A Revolution In Depression Treatment?
One of the worst - of many shitty - things about depression or anxiety is not knowing which happy pill is going to work for you. It can be a crapshoot trying out different pills over months and months - with all the discomfort that can entail.
But all that could be changing - thanks to AI, EEG and a very clever Professor at Stanford University I’ve been talking to.
It opens up a future where, just like the advances in cancer treatment, tackling depression becomes personal: tailored to what’s going on in your brain. Rather than a random roll of the dice.
Watch my chat with psychiatry professor Amit Etkin - it’ll be good for your serotonin.
Speaking of good news around bad moods...
For drug-resistant depression, one of the most promising treatments seems to be rTMS - which involves pulsing a giant magnet against the brain. To hear more about that - and tech as the new frontier in mental health - listen to our Zap Your Mood Better episode.
The gut-mind link is becoming ever clearer - not surprising seeing as 90% of mood-impacting serotonin seems to lurk in the gut. We did a show diving into this - it’s absolutely fascinating. Not least how a mice’s mood was totally transformed by a poop swap. Listen to Sad Mouse.
