Why babies forget, and how fear lingers in the brain
Investigating “infantile amnesia,” and how generalized fear after acute stress reflects changes in the brain This week we have two neuroscience stories. First up, freelance science journalist Sara Reardon looks at why infants’ memories fade. She joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss ongoing experiments that aim to determine when the forgetting stops and why it happens in the first place. Next on the show, Hui-Quan Li, a senior scientist at Neurocrine Biosciences, talks with Sarah about how the brain encodes generalized fear, a symptom of some anxiety disorders such as social anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder....
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 14, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Why does cancer spread to the spine? Newly discovered stem cells might be the key
In this episode:00:45 A new insight into cancers' selective spreadCancer cells can spread to bones in the late stages of disease and in many cancers, cells actually preferentially metastasise to the spine. The reason for this has been a puzzle to researchers for years, but now a team has found a new kind of stem cell that may be involved in this process. The stem cell is found in mice and humans and could represent a clinical target in the treatment of cancer.Research article: Sun et al.News and Views: Stem cells provide clues to why vertebrae attract tumour cells09:55 Research HighlightsA preference for certain percussion...
Source: Nature Podcast - September 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Psychiatry : Written Exposure Therapy vs Prolonged Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of PTSD
Interview with Denise M. Sloan, PhD, author of Written Exposure Therapy vs Prolonged Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI. Related Content: Written Exposure Therapy vs Prolonged Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - August 23, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

What IBM's result means for quantum computing
In this episode:00:47 How to make quantum computers ready for real world applicationsQuantum computers have long held the promise of being able to perform tasks that classical computers can’t. However, despite this promise, there have been few applications that can only be accomplished by a quantum computer. Now though, researchers show that a quantum computer can resolve a physics problem concerning the orientation of quantum particles in a 2D material, which is difficult to accomplish with a ‘regular’ machine. They hope that this shows how quantum computers could be applied in real world research applications in th...
Source: Nature Podcast - June 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

PTSD in Family Members After COVID-19 ICU Stay, Extended Anticoagulation for Venous Thromboembolism, Screening for Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults, and more
Editor's Summary by Gregory Curfman, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the March 15, 2022, issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - March 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Ecstasy plus therapy for PTSD, and the effects of early childhood development programs on mothers
Staff Writer Kelly Servick talks with host Sarah Crespi about the pairing of a specific type of psychotherapy with the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Also this week, Pamela Jakiela, an economics professor at Williams College, discusses the importance of knowing how early childhood development interventions like free day care or parenting classes have an effect on caregivers, particularly mothers. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). [Image: Graham Crouch/Worl...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 20, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Ecstasy plus therapy for PTSD, and the effects of early childhood development programs on mothers
Staff Writer Kelly Servick talks with host Sarah Crespi about the pairing of a specific type of psychotherapy with the drug 3,4-methyl ​enedioxy​methamphetamine, commonly known as ecstasy, for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Also this week, Pamela Jakiela, an economics professor at Williams College, discusses the importance of knowing how early childhood development interventions like free day care or parenting classes have an effect on caregivers, particularly mothers. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 20, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

Ecstasy plus therapy for PTSD, and the effects of early childhood development programs on mothers
Staff Writer Kelly Servick talks with host Sarah Crespi about the pairing of a specific type of psychotherapy with the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Also this week, Pamela Jakiela, an economics professor at Williams College, discusses the importance of knowing how early childhood development interventions like free day care or parenting classes have an effect on caregivers, particularly mothers. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). [Image: Graham Crouch/World Ba...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 20, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Ecstasy plus therapy for PTSD, and the effects of early childhood development programs on mothers
Staff Writer Kelly Servick talks with host Sarah Crespi about the pairing of a specific type of psychotherapy with the drug 3,4-methyl ​enedioxy​methamphetamine, commonly known as ecstasy, for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Also this week, Pamela Jakiela, an economics professor at Williams College, discusses the importance of knowing how early childhood development interventions like free day care or parenting classe s have an effect on caregivers, particularly mothers. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 14, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

Neil Greenberg on tackling PTSD in the NHS
Neil Greenberg is a clinical psychologist, and professor of Defence Mental Health at King's College London. He spent 23 in the military, and now continues to work with them on things like peer led traumatic stress support packages. A recent survey of NHS staff showed disturbing signs that covid-19 has caused a widespread trauma in staff, so in this podcast we talked to Neil about trauma and moral injury, what some of the warning signs are, and what individuals and organisations can do to help their colleagues.www.bmj.com/wellbeing (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Neil Greenberg on tackling PTSD in the NHS
Neil Greenberg is a psychiatrist, and professor of Defence Mental Health at King's College London. He spent 23 in the military, and now continues to work with them on things like peer led traumatic stress support packages. A recent survey of NHS staff showed disturbing signs that covid-19 has caused a widespread trauma in staff, so in this podcast we talked to Neil about trauma and moral injury, what some of the warning signs are, and what individuals and organisations can do to help their colleagues.www.bmj.com/wellbeing (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Neil Greenberg on tackling PTSD in the NHS
Neil Greenberg is a psychiatrist, and professor of Defence Mental Health at King's College London. He spent 23 in the military, and now continues to work with them on things like peer led traumatic stress support packages. A recent survey of NHS staff showed disturbing signs that covid-19 has caused a widespread trauma in staff, so in this podcast we talked to Neil about trauma and moral injury, what some of the warning signs are, and what individuals and organisations can do to help their colleagues. www.bmj.com/wellbeing (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Post traumatic stress disorder: an evolutionary perspective
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Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - December 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Resilience: More Than Preventing Negative Outcomes
Resilience is typically studied as either a recovery/ bouncing back factor where you return to baseline levels of functioning before an acute stressor had occurred, or as a sustainability factor where you continue performing/ adapting well despite the presence of a chronic stressor. How resilience is typically operationalised, in terms of outcome, is whether the individual survives the acute trauma/stressor and/or chronic stress and still remains psychopathology free. If he doesn’t then he is non resilient, but if he indeed remains free of negative outcomes then he is resilient. Sometimes, very rarely, in case of...
Source: The Mouse Trap - July 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: resilience flourishing psychopathology Source Type: podcasts

Wellbeing – advice from a military medic to frontline clinicians
There is no doubt that anxiety levels that clinicians are feeling during this pandemic are high. One military medic believes the current situation is comparable to his experience when posted during British campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. Cormac Doyle offers advice on how to deal with high-stress conditions, both in a work and at home, as well as how to negate the future effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. One strategy he supports is using Bilatural Stimulation using music, one example of which called “Strength Within” can be found here shorturl.at/fgrSW. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts