Schizophrenia – Failures in Perceptual Updating and Psychosis Severity

In our 9th Fresh Perspectives with Amara Davis, the Loving Mind Institute presents the recently published work entitled “Association Between Failures in Perceptual Updating and the Severity of Psychosis in Schizophrenia”. Amara discusses with Dr. Sonia Bansal an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Maryland Psychiatric Research Center…

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to Improve Mental Health- Advancing Individualized Treatment

In our 8th Fresh Perspectives webinar with Amara Davis, we discuss Dr. Nicholas Balderston’s work on transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and its application in major depressive disorder. TMS is a non-invasive method to modulate brain activity through a magnetically generated electric field by placing a coil on the scalp in which specific brain regions can…

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Social Dysfunction in Psychosis: Advances from the Study of Metacognition

In our 6th Fresh Perspectives webinar with Amara Davis we discuss how social withdrawal can effect psychosis in mental illness. Amara interviews Dr. Paul Lysaker, a clinical psychologist at the VA medical center in Indianapolis and a professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine. We explore his…

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Microbiome Driven Approach to Combating Depression

This time on Fresh Perspectives with Amara Davis we discuss new and emerging science of the gut microbiome and its effect on depression. Amara interviews Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum, Professor and Director of the Microbiome Core in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and also founder and scientific director of the company, Biohm….

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Mental Health Stigma in Healthcare Setting & Provider Gender

Towards Loving Mind Institute’s aim to bridge science and community to promote scientific literacy and appreciation among the public and impacted populations we serve, LMI Outreach Coordinator Amara Davis conducts an engaging and personable interview with Jenesse Kaitz, Ph.D., first author of the publication, Influence of Provider Gender on Mental Health Stigma. Dr. Kaitz, a…

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