Mental Health Expert: Tools For a Mental Illness-Free Future | Dr Camilla Nord

Dr Camilla Nord is a group leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge. Dr Nord's lab investigates the neural, cognitive, and computational mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders, with the aim of translating techniques and models from neuroscience to clinical applications in mental health. Camilla is particularly interested in combining discovery science with experimental medicine approaches to develop interventions that target disrupted body-brain processes across a number of mental health conditions.

In this wide-ranging conversation today, Camilla & I discuss the latest science of mental health treatment and the promising outlook of future breakthroughs.

You can buy Camilla's latest book 'The Balanced Brain' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Balanced-Brain-Science-Mental-Health-ebook/dp/B0BWR4TRCC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3M1AZA018Y2GS&keywords=camilla+nord&qid=1694686112&sprefix=camilla+nor%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - The role of BALANCE in mental health
04:35 - The relationship between mental health, pain and pleasure
06:33 - Can experiencing deliberate acute pain make us happier?
10:50 - Can too much pleasure desensitise us to joy?
12:32 - 'Good' dopamine vs 'bad' dopamine
15:15 - Are low expectations the secret to happiness?
18:01 - The importance of choosing language carefully
20:23 - The risk of pathologising mental health
22:30 - Tool: Don't think your way out of a bad mood, move your body instead
24:01 - The gut microbiome
26:10 - Nutrition has an asymmetrical risk to benefit
27:54 - Why mental treatment will be different for everyone
29:47 - Why motivation and drive are vital for mental health
31:48 - The benefit of social laughter
33:50 - Everybody has different hedonic hotspots
35:01 - A blood test for depression
38:47 - New wearable devices to prevent a decline in mental health
40:09 - Camilla's experience psilocybin
41:42 - Psychedelic drugs may be prone to placebo effects
43:15 - The benefits of acute stress
46:35 - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treating severe depression
50:44 - Gene editing to enhance mental health circuits
52:21 - Camilla's take-home message from the book
53:32 - What make's a life worth living?

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