David Cohen is a professor of social welfare at UCLA. His research looks at psychoactive drugs (prescribed, licit, and illicit) and their desirable and undesirable effects as socio-cultural phenomena “constructed” through language, policy, attitudes, and social interactions.

Today we chat about...

What piqued David's interest in mental health
Where he thinks the mental health model is going wrong
What makes someone psychotic as opposed to not psychotic
How drugs fail to stabilize people
David’s thoughts on the chemical imbalance theory
When you’re at most risk to commit suicide
What the mental health system aims for
The two different pathways to involuntary commitment
The dark heart of involuntary commitment
David's thoughts on medicating and diagnosing children
Why psychiatric medication is not like insulin

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72. David Cohen: Rethinking Mental Health