Dr. Chuck Ruby is the Executive Director of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP), a non-profit organization of professionals and consumers of the psychiatric industry. The focus of ISEPP is to challenge the traditional notion of "mental illness" and "mental health," and to call for alternative and humane ways to assess and help those who suffer from emotional distress. He is the author of Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness - An Insider's Warning To Consumers.Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness - An Insider's Warning to Consumers: Ruby, ChuckInternational Society for Ethical Psychology and PsychiatryISEPP Director (@ISEPPDirector) / TwitterIf you are in a crisis or think you have an emergency, call your doctor or 911. If you're considering suicide, call 1-800-273-TALK to speak with a skilled trained counselor.RADICALLY GENUINE PODCASTDr. Roger McFillin / Radically Genuine WebsiteYouTube @RadicallyGenuineTwitter: Roger K. McFillin, Psy.D., ABPPSubstack | Radically Genuine | Dr. Roger McFillinInstagram @radicallygenuineContact Radically Genuine—-----------FREE DOWNLOAD! DISTRESS TOLERANCE SKILLS—----------ADDITIONAL RESOURCES12:00 - Culture’s Influence on Perception – On Psychology and Neuroscience14:00 - What is a mental disorder? An exemplar-focused approach - PMC24:00 - When It Comes to Mental Health Problems, The Disability Framework Fails - Mad In America34:00 - “Scientific Nightmare”: The Backstory of the “DSM”37:00 - Arnoldo Cantu: Toward a Descriptive Problem-Based Taxonomy for Mental Health: A Nonmedicalized Way Out of the Biomedical Model51:00 - Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry | Springer Publishing