Frederick Goodwin (1930s–2022) was one of the most influential modern psychiatrists in mood disorders, psychopharmacology, and lithium. Dr. Nassir Ghaemi reflects on Goodwin as a mentor and public figure—his years at NIMH (including as Director), the landmark Manic-Depressive Illness textbook (with Kay Jamison), and his clinical philosophy that recurrence and course matter more than symptom checklists. The episode also covers Goodwin’s major scientific contributions (stages of mania; antidepressants worsening bipolar illness), the controversies that shaped his career, and what today’s clinicians can learn from his approach.

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