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Alexandre Baril
Alexandre Baril is a Canadian writer and associate professor at the School of Social Work, at the University of Ottawa. He researches sexual and gender diversity, bodily diversity, and linguistic diversity.
Alexandre Baril is a Canadian writer and associate professor at the School of Social Work, at the University of Ottawa. He researches sexual and gender diversity, bodily diversity, and linguistic diversity.
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Beyond the mental health paradigm

Is your worldview making you depressed?

Psychoanalysis vs CBT: uncovering the unconscious

Why courage is critical to morality

The feedback loop from hell

Forgetting is more important than remembering

The truth about the Myers–Briggs personality test

Reality and mental disorder

When memory fails, imagination fails with it

Madness and Genius

There is no problem of consciousness

Mental health is contagious

Creativity is not a right brain phenomenon

Phone addiction is worse than smoking or cocaine

The Problematic Rise of Big Neuro

The Bipolar Construct

Mental Health: Visions of the Future

The End of Psychology?

Philosophy, Therapy and the Search for Meaning

The hidden logic behind emotions

The difficulty of defining death

The neurodivergence paradox

Overcoming illness with your life story

New theory of placebos reframes mind-body problem

The hidden risks of Neuralink

The existential cure for the mental health crisis

The reality gap