Awais Aftab
@awaisaftab
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Psychiatrist with philosophical interests | Conversations in Critical Psychiatry (OUP, 2024) | Psychiatry at the Margins: https://t.co/EKwMa3uRq7
Cleveland, OH
Joined June 2011
My book “Conversations in Critical Psychiatry” (Oxford University Press, 2024) brings together an edited selection of interviews published in the Psychiatric Times (@PsychTimes) from 2019 to 2022, updated with new and previously unpublished material. These interviews explore
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RT @bullfranx: Another tie-in between relational psychology and hermeneutical injustice? I wonder to what extent the former can provide ind….
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RT @the_mel_jar: My hysteria posting and irony aside, I truly do like it a lot. @awaisaftab’s article is here.
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RT @the_mel_jar: I support @awaisaftab and @AlanLevinovitz in this delightful project of providing for us a new descriptive label for the r….
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RT @awaisaftab: For a condensed version and accessible summary of the article, see our blogpost:.
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The healing power of diagnosis gets a befitting name.
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RT @awaisaftab: “The Rumpelstiltskin effect: therapeutic repercussions of clinical diagnosis” — published in BJPsych Bulletin . https://t.c….
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The Rumpelstiltskin effect: therapeutic repercussions of clinical diagnosis
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RT @awaisaftab: Clinicians across medicine are familiar with an odd feature of descriptive diagnoses: they can bring patients real relief a….
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Always curious and full of energy, Beagles turn every walk into an adventure 🐾🎉.
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RT @Foreman1David: I’m only as wonderful as my authors let me be. However they are wonderful, so please read and discover.
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RT @rwillowfish: Update on this:.I found it very helpful to identify what's been going on, after screening out physical illness. Putting a….
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RT @KemtrupTweets: Nice article on the benefits of a diagnosis, a name for your problem. My take: Naming a problem creates an avenue for e….
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RT @jimcoan: Just finished this. It's excellent and I highly recommend it. We've known for a while that diagnosis had clinical effects, but….
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RT @SellesJoan: M’agrada com s’aproximen als fenòmens clínics a través dels ulls de la cultura! (article en obert i blog) .[fins i tot ho i….
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RT @ajlees: In Neurology we also see the converse of this- diagnoses that are received like death sentences and which may lead to unjustifi….
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RT @MichaelHaichin: "Rumpelstiltskin effect also seems a plausible cousin to the placebo effect, where expectations alone produce measurabl….
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RT @pash22: “The Rumpelstiltskin Effect: Therapeutic Repercussions of Clinical Diagnosis” via @AlanLevinovitz & @awaisaftab..
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The healing power of diagnosis gets a befitting name.
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RT @cthaxton7: Lots of critical ink has been spilled about inflation in mental health diagnosis, the risk of patients overidentifying with….
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RT @rwillowfish: "The medical interpretive framework recognizes suffering in ways that everyday language often cannot because the latter te….
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RT @ghostcartoonist: @awaisaftab That’s brilliant! I bet this will catch on quickly. Gonna go infinity mirror here and say that I’m already….
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RT @jannepunski: Fascinating reflections, which I think many clinicians (like myself) will find to echo our own clinical experience. ⤵️.
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RT @AllenFrancesMD: Placebo effect was most powerful/positive tool for most of medical history & is still big part of good medical & psych….
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RT @mostlysports: Nick Kurtz had a historic night in baseball and that's why he's @BFW's Game Changing Moment of the Week @SportClips https….
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