From Classic and Critical to Integrative Psychiatry

Abstract Dan J. Stein, MD, PhD, DPhil, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa. He has been interested in psychiatric research and philosophical writing since the early days of his training and has worked extensively in this area. In 2008, he brought together his interests in psychopharmacology and philosophy in Philosophy of Psychopharmacology (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and he has further extended his work in philosophy with the publication of Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive-Affective Science (Academic Press, 2021). This interview explores his integrative approach to psychiatry and psychopharmacology, the influence of critical realism, the role of explanatory pluralism, and the use of metaphors in psychiatry.