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Hosted by Dr. Alex Curmi MD · health · EN-US · 277 episodes
"If you are interested in your mind, emotions, sense of self, and understanding of others, this show is brilliant." Learn something new about the mind every week - With in-depth conversations at the intersection of psychiatry, psychotherapy, self-development, spirituality and the philosophy of mental health. Featuring experts from around the world, leading clinicians and academics, published authors, and people with lived experience, we aim to make complex ideas in the mental health space accessible and engaging. This podcast is designed for a broad audience including professionals, those who suffer with mental health difficulties, more common psychological problems, or those who just want to learn more about themselves and others. Hosted by psychiatrists Dr. Alex Curmi, Dr. Anya Borissova & Dr. Rosy Blunstone. Listeners have also said: "Every episode is enlightening, the approac
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The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth is hosted by Dr. Alex Curmi MD. The show has published 277 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "E190 | New ADHD/Autism Review Set to Dramatically Change UK Mental Health Services" (15 October 2026, 20 minutes), "E189 | Psychiatry Treats Mental Disorders: But What Is Mental Health? (w/ John T. Maier)" (8 October 2026, 62 minutes), and "The “Nice Guy” Problem at the Heart of Obsession (Key Moment)" (1 October 2026, 13 minutes).
The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 277 episodes.
Booking probability for The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth's contact route on record: verified email.
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A major new government review has been published into mental health, ADHD and autism. Some headlines have framed it as a warning about ADHD and autism being overdiagnosed, but is that really what the report says? In...
The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth
We talk constantly about “mental health”, but do we actually know what it is? Psychiatry is very good at defining mental disorders: depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, anxiety and many others. But that raises a more...
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In this clip from E184 of the podcast, Dr Alex Curmi explores the psychology of the “nice guy” through the film Obsession (2026). He examines the difference between genuine kindness and niceness, and why suppressing...
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How did amphetamines help shape the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia? In this clip from From E185 of The Thinking Mind Podcast, Dr Alex speaks with Professor Justin Garson about the experiments that helped transform...
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This is a shorter Thinking Mind update on a developing story - our usual long-form episodes will continue as normal. Dr Alex discusses reports that a forthcoming government review could significantly change how ADHD is...
The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth
Why does watching the 70 Up documentary feel like years of therapy? Watching lives unfold over six decades can make you reconsider your own: what you’re chasing, what you’re postponing and what really matters. In this...
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The Lindsay Clancy case has prompted an enormous debate about postpartum psychosis, criminal responsibility, psychiatric treatment and whether severe mental illness can ever be reliably predicted. In this episode Dr...
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How do you arrive at your beliefs? In this clip from E182 of the podcast, Dr Alex speaks with consultant neuropsychiatrist Dr Tom Pollack about what AI-associated delusions may reveal about human belief itself. Rather...
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In this update to last week’s episode, Dr Alex reflects on the response to Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? and on an important new development. He also discusses what that means for the documentary, the wider ADHD...
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In this episode of The Thinking Mind Podcast, Dr. Alex responds to Channel 4’s new documentary The Great ADHD Myth? Presented by psychiatrist Dr Max Pemberton, this film asks whether ADHD is really a neurodevelopmental...
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What if one of psychiatry’s most influential ideas began with LSD, amphetamines and a handful of experiments that would be difficult to imagine today? In this episode, Dr. Alex speaks with philosophy Professor Justin...
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Is being a tradwife really just about baking bread, homemaking and traditional femininity, or is there something deeper going on? This clip is an except from E181 of the Thinking Mind Podcast. In this episode, Dr Alex...
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The Thinking Mind is taking a short break, but there is plenty happening behind the scenes. In this quick update, Dr Alex shares what listeners can catch up on now, what is coming next, and why the podcast is making a...
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In this exceprt from E179 of the Thinking Mind Podcast, Dr Paul Eastwick explains the “EvoScript” — the popular version of evolutionary psychology that many people have absorbed from online dating advice, red pill...
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Can we really love another person, or only the version of them we have created in our minds? Today Dr Alex explores Obsession , directed by Curry Barker, a psychological horror film about desire, consent, fantasy and...
The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth
Can we really love another person, or only the version of them we have created in our minds? Today Dr Alex explores Obsession , directed by Curry Barker, a psychological horror film about desire, consent, fantasy and...
The Thinking Mind: Mental Health & Personal Growth
This week Dr Alex speaks with psychologist and philosopher Dr Joel Vos about what it really means to live a meaningful life. They explore why modern culture can leave people feeling distracted, disconnected and overly...
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Today Dr Alex speaks with consultant neuropsychiatrist and immunopsychiatry researcher Dr Tom Pollack about one of the strangest and most urgent questions emerging in mental health today: can AI chatbots contribute to...
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This is an excerpt from E175 of the Thinking Mind Podcast. In this episode, Alex is joined by Professor Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and one of the world’s...
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Is being a tradwife really just about baking bread, homemaking and traditional femininity, or is there something deeper going on? In this episode, Dr Alex is joined by Dr Rosy Blunstone to explore the psychology of the...
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