held after each talk. Fo...
2021-12-031h 02
New Books in Higher EducationMental Health in Academia 2: Hacks for Cultivating and Sustaining WellbeingWe are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks will shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well as in wider society. Seminars are held online once per month on Wednesdays at 5pm CEST/ 11am EST and free for all to attend. Speakers include academics, organisations, and health professionals whose work focuses on mental health. Live Q and A sessions will be held after each talk. Fo...
2021-12-031h 00
New Books in EducationMental Health in Academia 2: Hacks for Cultivating and Sustaining WellbeingWe are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks will shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well as in wider society. Seminars are held online once per month on Wednesdays at 5pm CEST/ 11am EST and free for all to attend. Speakers include academics, organisations, and health professionals whose work focuses on mental health. Live Q and A sessions will be held after each talk. Fo...
2021-12-031h 02
Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian MichaelsDealing with Cultural Stigmas, with Professor Roy Richard GrinkerROY RICHARD GRINKER, professor of anthropology and international affairs at George Washington University, and author of the book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness joins Jillian to discuss how culture contributes to the stigma of obesity, mental illness, and homophobia. Plus, we look at how mental illness is viewed in other nations, and how society and environment can be part of the solution. We also cover how parents can pass on trauma to a baby through epigenetics and what we can do about it.Guest Links:Twitter: @roygrinkerWebsit...
2021-11-2939 minNew Books in EducationMental Health in Academia: A Conversation with Roy Richard GrinkerWe are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks will shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well as in wider society. Seminars are held online once per month on Wednesdays at 5pm CEST/ 11am EST and free for all to attend. Speakers include academics, organisations, and health professionals whose work focuses on mental health. Live Q and A sessions will be held after each talk. Fo...
2021-11-231h 23
New Books in MedicineMental Health in Academia: A Conversation with Roy Richard GrinkerWe are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks will shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well as in wider society. Seminars are held online once per month on Wednesdays at 5pm CEST/ 11am EST and free for all to attend. Speakers include academics, organisations, and health professionals whose work focuses on mental health. Live Q and A sessions will be held after each talk. Fo...
2021-11-231h 23New Books in Higher EducationMental Health in Academia: A Conversation with Roy Richard GrinkerWe are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks will shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well as in wider society. Seminars are held online once per month on Wednesdays at 5pm CEST/ 11am EST and free for all to attend. Speakers include academics, organisations, and health professionals whose work focuses on mental health. Live Q and A sessions will be held after each talk. Fo...
2021-11-231h 21New Books in PsychologyMental Health in Academia: A Conversation with Roy Richard GrinkerWe are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks will shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well as in wider society. Seminars are held online once per month on Wednesdays at 5pm CEST/ 11am EST and free for all to attend. Speakers include academics, organisations, and health professionals whose work focuses on mental health. Live Q and A sessions will be held after each talk. Fo...
2021-11-231h 23
Harvey Brownstone Interviews...Harvey Brownstone Interviews Dr. Roy Richard Grinker, Author of “Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness”Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Dr. Roy Richard Grinker, Author of “Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness” About Harvey's guest:Roy Richard Grinker, Ph.D. is Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University and Editor-in-chief of Anthropological Quarterly. He is the author of Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (NY: W.W. Norton, January 2021), among other books. Grinker was born and raised in Chicago where his father, grandfather, and great grandfather practiced psychoanalysis. He received his B.A. in anthropolo...
2021-11-1044 min
All Autism TalkNobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental IllnessRoy Richard Grinker is a Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University and author. He joins us to share insights from his latest book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness. In this discussion, we explore how various stigmas around diagnosis are formed - and can be dismantled. As Richard shares, ”Look at the history of autism, when mothers were blamed and autism was only looked at in negative terms... We don’t end up in a very good situation. I’m trying to point this stuff out so people can realize we do have...
2021-10-2744 min
All Autism TalkNobody's Normal: Reducing Stigma in Autism and Mental HealthRoy Richard Grinker is a Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University and author. He joins us to share insights from his latest book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness. In this discussion, we explore how various stigmas around diagnosis are formed - and can be dismantled. As Richard shares, ”Look at the history of autism, when mothers were blamed and autism was only looked at in negative terms... We don’t end up in a very good situation. I’m trying to point this stuff out so people can realize we do have...
2021-10-2744 min
New Books in the History of ScienceRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)Stigma about mental illness makes life doubly hard for people suffering from mental or emotional distress. In addition to dealing with their conditions, they must also contend with social shame and secrecy. But by examining how mental illness is conceived of and treated in other cultures, we can improve our own perspectives in the Western world. In his new book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (Norton, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker offers a critique of our current mental health system based on cross-cultural observations as well as suggestions for improving upon it. In our inte...
2021-09-0148 minNew Books in PsychologyRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)Stigma about mental illness makes life doubly hard for people suffering from mental or emotional distress. In addition to dealing with their conditions, they must also contend with social shame and secrecy. But by examining how mental illness is conceived of and treated in other cultures, we can improve our own perspectives in the Western world. In his new book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (Norton, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker offers a critique of our current mental health system based on cross-cultural observations as well as suggestions for improving upon it. In our inte...
2021-09-0150 minNew Books in MedicineRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)Stigma about mental illness makes life doubly hard for people suffering from mental or emotional distress. In addition to dealing with their conditions, they must also contend with social shame and secrecy. But by examining how mental illness is conceived of and treated in other cultures, we can improve our own perspectives in the Western world. In his new book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (Norton, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker offers a critique of our current mental health system based on cross-cultural observations as well as suggestions for improving upon it. In our inte...
2021-09-0150 min
New Books in PsychoanalysisRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)Stigma about mental illness makes life doubly hard for people suffering from mental or emotional distress. In addition to dealing with their conditions, they must also contend with social shame and secrecy. But by examining how mental illness is conceived of and treated in other cultures, we can improve our own perspectives in the Western world. In his new book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (Norton, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker offers a critique of our current mental health system based on cross-cultural observations as well as suggestions for improving upon it. In our inte...
2021-09-0148 min
New Books in Human RightsRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)Stigma about mental illness makes life doubly hard for people suffering from mental or emotional distress. In addition to dealing with their conditions, they must also contend with social shame and secrecy. But by examining how mental illness is conceived of and treated in other cultures, we can improve our own perspectives in the Western world. In his new book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (Norton, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker offers a critique of our current mental health system based on cross-cultural observations as well as suggestions for improving upon it. In our inte...
2021-09-0148 min
New Books in Disability StudiesRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)Stigma about mental illness makes life doubly hard for people suffering from mental or emotional distress. In addition to dealing with their conditions, they must also contend with social shame and secrecy. But by examining how mental illness is conceived of and treated in other cultures, we can improve our own perspectives in the Western world. In his new book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (Norton, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker offers a critique of our current mental health system based on cross-cultural observations as well as suggestions for improving upon it. In our inte...
2021-09-0148 min
Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive FunctionEp. 157: Roy Richard Grinker - Truly, Nobody’s Normal!Send us a textOn February 18, 1981, Mr. Rogers asked Jeffrey Erlinger a 10-year old quadriplegic with multiple challenges to show the television viewers how his wheelchair worked and by celebrating Jeffrey with warmth and amazement, Mr. Rogers helped crystalized the modern neurodiversity movement. For a long time, normal and abnormal have been the only two concrete buckets cultures have used to determine an individual’s worth and value based on their capacity to partake in and serve the workforce. And by pathologizing physical or mental challenges and various brain conditions, we have deemed such individuals as either su...
2021-07-211h 05
The Neurodiverging PodcastHow Capitalism Changed Our Understanding of "Mental Illness" with Dr. Roy Richard GrinkerWelcome back! Today's guest is Dr. Roy Richard Grinker, Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University and Editor-in-chief of Anthropological Quarterly. We're discussing his newest book, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness, which came out in January 2021 from Norton, and tells the uplifting story of how we are successfully challenging the stigma that has long shadowed mental illnesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-07-0137 minTHE DEEP COVER SHOW with Damien DynanTHE DEEP COVER SHOW with DAMIEN DYNAN JUNE 29TH 2021THE DEEP COVER SHOW with Damien Dynan: Tuesday JUNE 29TH 2021 www.thedeepcovershow.comTonight – Why is Kissing such a meaningful and emotionally powerful act? Historian of popular culture Marcel Danesi joins me to chat about the The History of the Kiss!…&Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness with anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker who chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against Mental-illness Stigma...Up on our Eyes & Movies & TV - Johnny Richardson joins me to review THE ICE ROAD & ELVIS PRESLEY THE SEARCHER followed by this week's...
2021-06-302h 17
Solace and the CityEP87: DR. ROY RICHARD GRINKER - Nobody's NormalFor the second week of Mental Health Awareness Month, I am SO excited to be sharing an incredibly memorable and personal conversation with Dr. Roy Richard Grinker. Dr. Grinker is an American author and Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences at the George Washington University. His first book on autism, Unstrange Minds, was in part an "attempt to make sense of an intensely personal issue: his own daughter's autism. Although we discuss so much in the 45 minutes of this episode, we spend the majority unpacking his most recent work, Nobody's Normal. In Nobody’s Normal, Dr. Grinker chronicles the p...
2021-05-1054 min
PeerSpectrum | Journeys in Medicine“Nobody’s Normal” and the Stigma of Mental Illness. Anthropologist, Roy Richard Grinker, PhDToday we are delighted to have Roy Richard Grinker with us. He a professor of anthropology and international affairs at George Washington University, and author of “Nobody’s Normal. How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness.” Richard comes from a long line of research psychologists. His grandfather, Roy Richard Grinker, Sr. was a pioneer in American psychology, and studied under Sigmund Freud. He may have been one of the last people psychoanalyzed by Freud before Freud’s death.
We’ll talk more about that, and Richard’s unique lens on psychology and mental illness through history, anthropology and culture. Can science...
2021-04-231h 19New Books in the History of ScienceRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma.For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma—from the eighteenth century, through America’s major wars, and into today’s high-tech economy.Nobody’s Normal argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained t...
2021-03-301h 01New Books in Human RightsRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma.For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma—from the eighteenth century, through America’s major wars, and into today’s high-tech economy.Nobody’s Normal argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained t...
2021-03-301h 01
New Books in NeuroscienceRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma.For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma—from the eighteenth century, through America’s major wars, and into today’s high-tech economy.Nobody’s Normal argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained t...
2021-03-301h 01
New Books in ScienceRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma.For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma—from the eighteenth century, through America’s major wars, and into today’s high-tech economy.Nobody’s Normal argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained t...
2021-03-301h 01New Books in MedicineRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma.For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma—from the eighteenth century, through America’s major wars, and into today’s high-tech economy.Nobody’s Normal argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained t...
2021-03-301h 02New Books in PsychologyRoy Richard Grinker, "Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness" (Norton, 2021)A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma.For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021), anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma—from the eighteenth century, through America’s major wars, and into today’s high-tech economy.Nobody’s Normal argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained t...
2021-03-301h 02
It's Not Just In Your Head#032: Cultural Anthropologist Roy Grinker On Capitalism, Brain Science vs Supernaturalism, and The Neurodiversity MovementIn this episode we interview Roy Grinker, cultural anthropologist and author of Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness. His book is broken into three sections: capitalism, wars, and the mind and body.
Grinker explains that the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe created the conditions that gave rise to doctors observing "unproductive deviants" within asylums for the first time in history, leading to categorization of different forms of mental suffering based on "clinical observation" and the cultural invention of psychiatry. World Wars I and II had some of the most profound impacts...
2021-03-0858 min
The Michael Shermer Show161. Roy Richard Grinker — Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental IllnessFor centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In episode 161 of The Michael Shermer Show, Dr. Shermer speaks with anthropologist Dr. Roy Richard Grinker about his book Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness which chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness stigma — from the 18th century, through America's major wars, and into today's high-tech economy. Drawing on cutting-edge science, historical archives, and cross-cultural research in Africa and Asia, Grinker takes readers on an international journey to discover the origins of, and variances in, ou...
2021-03-021h 02
Perspectives on NeurodiversityRoy Richard Grinker, Author of Nobody's NormalRoy Richard Grinker is a Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University. His books include Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism. I met Dr. Grinker in May of 2007 while he was promoting Unstrange Minds, my favorite book on autism's history. The opportunity to speak to him about his new work, Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness was an honor. Press Release: Approximately twenty percent of all American adults—around 60 million people—live with a mental illness. But due to the lingering legacy of shame and secrecy...
2021-02-0252 min
Experience: This Immersive Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness by Roy Richard GrinkerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453070to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 26, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
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A Guardian Best Book of 2021 A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody’s Normal, an...
2021-01-262h 30Explore Into A High-Impact Full Audiobook During Your Workout.Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness by Roy Richard GrinkerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453070to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 26, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
A Guardian Best Book of 2021 A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody’s Normal, anthropologist Ro...
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Title: Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 26, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
A Guardian Best Book of 2021 A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody’s Normal, anthropologist Roy Ri...
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Title: Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 26, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
A Guardian Best Book of 2021 A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody’s Normal, anthropologist Roy Ri...
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Title: Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 26, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
A Guardian Best Book of 2021 A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody’s Normal, anthropologist Ro...
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