Brain Matter Chatter (BMC)
Welcome to Brain Matter Chatter (BMC), the #AcademicMentalHealth podcast. Our mission is to raise awareness about issues surrounding mental health in Academia. As graduate students, at various stages, studying neuroscience, our hosts bring a unique experiential and scientific perspective to discussions on mental health and illness. To provide a holistic picture of mental health in academia, we aim to bring a diverse set of guests to BMC. Some of our episodes will serve to highlight the experiences of current graduate students. Others will invoke perspectives from our very own faculty advisors, mental health experts, and special guests who will add professional insights to the discussions. Conversations surrounding mental health can be difficult. With this podcast, we hope to make the conversations easier and more accessible. A podcast platform is personal, on-demand, and varies in degree of engagement; listeners can choose when and where they listen, suggest topics that they want to hear discussed, and even appear on episodes as guests. One episode at a time, we hope to begin planting the seeds for change. There isn’t a single, simple solution to the on-going state of mental health in academia. Cultivating a platform for open conversations about #AcademicMentalHealth is the first step.
Brain Matter Chatter (BMC)
Episode 5: Anxiety, Social Isolation & Returning to "Normal" with Dr. David Dozois
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A SONGS Production with Ruby, Olivia, Julia, Niveen & Hayley
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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