2023 episodes

The paradox of wealth and mental health* — April 2023
Duration: 39 mins

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.

Challenges in youth mental health – awareness, prevention and access to treatment*— February 2023
Duration: 35 mins

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.

Psychedelic research: the what, why and how* — February 2023
Duration: 35 mins

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.

Part one — PRIME time: multimorbidity of insulin-related somatic and brain diseases*— January 2023
Duration: 25 mins

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*— January 2023
Duration: 25 mins

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.
Learn more on the effects of lifestyle on cognition and get familiar with the various techniques used to measure different types of cognition.