Jon Jureidini – Evidence-Based Medicine in a Post-Truth World

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🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week on the Mad in America podcast, we are joined by Dr. Jon Jureidini.

Jon is a child psychiatrist who also trained in philosophy, critical appraisal and psychotherapy. He has a continuing appointment as a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Adelaide. He heads Adelaide University’s Critical and Ethical Mental Health research group, which conducts research, teaching and advocacy to promote safer, more effective and more ethical research and practice in mental health; and the Paediatric Mental Health Training Unit, providing training and support to medical students, GPs, allied health professionals, teachers and counsellors in non-pathologising approaches to primary care mental health.

He has an international reputation for his work on the evidence base for psychiatry and is a strong advocate for addressing the social determinants of mental health.

Jon, together with co-author Leemon B. McHenry, wrote the book The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine published in 2020. The book was followed by an opinion piece which appeared in the British Medical Journal in March 2022.

In this interview, we discuss the issues with evidence-based medicine and what led to the debasement of a system originally conceived to challenge extravagant claims and poor science.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mad in America podcast, your source for science, psychiatry and social justice.
0:13.6	Hello, this is James, and welcome to the podcast. And just before we get started today, if you've enjoyed listening to our discussions, please share the podcast with friends, family, colleagues and on social media.
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0:33.7	So on to our interview and this week I'm delighted to be joined by Dr John Gerardini.
0:39.2	John is a child psychiatrist who also trained in philosophy, critical appraisal and psychotherapy.
0:45.5	He has a continuing appointment as a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Adelaide.
0:51.1	He heads Adelaide University's critical and ethical mental health research group,
0:55.2	which conducts research, teaching and advocacy to promote safer, more effective and more ethical
1:00.9	research and practice in mental health. He has an international reputation for his work on the
1:06.4	evidence-based for psychiatry and is a strong advocate for addressing the social determinants of mental
1:11.9	health. John, together with co-author Lehman B. McHenry, wrote the book The Illusion of
1:17.2	Evidence-Based Medicine published in 2020. The book was followed by an opinion piece which
1:22.7	appeared in the British Medical Journal in March 2022. I was keen to ask John about the issues with evidence-based
1:29.5	medicine and what led to the debasement of a system originally conceived to challenge extravagant
1:35.4	claims and poor science. Dr. Giardini, John, welcome. Thank you so much for joining me today
1:42.4	for the Madden America podcast. It's a real pleasure to be here. Thank you.
1:47.0	Thank you. And we're here today to talk about your 2020 book authored with Lehman B. McHenry entitled The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine.
1:58.0	And this is also the title of an opinion piece by you both,
2:03.9	which appeared in the British Medical Journal in March 2022. And so I'd like to come on to
2:10.3	talk about the book and the paper. But first, I was interested to know a little about you.
2:14.9	You're a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Adelaide in Australia,
2:20.4	and you've written extensively on clinical trials, misleading drug promotion and corporate influence in medical
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