6th Annual Precision Mental Health Symposium: From Circuits to Mindsets: Precision Mental Health in the Real World
Stanford's annual Precision Mental Health Symposium explores how neuroscience, psychiatry, data science, and artificial intelligence can translate brain research into real-world mental-health care. Themes include circuits and cognition, biomarkers and neuroimaging, rapid-acting interventions, neuromodulation, and precision therapeutics.
Neurosurgery for Mental Disorders: Challenging Mindsets; Combining Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology in Parkinson’s Disease
On Wednesday, October 26th, at noon ET / 6PM CET, we will host Kara Johnson, PhD, and Ludvic Zrinzo, MD PhD, for the inaugural session of our newly conceived talk series format entitled "Stimulating Brains". Kara A. Johnson, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Coralie de Hemptinne’s lab at the University of Florida, will present her work on “Combining imaging and neurophysiology in Parkinson’s disease”. Ludvic Zrinzo, Professor of functional neurosurgery and head of the University College London functional neurosurgery unit, will give us a glimpse at the “Person behind the science”, and give a talk on “Neurosurgery for mental disorders: challenging mindsets”. The talks will be followed by a shared discussion. You can register via talks.stimulatingbrains.org to receive the (free) Zoom link!
Harnessing Mindset in 21st Century Healthcare
Mindsets are core assumptions about the nature and workings of things in the world that orient us to a particular set of attributions, expectations, and goals. Our study of mindsets is, in part, inspired by research on the placebo effect, a robust demonstration of the ability of mindsets, conscious or subconscious, to elicit physiological changes in the body. This talk will explore the role of mindsets in three stages of chronic disease progression: genetic predisposition, behavioral prevention, and clinical treatment. I will discuss the mechanisms through which mindsets influence health as well as the myriad ways that mindsets can be more effectively leveraged to motivate healthy behaviors and improve 21st century healthcare.