Brain Matter Chatter (BMC) - Episode 5: Anxiety, Social Isolation & Returning to "Normal" with Dr. David Dozois

Episode 5: Anxiety, Social Isolation & Returning to "Normal" with Dr. David Dozois

08/09/21 • 42 min

Julia and Niveen chat with Dr. David Dozois, a Psychologist, Professor, and the Director of the Clinical Psychology Graduate Program at Western University, about the impact of social isolation on mental health. We also learn why some of us feel anxious about going back to our normal social lives and routines and what we can do to ease this transition. Dr. Dozois also shares some of his personal experiences in graduate school and gives some great advice for graduate students.
Connect with Dr. Dozois:

Website: http://dozoislab.com/
Twitter: @david_dozois & @Dozois_Mood_Lab

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Book: Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger & Christine A. Padesky

Website: http://dozoislab.com/
Twitter: @david_dozois & @Dozois_Mood_Lab

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Book: Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger & Christine A. Padesky

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Episode 4 Part 2: Exercise and Cognition with Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu and Joyla Furlano

In part two of the exercise series, Hayley (Host) and Olivia (Co-Host) discuss the cognitive benefits of exercise with Joyla Furlano and Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu. They touch on sex differences in response to exercise, exercise in aging and disease and exercise as medicine. Joyla is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Neuroscience at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. She currently works in the Exercise, Mobility and Brain Health Laboratory at Western under the supervision of Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu. Her doctoral research uses fMRI to examine the effects of resistance exercise on cognitive and brain health in prediabetic and overweight older adults. Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology at Western. Her research focuses on examining the effects of exercise on cognition and brain health in at-risk populations, using neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI and EEG to examine underlying functional changes.

Dr. Nagamatsu’s website: https://www.uwo.ca/bmi/investigators/lindsay-nagamatsu.html

Recent articles: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jnr.24830 , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33358932/

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Episode 6 Part 1: Anxiety & Anger with Rob Hicks: gender stereotypes & men’s mental health

Anxiety & anger series with Rob Hicks, PART I: gender stereotypes & men’s mental health
In this three-part series, Niveen (@nivful) and Julia (@juliasunstrum) chat with Rob Hicks, a PhD Candidate in Kinesiology & Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), about his experience in Academia with gender stereotypes and mental health, expressing emotions other than anger, and panic attack/anxiety triggers and what to look out for. Rob details his personal story of becoming a new parent in graduate school while managing his mental health and provides invaluable advice for (really) everyone, including men, parents, and Academics.
References / resources:
⇢The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Information Resource Center
⇢ Centers for Disease Control and PreventionLook out for upcoming episodes where Niveen and Julia continue the conversation with Rob Hicks in the Anxiety & Anger Series:
↬ Part I: gender stereotypes - men’s mental health
↬ Part II: practicing mindfulness
↬ Part III: becoming a parent in Academia
Connect with Rob Hicks:
↬ Instagram: @neurosnacks
↬ Twitter: @_robhicks
↬ Website
↬ Rob's article: Men, we need to #GetReal about our mental health

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