The Dissenter | #979 Camilla Nord - The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health @TheDissenterRL | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 27th 2024.
Dr. Camilla Nord is an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She is currently particularly interested in understanding the overlap between homeostatic processes in the brain and body and mental health disorders. She is the author of The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health.
In this episode, we focus on The Balanced Brain. We start by discussing why we should care about mental health, the idea of the “balanced brain”, what mental health is, the role of pleasure and pain, different routes to pleasure, and whether austerity is always the best route to mental health. We talk about connections between the brain and the body, focusing on the immune system, the gut, and the gut microbiome. We also discuss how expectations impact mental health, how motivation works, individual differences in responses to interventions, and placebos and nocebos. We discuss whether antidepressants work, what we know about psychedelics, whether and how psychotherapy works, electrical stimulation, and deep brain stimulation. Finally, we talk about what we ourselves can do for our mental health.
Time Links:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Why should we care about mental health?
02:08 What is the “balanced brain”?
03:33 What is mental health?
04:59 The role of pleasure and pain
09:56 Different routes to pleasure
11:25 Is austerity always the best route to mental health?
12:36 Connections between the brain and the body (the immune system, the gut, gut microbiome)
22:42 How expectations impact mental health
24:28 How motivation works
27:43 Individual differences
31:48 Placebos and nocebos
33:37 Do antidepressants work?
40:05 What we know about psychedelics
43:33 Does psychotherapy work?
47:33 Electrical stimulation, and deep brain stimulation
51:22 Is there anything we can do for our mental health ourselves?
56:43 Follow Dr. Nord’s work!
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Follow Dr. Nord’s work:
Faculty page: bit.ly/3sHSFwp
Mental Health Neuroscience Lab: bit.ly/3R6KFP6
ResearchGate profile: bit.ly/3G8t96w
The Balanced Brain: bit.ly/3G4xPKC
Twitter handle: @camillalnord
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A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: PER HELGE LARSEN, JERRY MULLER, BERNARDO SEIXAS, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, PHIL KAVANAGH, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, FERGAL CUSSEN, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, ROMAIN ROCH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, NELLEKE BAK, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, URSULA LITZCKE, SCOTT, ZACHARY FISH, TIM DUFFY, SUNNY SMITH, JON WISMAN, WILLIAM BUCKNER, PAUL-GEORGE ARNAUD, LUKE GLOWACKI, GEORGIOS THEOPHANOUS, CHRIS WILLIAMSON, PETER WOLOSZYN, DAVID WILLIAMS, DIOGO COSTA, ANTON ERIKSSON, ALEX CHAU, AMAURI MARTÍNEZ, CORALIE CHEVALLIER, BANGALORE ATHEISTS, LARRY D. LEE JR., OLD HERRINGBONE, MICHAEL BAILEY, DAN SPERBER, ROBERT GRESSIS, IGOR N, JEFF MCMAHAN, JAKE ZUEHL, BARNABAS RADICS, MARK CAMPBELL, TOMAS DAUBNER, LUKE NISSEN, KIMBERLY JOHNSON, JESSICA NOWICKI, LINDA BRANDIN, NIKLAS CARLSSON, GEORGE CHORIATIS, VALENTIN STEINMANN, PER KRAULIS, KATE VON GOELER, ALEXANDER HUBBARD, BR, MASOUD ALIMOHAMMADI, JONAS HERTNER, URSULA GOODENOUGH, DAVID PINSOF, SEAN NELSON, MIKE LAVIGNE, JOS KNECHT, ERIK ENGMAN, LUCY, MANVIR SINGH, PETRA WEIMANN, CAROLA FEEST, STARRY, MAURO JÚNIOR, 航 豊川, TONY BARRETT, AND BENJAMIN GELBART!
A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, TOM VANEGDOM, BERNARD HUGUENEY, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, JONCARLO MONTENEGRO, AL NICK ORTIZ, NICK GOLDEN, AND CHRISTINE GLASS!
AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, BOGDAN KANIVETS, ROSEY, AND GREGORY HASTINGS!
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This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: enlites.com
RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 27th 2024.
Dr. Camilla Nord is an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She is currently particularly interested in understanding the overlap between homeostatic processes in the brain and body and mental health disorders. She is the author of The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health.
In this episode, we focus on The Balanced Brain. We start by discussing why we should care about mental health, the idea of the “balanced brain”, what mental health is, the role of pleasure and pain, different routes to pleasure, and whether austerity is always the best route to mental health. We talk about connections between the brain and the body, focusing on the immune system, the gut, and the gut microbiome. We also discuss how expectations impact mental health, how motivation works, individual differences in responses to interventions, and placebos and nocebos. We discuss whether antidepressants work, what we know about psychedelics, whether and how psychotherapy works, electrical stimulation, and deep brain stimulation. Finally, we talk about what we ourselves can do for our mental health.
Time Links:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Why should we care about mental health?
02:08 What is the “balanced brain”?
03:33 What is mental health?
04:59 The role of pleasure and pain
09:56 Different routes to pleasure
11:25 Is austerity always the best route to mental health?
12:36 Connections between the brain and the body (the immune system, the gut, gut microbiome)
22:42 How expectations impact mental health
24:28 How motivation works
27:43 Individual differences
31:48 Placebos and nocebos
33:37 Do antidepressants work?
40:05 What we know about psychedelics
43:33 Does psychotherapy work?
47:33 Electrical stimulation, and deep brain stimulation
51:22 Is there anything we can do for our mental health ourselves?
56:43 Follow Dr. Nord’s work!
--
Follow Dr. Nord’s work:
Faculty page: bit.ly/3sHSFwp
Mental Health Neuroscience Lab: bit.ly/3R6KFP6
ResearchGate profile: bit.ly/3G8t96w
The Balanced Brain: bit.ly/3G4xPKC
Twitter handle: @camillalnord
--
A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: PER HELGE LARSEN, JERRY MULLER, BERNARDO SEIXAS, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, PHIL KAVANAGH, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, FERGAL CUSSEN, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, ROMAIN ROCH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, NELLEKE BAK, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, URSULA LITZCKE, SCOTT, ZACHARY FISH, TIM DUFFY, SUNNY SMITH, JON WISMAN, WILLIAM BUCKNER, PAUL-GEORGE ARNAUD, LUKE GLOWACKI, GEORGIOS THEOPHANOUS, CHRIS WILLIAMSON, PETER WOLOSZYN, DAVID WILLIAMS, DIOGO COSTA, ANTON ERIKSSON, ALEX CHAU, AMAURI MARTÍNEZ, CORALIE CHEVALLIER, BANGALORE ATHEISTS, LARRY D. LEE JR., OLD HERRINGBONE, MICHAEL BAILEY, DAN SPERBER, ROBERT GRESSIS, IGOR N, JEFF MCMAHAN, JAKE ZUEHL, BARNABAS RADICS, MARK CAMPBELL, TOMAS DAUBNER, LUKE NISSEN, KIMBERLY JOHNSON, JESSICA NOWICKI, LINDA BRANDIN, NIKLAS CARLSSON, GEORGE CHORIATIS, VALENTIN STEINMANN, PER KRAULIS, KATE VON GOELER, ALEXANDER HUBBARD, BR, MASOUD ALIMOHAMMADI, JONAS HERTNER, URSULA GOODENOUGH, DAVID PINSOF, SEAN NELSON, MIKE LAVIGNE, JOS KNECHT, ERIK ENGMAN, LUCY, MANVIR SINGH, PETRA WEIMANN, CAROLA FEEST, STARRY, MAURO JÚNIOR, 航 豊川, TONY BARRETT, AND BENJAMIN GELBART!
A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, TOM VANEGDOM, BERNARD HUGUENEY, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, JONCARLO MONTENEGRO, AL NICK ORTIZ, NICK GOLDEN, AND CHRISTINE GLASS!
AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, BOGDAN KANIVETS, ROSEY, AND GREGORY HASTINGS!
#TheDissenter #CamillaNord #TheBalancedBrain
