Dr Jon Hoffman and Dr Amirsaman Sajad: The neuroscience of OCD
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this midweek special episode I chat with Dr Jon Hoffman of the Neurobehavioral Institute (NBI) in Florida, and Dr Amirsaman Sajad, a neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University.
We discuss what is neuroscience, the difference between brain and mind, what goes on in the brain of OCD, how can neuroscience improve therapy for OCD, the importance of psychotherapy and neuroscience working together, why some people don’t have confidence in science and research, and much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/nbi-10
The midweek special episodes which go out at the end of the month on a Wednesday are made possible by and in partnership with the Neurobehavioral Institute (NBI) in Florida. I will be interviewing different members of their clinical team on a range of topics. NBI specialise in treatment and programs for anxiety, OCD, comorbidities, and complex cases. They also offer an intensive outpatient program, and a residential program called the NBI Ranch: A supportive living experience that complements intensive treatment for Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders.
To find out more about their intensive outpatient services, or the NBI ranch, as well as to read some of their free information online about OCD via their blog, click here to find out more: https://www.nbiweston.com/
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.3 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding |
| 0:10.1 | around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced O. C. Welcome to the O. C. D. |
| 0:20.7 | stories. And welcome to this midweek special episode of the |
| 0:24.0 | podcast and in this one I chat with Dr Jonathan Hoffman of the |
| 0:27.8 | neurobehavioral Institute in Florida and Dr Amir Sajed a neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University. |
| 0:35.0 | And in particular we talk about what is neuroscience, the difference between brain and mind, |
| 0:41.0 | what goes on in the brain of OCD, how can neuroscience improve therapy for |
| 0:45.5 | OCD, the importance of psychotherapy and neuroscience working together, and why some people |
| 0:51.4 | don't have confidence in science and research anymore. |
| 0:55.0 | And these midweek special episodes which go out of the end of the month on a Wednesday |
| 0:59.0 | are made possible by and in partnership with the Neurobehavioral Institute in Florida or |
| 1:04.0 | MBI for short. I will be interviewing different members of their clinical team on |
| 1:07.9 | a range of topics. |
| 1:09.4 | MBI specialized in treatment and programs for anxiety, OCD, comorbidities and complex cases. |
| 1:16.3 | They also offer an intensive outpatient program and a residential program called the |
| 1:20.5 | NBI Ranch, a supportive living experience that complements intensive treatment for anxiety and obsessive, compulsive related disorders. |
| 1:28.0 | To find out more about their intensive outpatient services or the NBI Ranch, as well as to read some of their free |
| 1:34.6 | information online about OCD via their blog |
| 1:37.2 | visit FBIwest.com. So I really enjoyed this conversation. It's not something I've |
| 1:41.5 | covered a lot in the past, so it was great to get John |
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