E16 - Themes Underlying Mental Health Conditions by Roger McIntyre

In this episode we share Dr. Roger McIntyre's perspective on central themes that underlie mental health conditions, which he shared with us this past year at Synapse in Las Vegas. Find out what homeostasis and hedonism might mean for you in terms of treating patients!  Dr. Roger S. McIntyre is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto and Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Dr. McIntyre is also Executive Director of the Brain and Cognition Discovery Foundation in Toronto, Canada. Dr. McIntyre was named by Thomson Reuters in 2014 and 2015, as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. This distinction is given by publishing the largest number of articles that rank among those most frequently cited by researchers globally in 21 broad fields of science and social science during the previous decade.