Michael Behar – Can the Nervous System Be Hacked?

I Tuesday I shared the Bessel van der Kolk article from the New York Times Magazine. From the same issue is this article on how we are learning to “hack” the nervous system to turn on the immune system and to change brain states. Another recent article, “How the ‘Gut Feeling’ Shapes Fear,” identified the … Read more

Rethinking Depression: Charles Raison at TEDxTucson

Dr. Charles Raison with the Dalai Lama. Dr. Charles Raison is the Barry and Janet Lang Associate Professor of Integrative Mental Health with the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona (with a joint position in the School of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry). Dr. Raison joined the UA to … Read more