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Jonathan N. Stea Ph.D., R. Psych

About

Jonathan N. Stea, Ph.D., R. Psych, is a registered and practicing clinical psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Clinically, he specializes in the assessment and treatment of concurrent addictive and psychiatric disorders. He is interested in topics related to science communication and health misinformation in popular media, especially with respect to addiction and mental health. He is a coalition member of #ScienceUpFirst (www.ScienceUpFirst.com), which is a Canadian-wide awareness and engagement initiative that creates, distributes and amplifies best-in-class, science-informed content surrounding COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine.

Recent Posts
Can Cannabis Help With Depression?

While cannabis users commonly report that they use cannabis to help manage symptoms of depression, the evidence is mixed, and not in its favor.

While cannabis users commonly report that they use cannabis to help manage symptoms of depression, the evidence is mixed, and not in its favor.

The Potential Harm of Alternative Medicine

Pseudoscientific therapies are widely used and promoted for ailments including COVID-19, often under the guise of the term “alternative medicine.”

Pseudoscientific therapies are widely used and promoted for ailments including COVID-19, often under the guise of the term “alternative medicine.”

The Plural of Anecdote Is Misinformation

Scientific expertise matters and lives are at stake. It’s time to park egos, politics, conjecture, pseudoscience, propaganda—and anecdotes.

Scientific expertise matters and lives are at stake. It’s time to park egos, politics, conjecture, pseudoscience, propaganda—and anecdotes.

Is Anti-Psychiatry Ideology Dangerous?

Part 1: Why the extremism of anti-psychiatry can undermine legitimate issues.

Part 1: Why the extremism of anti-psychiatry can undermine legitimate issues.