#872 Heather Berlin: Impulsive and Compulsive Disorders, and the Study of Consciousness

<p>------------------Support the channel------------</p> <p>Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter">https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter</a></p> <p><a href="">PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter</a></p> <p>PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l">https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l</a></p> <p>PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz">https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz</a></p> <p>PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m">https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m</a></p> <p>PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao">https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao</a></p> <p> </p> <p>------------------Follow me on---------------------</p> <p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/</p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT">https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT</a></p> <p> </p> <p>This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning &amp; Development done differently. Check the website here: <a href="http://enlites.com/">http://enlites.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Dr. Heather Berlin is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She explores the neural basis of impulsive and compulsive psychiatric and neurological disorders with the aim of developing novel treatments. She is also interested in the brain basis of consciousness, dynamic unconscious processes, and creativity.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode, we start by talking about impulsivity and compulsivity. We discuss the differences between impulsive and compulsive disorders, how they overlap, and their neural bases. We talk about disorders like kleptomania, pyromania, obsessive-compulsive disorder, hypersexual behavior, and borderline personality disorder. We then discuss the study of consciousness, and talk about the history of conceptualizations about the unconscious, the dynamic unconscious, and a recent discussion surrounding the integrated information theory of consciousness. We also tal