882: Melissa Mello on Autism- It's Causes & Treatments

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Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Melissa Mello of the UC Davis Mind Institute on Autism.

Mind Pump Recommends: White Boy Ricky. (3:21)
Introducing Melissa Mello: Who is she and what does she do? (4:50)
What got her into this field of research? (6:00)
Has autism exploded or have people become more aware? (6:31)
How do we categorize autism? (8:41)
What do we know about the autistic brain? (11:50)
Breaking the myths of autism. What causes it? (13:50)
Is there a link between poor nutrition/lack of exercise and autism? (17:36)
Have there been any evolutionary advantages to having autism? (19:45)
How does one treat autism? (21:42)
What are the different forms of autism? Spectrums? (23:05)
What symptoms can parents look for? (25:11)
Are there any tools/objective tests to see if kids are on the spectrum? (27:14)
The lessons she has learned working with children with autism. (28:23)
Has she had a particular breakthrough recently? (29:36)
Are there common mistakes parents make that have autistic children? (32:03)
Are we doing a good or bad job treating children with autism? (36:23)
What are the biggest roadblocks when it comes to furthering research and treatments? (38:00)
What is the hallmark of autism? (39:21)
Is there a gut/brain connection when it comes to autism? (42:39)
What frustrates her the most and does she have to battle the parents? (44:26)
What are the big rocks to address if your child gets diagnosed with autism? (46:15)
When the child wants to talk, but can’t. What does that mean? (47:51)
How does she deal with failure? (49:04)
Does she get emotional connected to the children she treats? (50:48)
Her thoughts on labeling things without knowing. (54:40)
Knowing what we know now, does she speculate on who may have had autism? (57:10)
What potential future research excites her in the field? (1:01:30)
Have there been paradigm shattering moments in her career? (1:03:15)
Does she find herself closed off from other people after a long day? (1:05:05)
Recommendations for websites with quality autism research/information. (1:07:14)
Are there symptoms she sees in adult patients? (1:10:27)
Favorite books? (1:11:30)

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	So one of our forum members, Tony Lo, is the one that introduced me to...
0:19.0	Shout out to Tony?
0:20.0	Shout out to T-dog.
0:22.0	Yeah, he's a... That's our guys.
0:24.0	And I can't get T-dog.
0:26.0	I'm trying to give it to somebody else.
0:28.0	Maybe he's T-bone.
0:29.0	No, no, he did T-doug.
0:30.0	D-A-W-G.
0:31.0	Okay, that's...
0:33.0	Our T-dog is his T-dog, D-O-G.
0:35.0	You're right.
0:36.0	Anyway, he's the one that introduced me to the guest you're going to hear us interview, Melissa Mello,
0:41.0	who... She's a scientist at the UC Davis Mind Institute, and works...
0:45.0	She's been working with children for 12 years, I think, and specializes in working with kids with autism.
0:52.0	Right.
0:53.0	So we thought this...
0:54.0	Fascinating topic in itself, right?
0:55.0	Fascinating.
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