How To Effectively Diagnose And Treat Mental Health Disorders With Dr. Sheri Johnson
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Sheri L. Johnson Ph.D., a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the CalMania (CALM) team at the University of California Berkeley. With a passion for mental health, her research focuses on improving diagnosis, treatment, and bestcare practices for patients who suffer from bipolar disorder and depression.
Dr. Johnson has studied psychiatry and psychology for decades. Over the years, she has worked hard at understanding the biological basis of mood disorders and developing personalized approaches to treatment…
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Tune in now to explore:
- What emotion-related impulsivity is.
- Struggles that people with bipolar disorder face.
- Symptoms required for a bipolar diagnosis.
- How dopamine impacts mental wellness.
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You can find on Dr. Johnson and her work by visiting her laboratory website here.
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| 1:30.0 | Genius Podcast. Now, part of the Finding Genius Foundation. I have Sherry L. Johnson. She's a |
| 1:35.1 | distinguished professor of psychology. She's the director of the Calm Program, C-A-L-M. This is at |
| 1:40.9 | University of California, Berkeley. We're going to talk about what's called emotion-related |
| 1:45.3 | impulsivity and bipolar disorder and the work that she's doing there. Sherry, welcome and thank |
| 1:50.5 | you for coming. Thanks so much for having me. It's an honor. Well, see, tell me a bit about your |
| 1:55.8 | background and that how you came into this area of research. Yeah, so I'm a clinical psychologist. |
| 2:02.5 | I work in psychiatry and psychology departments. And for decades, I've been working with bipolar |
| 2:10.9 | disorder. For people who aren't familiar with that, it's diagnosed just on the basis of mania. |
| 2:16.5 | Mania is kind of the opposite of depression, so people have too much energy, too many ideas. They |
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