Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠
@drjacekdebiec
Psychiatrist. Neuroscientist. Philosopher. #MentalHealth is an intrinsic part of #PlanetaryHealth. Visit my website:
From Alessandra Olanow, Brooklyn-based artist and poet, the author of 'I Used To Have A Plan'.
A recent, not yet peer-reviewed, study in animals shows that gene expression changes in the cortex that were previously attributed to schizophrenia may, in fact, be a result of antipsychotic medication treatment. #PsychSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Not much will be left of the Netherlands, according to the predictions presented in this New Scientist documentary.
"Totalitarian domination as a form of government... bases itself on loneliness, on the experience of not belonging to the world at all, which is among the most radical and desperate experiences of man." - Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Whispering won't protect the citizens... or the politicians. "Governments desperate..to protect their citizens from the..impacts of the climate crisis are being put in a 'beyond absurd' situation.. They are being urged not to mention the climate.. Discussions are..confined to whispers in corridors"
"A Ricker logistic model...predicts that the global population could reach 11.7–12.4 billion people between 2067 and 2076. The same model fitted to the facilitation phase predicts a maximum population of 2.5 billion people that Earth might be able to maintain." iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
"Each orangutan teaches us about the wide variety of personality and capacity for intelligence...and...emotions... The tropical rain forest is the most complex thing an ordinary human can experience on this planet. A walk in the rain forest is a walk into the mind of God." RIP, Dr. Biruté Galdikas.
Your research on anxiety, trauma, and exposure therapy helped thousands, Edna. Your memory is already a blessing. My condolences to your loved ones. 💔 (Photo: together with two giants, Edna Foa and Les Greenberg)
Adam Zagajewski (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021)
“Only one who takes over his own life history can see in it the realization of his self. Responsibility to take over one's own biography means to get clear about who one wants to be.” RIP Jürgen Habermas (June 18, 1929 - March 14, 2026)
Remember #ElNino 2023-24? “When El Niño develops, we’re likely to set a new global temperature record. 'Normal' was left in the dust decades ago. And with this much heat in the system, everyone should buckle up for the extreme weather it will fuel.” #ClimateSky www.euronews.com/2026/02/23/e...
This is going to be the most challenging talk I have ever given, because there is no easy way to process and communicate it: "On Being Collapse Aware: An Examination of Collapse Awareness in Counseling and Therapy Practice". #CollapseAware #Overshoot #ClimateSky
I look forward to speaking at the upcoming 8th International Conference on Philosophical Counseling & Practice, "On Being Collapse Aware: An Examination of Collapse Awareness in Counseling and Therapy Practice". #ClimateSky #PsychSky
A 🧵worth reading. All the people mentioned there are fortunate that they did not end up being named "Jeffrey Epstein Professor". There are several psychiatrists who held the title "Sackler Professor of Psychiatry", even a long time after the OxyContin scandal became publicly known. #AcademicSky
"Rapid global warming is the most prominent existential threat facing our current global society, particularly as it influences increases in potential violence and conflict... at both an interpersonal and group level". #ClimateSky psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Helmut Poppendick, a physician and an SS officer, who was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment during the #NurembergTrials: "It did not appear surprising to me that scientists carried out experiments in.. concentration camps... The oath of Hippocrates... has nothing to do with the problem."
William Rees accurately summarized humanity's major collective efforts so far: "Climate change is the best-known symptom of overshoot, but mainstream ‘solutions’ will actually accelerate climate disruption and worsen overshoot."
"The world has...crossed 6 of the 9 'Planetary Boundaries', namely the scientifically defined limits for Earth systems that keep the planet habitable.. 150 years ago, wild mammals accounted for..half of all [mammal] biomass. Today, they account for a vanishing 5%" blogs.worldbank.org/en/climatech...
"Epistemia: a structural situation in which linguistic plausibility substitutes for epistemic evaluation, producing the feeling of knowing without the labor of judgment." osf.io/preprints/ps...
Parents, smartphones are not designed to support your child's mental health and well-being. Make wise decisions. According to a new study (link in the comment below) published by Pediatrics, children who have smartphones by age 12 are at a higher risk of sleep disruption, depression, and obesity.
RIP, Tatsuya Nakadai (died at 92 years on November 8, 2025). You have left us with so many of your iconic performances.
Dominika Tworek recently interviewed me for Polish Zwierciadlo about #climatedenial in adults and #climateanxiety in children: "Maybe our children worry because we, adults, don't worry enough?" #ClimateSky #COP30 zwierciadlo.pl/psychologia/...
"I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy" - Marie Skłodowska Curie, born on this day in 1867.
The question is not if but when. Below are the images of some parts of the world with a global sea level rise of 3 meters, according to Climate Central. Areas in red will be underwater. And these 3 meters are only due to Thwaites Glacier melting, not including Greenland or other regions. #ClimateSky
Niektorzy techno-oligarchowie, w ktorych rekach jest rozwoj AI, nie kryja sie z tym, ze ich celem jest kontrola spolecznestwa przy uzyciu AI.
Celem wlascicieli AI nie jest dobrostan kazdej osoby w spoleczenstwie.
Aby zrozumiec pospieszne wprowadzanie terapeutycznych chatbotow trzeba spojrzec na szerszy kontekst i cele rozwoju i stosowania AI.