Psychiatry is due for a revolution in diagnosis and treatment through brain science Subscribe to the Aeon Video newsletter: https://bit.ly/2MfCgqO Watch ‘Claire Gillan: The Biology of Mental Illness’ on Aeon: https://bit.ly/3oCeXZL Watch more free videos on Aeon: https://bit.ly/35DJcpb Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2EQf1zv Follow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2SaTMjt Follow us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2MgoDrg Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2tDzsNC For decades, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with its universal set of standards, has been widely considered the best tool for classifying and diagnosing mental illness. But medical psychiatry may be overdue for a biological revolution. In this Aeon interview, the US-based neuroscientist Claire Gillan describes breakthroughs in brain science that suggest mental illnesses should be reclassified, and explains how brain-scanning technologies that investigate the underlying biology could lead to more effective mental health therapies. Read the paper on Gillan’s research here. Producer: Kellen Quinn Interviewer: Nigel Warburton Editor: Adam D’Arpino #mentalhealth #neurology #psychology