The OCD Conversations
The OCD Conversations
Podcast Description
The OCD Conversations is a landmark podcast series exploring new and innovative ways to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In each episode, host Sean Fletcher speaks to a world leading specialist who is pushing the boundaries when it comes to OCD treatments. He'll find out about their area of research, what they hope to achieve, and what motivated them to use their expertise to undertake groundbreaking work to tackle OCD. From psychedelics to psychotherapy, deep brain stimulation to ultrasound stimulation, as well as a repurposed Parkinson’s medication and even conventional computer games, in The OCD Conversations, Sean will make the exciting work being done on the neuroscientific frontier accessible to everyone, and give hope to the estimated 70 million people living with OCD worldwide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast explores a variety of innovative treatment methods for OCD including psychedelics, psychotherapy, deep brain stimulation, ultrasound stimulation, and repurposed medications. Episodes such as Doubt in OCD featuring Tricia Seow and Can Ultrasound Become an Effective OCD Treatment with Professor Elsa Fouragnan dive deep into current research and methods while making the science relatable to listeners.
The OCD Conversations is a landmark podcast series exploring new and innovative ways to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In each episode, host Sean Fletcher speaks to a world leading specialist who is pushing the boundaries when it comes to OCD treatments. He’ll find out about their area of research, what they hope to achieve, and what motivated them to use their expertise to undertake groundbreaking work to tackle OCD.
From psychedelics to psychotherapy, deep brain stimulation to ultrasound stimulation, as well as a repurposed Parkinson’s medication and even conventional computer games, in The OCD Conversations, Sean will make the exciting work being done on the neuroscientific frontier accessible to everyone, and give hope to the estimated 70 million people living with OCD worldwide.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sean Fletcher speaks to Professor Amy Milton from the Department of Psychology at Downing College, Cambridge University, about her research into two neurotransmitters, glutamate and gaba in the brain. They discuss:
-how glutamate and gaba help explain the science behind obsessive compulsive disorder,
-her research into two repurposed drugs which appear to help balance these two key chemicals in the brain,
-and based on what she has found, her hopes for future OCD treatments.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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