“Why is Lived Experience Inclusion Essential to Mental Healthcare? Philosophers Weigh In,” Mad in America, by Samantha Lily and Ally Riddle

“Does experiencing something from the first-person perspective generate new knowledge? This question has been debated in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and neuroscience, with literature containing complex analyses and experiments …

“The Ghost and the Machine: Will AI therapists ever master the mysteries of human consciousness? As stretched mental health services turn to tech solutions, Silicon Valley is cashing in – with sometimes alarming consequences,” New Statesman, by Jenny Kleeman

In 2018 Serife Tekin, an associate professor at the State University of New York who specialises in the philosophy of psychiatry, was targeted by Facebook adverts for the “mental health …

Most Read Blog Post for 2023: “Participatory Interactive Objectivity in Psychiatry”

Tekin, Ş. 2023. Participatory Interactive Objectivity in Psychiatry. Imperfect Cognitions: Blog on delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, unrealistically optimistic predictions, and implicit biases. Imperfect Cognitions: Participatory Interactive Objectivity in …

“Possibly the first university philosophy course taught entirely in the metaverse: “Philosophy of Space Exploration, team taught by Serife Tekin (philosophy & medical humanities) and Chris Packham (physics & astronomy) at the University of Texas at San Antonio,”

“My biggest challenge is to get rid of their fears around science or space knowledge,” Tekin said. “They always think of science as difficult to fathom. At first, they were …