Podcast series

The ECNP podcast series brings you conversations with some of the leading researchers in applied neuroscience, discussing their work, their career, their vision on the field, and why they do what they do.

Podcast 9 — The paradox of wealth and mental health*
Duration: 39 mins

April 2023 — We are more prosperous, but mentally sicker than ever. Does prosperity bring bad luck? In this podcast Damiaan Denys, the Netherlands, and Ilse Graat, the Netherlands, discuss the paradox of greater economic wealth and the increase of mental complaints. Additionally, Damiaan talks about the choices he made as an early career researcher, his professional journey and his reasons to combine philosophy, psychiatry, clinical work and scientific research. One of his research topics focusses on confidence and in this podcast he explains that confidence abnormalities are associated with different psychiatric disorders.

* Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the official position of ECNP. The content of this podcast should not be used in any way as the basis for treatment decisions.

Podcast 8 — Challenges in youth mental health – awareness, prevention and access to treatment*
Duration: 35 mins

February 2023 — The Covid pandemic created a beneficial momentum in mental health research. In this podcast, Celso Arango, Spain, and Aiste Lengvenyte, France, discuss the challenges in youth mental health including —awareness, prevention and access to treatment. They also talk about the latest discoveries on the causes of neurodevelopmental conditions and the need for a more dimensional approach in mental health.

Podcast 7 — Psychedelic research: the what, why and how*
Duration: 35 mins

February 2023 — The use of psychedelics in the treatment of psychiatric disorders has been receiving widespread attention from the nonprofessional and scientific community for the last few years. The practice of taking a small, non-psychedelic dose of LSD or psilocybin to improve particular behaviour, emotions, or a psychiatric condition is claimed to be effective by its users. In this podcast Ilse Graat, the Netherlands, interviews Kim Kuypers, the Netherlands, on her path towards psychedelics, discussing where this young research field stands and where it is heading, including new research on microdosing yet to be explored.

Podcast 6

Part one — PRIME time: multimorbidity of insulin-related somatic and brain diseases*
Duration: 25 mins

January 2023 — In part one of the two-part podcast series, recorded during the 35^th ECNP Congress 2022 in Vienna, PhD student Veerle van Gils, the Netherlands, and senior clinical scientist and psychologist Silke Matura, Germany, discuss the role of dysfunctional insulin signalling as modulator of mental and non-mental chronic diseases. They are both part of the PRIME (Prevention and Remediation of Insulin Multimorbidity in Europe) project trying to identify and specify the molecular mechanisms underlying insulin comorbidities.

Part two — The impact of dietary habits and physical activity on mental health*
Duration: 25 mins

January 2023 — Would you like to know ‘why we just don’t do the things we know are good for us'? Listen to part two of the podcast series with Silke Matura and Veerle van Gils.
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