Jonathan Schaefer's guest appearances

Jonathan Schaefer

Think Act Be Podcast

Mind & Matter

Eben Alexander

Raymond Moody

Steven C. Hayes

Oren Jay Sofer

Jill Bolte Taylor

Jonni Pollard

Jonathan Haidt

Paul Greene

Benjamin Hardy

Kristen Manieri

James Gordon

Kevin Hancock

Lisa Smartt

Gregg Krech

Rajshree Patel

OwlTail

​I had a great conversation in this episode with Dr. Jonathan Schaefer. Jon is a clinical psychologist and an expert in psychiatric epidemiology, which addresses questions about how common psychiatric diagnoses are. As you’ll hear, it’s far more common to experience a mental health issue than was previously thought. The main takeaway seems to be not that mental illness is becoming more common, although that’s part of the issue, but that previous methods of measurement had probably undercounted, for reasons that Jon explains very nicely. I was certainly blown away by the most recent statistics.

<p>​I had a great conversation in this episode with Dr. Jonathan Schaefer. Jon is a clinical psychologist and an expert in psychiatric epidemiology, which addresses questions about how common psychiatric diagnoses are. As you’ll hear, it’s far more common to experience a mental health issue than was previously thought. The main takeaway seems to be not that mental illness is becoming more common, although that’s part of the issue, but that previous methods of measurement had probably undercounted, for reasons that Jon explains very nicely. I was certainly blown away by the most recent statistics.</p>

Ep. 134: Dr. Jonathan Schaefer — How Better Mental Health Epidemiology Can Lower Stigma