Meet Dr. Stephen Almada

I am a health psychologist with postdoctoral training in epidemiology. As a practitioner and educator for over 30 years, I have grown to understand that lifestyle diseases are a philosophical problem that requires a philosophical intervention. Where once I viewed research and philosophy as tools for my personal practice and teaching, I now see, as public health has worsened and other health professions express a sense of urgency,  that a shift to a holistic philosophy is of the highest priority. As I witness epidemics become pandemics, chronic diseases of adulthood become diseases of childhood, depression, anxiety, and other mental health problems spread throughout society, I feel it is my duty as a holistic philosopher to contribute to the calls from psychiatric nurses, psychologists, physicians, and other health professionals for a collaborative approach to the care and prevention of diseased ways of living life. Consequently, my work as a practitioner continues, but over the past three years, I have published articles in peer-reviewed journals to guide this philosophical evolution. In 2026, I am working on another article for a peer-reviewed journal and preparing a seminar for health professionals on the philosophy of holism, so we can begin implementing measurable, practical, and evidence-based change through a more cohesive interdisciplinary approach.

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