The Neuroscience of Well Being - Camilla Nord

Camilla Nord, a neuroscientist and director of studies at Cambridge University, explores the intricate relationship between neuroscience and mental health. She discusses how mental health should be viewed as balance and highlights the links between chronic pain and depression. Nord explains the differences between wanting and having related to dopamine and serotonin, and how gut health influences emotions. She also delves into the potential of therapies, like CBT, and the role of psychedelics versus traditional antidepressants in altering thinking patterns.