Brain Health with Dr. Nissen

By Dr. Nissen

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Episodes: 38

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Brain Health with Dr. Nissen brings you advancements in medicine, neuroscience, psychiatry, & nutrition to help you live a better life. Dr. Nissen's expert interviews reveal new, evidence-based approaches to enhancing mental health, sharpening cognition, & optimizing performance. With topics such as optogenetics, Alzheimer's disease, neuromodulation, depression, the Mediterranean Diet, & psychedelics, this show is sure to expose listeners to new topics on the frontiers of medicine and neuroscience. Join us at www.DrNissen.com Dr. Nissen is a medical doctor and cognitive behavioral therapist.

Episode Date
#37: ADHD: What is it? How is it diagnosed?
Feb 03, 2024
#36: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) with Michael Perlis, PhD
Oct 24, 2022
#35: Sleep Better with CBT-I: The Evidence-Based Treatment for Insomnia
Sep 12, 2022
#34: Diet, Fitness, and Mental Health: metabolic psychiatry with Rodrigo Mansur, MD
Aug 12, 2022
#33: The Problem of Porn: Society's Hidden Addiction, How Porn Acts Like a Drug, What Helps, and Steps to Recovery
Nov 01, 2021
#32: Schizophrenia: Is it related to marijuana? What is schizophrenia? How is it treated?
Aug 24, 2021
#31: Ketamine - A Legal Psychedelic? Discussion with Dr. Steven Mandel and Sam Mandel
Jul 29, 2021
#30: Men's Mental Health with Owen Marcus from Evryman
Jul 16, 2021
#29: Psychedelic Update! How MDMA-assisted therapy could treat PTSD with Rick Doblin
May 29, 2021
#28: The Big 5 Personality Traits: psychology's greatest tool for understanding human personalities
Apr 25, 2021
#27: The Brain Health Diet (Part 2): How to Prevent Alzheimer's, Depression, & Other Brain Diseases with Nick Norwitz, PhD
Apr 19, 2021
#26: The Brain Health Diet (Part 1): How to Prevent Alzheimer's, Depression, & Other Brain Diseases with Nick Norwitz, PhD
Apr 12, 2021
#25: Saunas, Weight Loss, and Sleep to Reverse Depression? Neuroinflammation and Psychiatric Disease with Dr. Chuck Raison, MD
Feb 24, 2021
#24: Crash Course in Empathy: Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Grow Your Emotional Intelligence with Mike Christensen
Feb 15, 2021
#23: How the Brain Works: Neurotransmitters (GABA, Glutamate, Acetylcholine, and Serotonin)
Jan 20, 2021
#22: Better Sleep: common causes of insomnia, sleep hygiene, and feeling well-rested.
Dec 21, 2020
#21: What, really is caffeine? How does it work? Is coffee bad for you? What effect does it have on the body?
Dec 12, 2020
#20: Psychedelic Medicine? Psilocybin, LSD, and the serotonin 5HT2A/1A receptor system for treatment of mental illness
Nov 22, 2020
#19: Hack Your Brain: quantitative EEG, neurofeedback, meditation, & nutrition with Andrew Hill, PhD
Nov 05, 2020
#18: Can We Stop Alzheimer's? New evidence about APOE4 genetics, BDNF, Omega-3 fatty acids and preventing dementia
Oct 24, 2020
#17: This Is Your Brain On Food: The Connection Between Diet & Mental Health with Harvard's Nutritional Psychiatry Expert, Dr. Uma Naidoo, MD
Sep 14, 2020
#16: The Silent Pandemic: porn addiction, human trafficking, & how Covenant Eyes can bring healing and hope
Aug 23, 2020
#15: Nicotine Addiction: Tobacco, E-Cigs, Vaping, and How To Quit Smoking
Aug 17, 2020
#14: Is your brain on fire? Diet and neuroinflammation with Paul Saladino, MD
Aug 07, 2020
#13: Emotional Intelligence for Kids: a conversation about Emily Empathy on the NewMomBoss Podcast
Jul 27, 2020
Replay: Mental Health and Crime with Dr. Nathaniel Morris, MD
Jul 09, 2020
#12: Upgrade your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life with Jim Kwik, author of Limitless
Jun 22, 2020
#11: Depression genetics, the role of our gut microbiome, and depression prognosis (does depression have a cure?)
Jun 15, 2020
#10: Heat for depression? Can saunas, light therapy, and mindfulness meditation help treat depression?
Jun 08, 2020
#9: Anxious kids? Listen to this. Professor Eli Lebowitz on SPACE, a new parent-based treatment for childhood and adolescent anxiety.
Jun 01, 2020
#8: Sleep, Learning, The Glymphatic System, Amyloid-Beta Plaques, and Cognitive Enhancement
May 25, 2020
#7: Antidepressants, exercise, gut dysbiosis, probiotics and nutrition for depression
May 18, 2020
#6: Mind control using light? New technologies in the field of Optogenetics and future clinical implications for the treatment of brain disorders
May 11, 2020
#5: Is chronic pain in the brain? What is chronic pain, what is its relationship with anxiety and the HPA axis? What roles do therapy and meditation have in the treatment of chronic pain?
May 04, 2020
#4: What is depression? Who is at risk for depression? What is the role of hormones, circadian rhythms, trauma, and the HPA axis?
Apr 27, 2020
#3: Diet for Brain Health: Professor Mary Flynn, PhD on Stroke and Dementia Prevention with the Mediterranean Diet, Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Apr 18, 2020
#2: Mental Health and Crime with Dr. Nathaniel Morris, MD
Apr 18, 2020
#1: Mental Health During COVID-19 on the "COVID-19: Commonsense Conversations on the Coronavirus Pandemic" Podcast with Dr. O'Connell and Dr. Nissen
Apr 18, 2020