Can Tony Robbins self-help course cure depression? Do people prefer ketamine or electroconvulsive treatment for depression and does preference matter? Today Alex and Anya break down mental health studies to deliver fascinating insights from research, discuss the difference between good and bad science, and understand how science can be (for better and worse) leveraged to market products.
Tony Robbins Study:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9107501/
Ketamine vs Electroconvulsive Treatment:
Primary analysis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30572160/
Secondary analysis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178125000605
With Dr. Anya Borissova and Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Alex is a consultant psychiatrist and a UKCP registered psychotherapist in-training. Dr. Anya is a psychiatry registrar and academic trainee at the South London and Maudsley NHS foundation trust.
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