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How Amphetamines Changed Our Understanding Of Schizophrenia (Key Moment w/ Justin Garson)

How Amphetamines Changed Our Understanding Of Schizophrenia (Key Moment w/ Justin Garson)24. Sept.15 Min.

How did amphetamines help shape the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia? In this clip from From E185 of The Thinking Mind Podcast, Dr Alex speaks with Professor Justin Garson about the experiments that helped transform psychiatry’s understanding of psychosis and schizophrenia. They discuss how amphetamine-induced psychosis led researchers to focus on dopamine, how Solomon Snyder’s work helped establish the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, and why this became such an influential turning...