Treating mental illness with electricity marries old ideas with modern tech and understanding of the brain – podcast

Deep brain stimulation and trasncranial magnetic stimulation treat mental illness by sending electrical currents into parts of the brain. Every new patient provides researchers with a wealth of information. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Nov. 24, 2022 • ~6 min

Deep brain stimulation can be life-altering for OCD sufferers when other treatment options fall short

This rare procedure is offered by only a handful of centers in the US and around the world and should be used only when less invasive treatment options for OCD have been tried.

Rachel A. Davis, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Sept. 28, 2022 • ~13 min

Digital hoarders: we've identified four types – which are you?

Physical hoarding has been studied for decades - but now, new forms of digital hoarding are emerging.

Nick Neave, Associate Professor in Psychology, and Director of the Hoarding Research Group, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
Jan. 15, 2021 • ~7 min

Are we all OCD now, with obsessive hand-washing and technology addiction?

Behaviors that would have been seen as pathological a few months ago are now applauded as adaptive and resourceful. Where do doctors draw the line?

David Rosenberg, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wayne State University • conversation
June 15, 2020 • ~8 min

Exercise addiction is a real mental health condition, yet still poorly understood

Exercise addiction describes an obsessive or compulsive need to exercise – even when you're injured.

Lee Smith, Reader in Physical Activity and Public Health, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
March 31, 2020 • ~6 min

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