Conversations in Critical Psychiatry brings together an edited selection of interviews from the series of the same name, published in the Psychiatric Times, with new and previously unpublished material. It explores critical and philosophical perspectives in psychiatry by engaging with prominent commentators within and outside the profession who have made meaningful criticisms of the status quo. By doing so, it advances our understanding of psychopathology and offers a pluralistic vision of psychiatric practice.

The series started in May 2019; 33 interviews have been published to date and include many prominent psychiatrists and authors such as Allen Frances, Anne Harrington, Paul R. McHugh, S. Nassir Ghaemi, Lisa Cosgrove, Joanna Moncrieff, and Kenneth S. Kendler. Conversations in Critical Psychiatry brings together an edited selection of the most popular interviews along with some new material, including a detailed introductory essay “Psychiatry and the Critical Landscape”, previously unpublished interviews, and a new foreword.

Awais Aftab, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

Awais Aftab, MD is a Psychiatrist in the Cleveland area, Ohio, USA, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. He has received numerous national awards and honors, including the prestigious Laughlin Fellowship by the American College of Psychiatrists and the American Psychiatric Association Leadership Fellowship during his psychiatric training. He is a senior editor for Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, and his peer-reviewed scholarly work has been published in prominent journals. He has been actively involved in initiatives to educate psychiatrists, trainees, and the public on the theoretical foundations of the discipline. He blogs online at Psychiatry at the Margins.

Interviewees1. Psychiatry and the Critical Landscape2. Commentary on Integrative Critical Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology, Sandra SteingardPsychiatry at Crossroads3. Diagnosing Psychiatry: Allen Frances4. Integrating Academic Inquiry and Reformist Activism in Psychiatry: Sandra Steingard and G. Scott Waterman5. The Impoverishment of Psychiatric Knowledge: Giovanni Andrea Fava6. Phenomenology, Power, and Polarization: Nev JonesDisorder and Diversity7. Skepticism of the Gentle Variety: Derek Bolton8. The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Psychiatry: Robert Chapman9. A Kantian Approach to Psychiatric Diagnosis: Sam FellowesHistory and Philosophy of Psychiatry10. The Structure of Psychiatric Revolutions: Anne Harrington11. Psychiatric Disorders as an Imperfect Community: Peter Zachar12. Beyond Pragmatism in Psychiatry: S. Nassir GhaemiEnactivism and Psychiatry13. Sense-Making and the Enactive Turn in Psychiatry: Sanneke de Haan14. 3E Approach to Psychopathology: Kristopher NielsenPluralistic and Integrative Psychiatry15. Explanatory Methods in Psychiatry: Paul R. McHugh16. Weaving Conceptual and Empirical Work in Psychiatry: Kenneth S. Kendler17. From Classic and Critical to Integrative Psychiatry: Dan J. SteinPsychiatric Institutions and Human Rights18. Institutional Corruption and Social Justice in Psychiatry: Lisa Cosgrove19. Global Psychiatry's Crisis of Values: Dainius PurasCritical Psychiatry Network20. Critical and Relational Psychiatry: Duncan Double21. Psychiatry and the Human Condition: Joanna Moncrieff22. Psychiatry and the Shores of Social Construction: Sami TimimiPsychoanalysis23. Psychoanalysis and the Re-Enchantment of Psychiatry: Jonathan ShedlerPsychiatry and the Medical Model24. The Battle for the Soul of Psychiatry: Ronald W. Pies25. The Medical Model in Theory and Practice: Ahmed Samei Huda26. Psychiatry and the Long View: Paul SummergradCritical Neuropsychiatry27. Social Constructionism Meets Aging and Dementia: Peter WhitehouseEpilogue28. The Politics of Conceptual and Critical Psychiatry: Awais Aftab, Richard G. T. Gipps and Nev JonesAppendix: Miscellaneous book reviews and blogpostsIndex