The Brain and Relationships

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Interpersonal neurobiology is a field that emerged about 15 years ago into the leadership of a psychiatrist on the west coast. The mind is an embodied and relational process that emerges from within and between brains whose task it is to regulate the flow of energy and information. We know that your mind isn't just your body because we know that when you're born newborns come into the world with about 30% of their neural activity intact and ready to go.

Scholars, journalists, practitioners, and other thought leaders all agree — we’re facing a loneliness epidemic that’s as grave a threat to public health as obesity or substance abuse. Where do we go from here?

In this Forum from 2019 at the University of Minnesota, psychiatrist Curt Thompson discusses human flourishing and community. When it comes to mental health, he says, don’t go it alone.

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