#mentalhealth #addiction #gaming #neuroscience 

Dr. Mari Swingle Author of i-Minds joins Dr. Brian Razzino on the mental health podcast Bitesized Therapy to talk Internet Addiction and the affect on gaming on mental health

Key Moments:

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0:58 Show Start Internet Addiction Dr Mari Swingle

1:38 Unique Brain Wave Pattern Marker for Internet Addiction

2:38 IA or Screen Addiction

2:49 What Does IA Alpha Brain Waves Look Like?

3:18 Alpha Signature Screen Addiction

3:46 Subjective States Alpha Wave Spike

4:12 Alpha is the magic brain wave explanation

5:40 Kids Behavioral Issues

6:36 Kids Creativity Hijacked by gaming

7:39 Outliers 

7:54 Brain Body Illnesses Fibromyalgia Chronic Fatigue

8:28 What makes you an addict?

8:54 Kids Sleeping Less

9:21 Behaviors Parents Should Look For

9:40 Gamers Industry Cherry Picks Research

10:10 Types of Alpha Brain Waves

10:48 Alcohol Example What are the effects

12:14 Game Companies Design games to be addictive

12:52 How Alcohol affects the brain will depend on individual

13:43 Genes Matter

14:35 Kids with Neurodivergence Issues

15:34 You have to feed an active brain or it will look for other things

16:16 ADHD Children Spectrum DON’T PERMIT TECH!

17:12 Neuronal Pruning

18:05 Autism Gaming acts as analgesic

19:05 Tinnitus

19:40 Lack of ability to read facial ques

21:19 Brain Waves don’t lie

22:20 9 yr old with focus and anxiety issues alpha brain wave changes gaming

23:10 18 Yr old anxiety

23:33 Theta Waves back of brain = anxiety

23:49 Theta Brain Wave explanation

24:08 Beta Brain Wave explanation

24:57 Gaming and anxiety is inverse relationship

26:47 NFL and gamers Both Get brain Damage from their sport Professional Gamer story

29:27 When people stop gaming brain recovers 90 days

30:30 Healthy Theta Beta Ratio

32:03 Connection Critical caregiver and child

33:30 Parents Screen Use = Silent Treatment

36:18 Temporal Sequencing reading face vs gaming

37:00 Public Health Crisis

38:54 Age Ranges to look out for tech use

40:00 Compliment not an override

41:00 Smile response issue with kids

42:10 Playing in nature vs electronics

42:34 Urban/Rural Issue?

44:04 Poverty of environment

46:15 Parenting Trap

http://www.drmariswingle.com/

http://www.drmariswingle.com/i-minds-book/

http://www.drmariswingle.com/about-dr-mari/

Dr. Mari K. Swingle (AKA Dr. Mari)

Mari K. Swingle, PhD, is a Board-Certified Neurotherapist (2000), BCIA Fellow (2010), Senior Fellow (2017), AAPB Fellow 2020. She has Level Two Certification in EMDR, EFT, Level One Craniosacral Therapy, and practices under RCC Designation. Dr. Mari speaks regularly on the topic of technology, societal shifts, and mental health. She is also the Author of i-Minds: How Cell Phones, Computers, Gaming and Social Media are Changing Our Brains, Our Behavior, and the Evolution of Our Species. –And i-Minds 2.0 (Second Edition): How and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it (available April 2019).

#mentalhealth #adhd #adderall 

Dr. Stephen Hinshaw Joins Dr. Brian Razzino on Bitesized Therapy to talk about ADHD and his most recent book "Straight Talk about ADHD in Girls"

https://psychology.berkeley.edu/people/stephen-hinshaw

http://stephenhinshawauthor.com/

http://adhdexplosion.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/expand-pre-k-not-adhd.html?_r=0

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304275304579392932032900744

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-adhd-explosion-book-authors-20140225,0,35598.story?page=1#axzz2uO8TGU8D

https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2020/adhd-in-girls-and-women

https://youtu.be/A0NFUs_7wDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIr5dQc1ayw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xj78PxvEBs

https://psychiatry.ucsf.edu/news/hinshaw-elected-to-american-academy-arts-and-sciences

https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/berkeley-psychologist-wins-two-prestigious-awards/

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4wvvg2/science_ama_series_im_dr_stephen_hinshaw_a/

https://www.therapyonthecuttingedge.com/episodes.html

Stephen Hinshaw is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Department Chair from 2004-2011. He is also Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his B.A. from Harvard (summa cum laude) and, after directing school programs and residential summer camps, his doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA, before performing a post-doctoral fellowship at the Langley Porter Institute of UC San Francisco.  

Hinshaw received a Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley’s Division of Social Sciences in 2001. He also received the 2020 Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California Excellence in Teaching Award--and the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award from Ca's Department of Psychology in 2022.  His Teaching Company (‘Great Lecture’) series, “Origins of the Human Mind,” was released in 2010. 

His research efforts have been recognized by the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (2015), the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science (2016)—its highest award, for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to applied psychological research—the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society for Research in Child Development (2017), and the Ruane Prize for Outsanding Achievement in Chid and Adolescent Psychiatric Research, from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2019).  He is also the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award (2020) and the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, from the National Academy of Medicine (2020). These awards reveal the breadth and depth of his research efforts; he is the only individual ever to have been awarded all six. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.

He has been featured regularly in the media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal,  Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Today Show, CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, network nightly news, and many more.

#mentalhealth #raisingcain #bitesizedtherapy 

Dr. Brian Razzino of Bitesized Therapy discusses with Pete Jansons Dr. Michael Thompson's and Dan Kindlon's Book  Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

Oher Topics:

Nature and Nurture, Anger and fear, Men never cry, aggressive behavior peaks age 2, boys in womb are washed in androgen, The Pee Lesson in Japan, misreading masculinity, fantasy violence is ok, 70% of the D's and F's given out in school are to boys, boys need recess to be an effective student, boys are 3 times more likely to be labeled as adhd, boys do better with male teachers and in all boy classrooms,boys act different in school with females around them,  Culture of cruelty, 1 in 4 boys are bullied at school, mask of masculinity when you are on the street you have to act tough even though you are terrified, 40% of the households have no father at home, gangland style of manhood, only half of the 18 year old boys could answer yes if they thought they were a man yet

#mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness 

One in ten American children suffer from a severe emotional disturbance, and over 17 million have experienced a psychiatric disorder. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus, this eye-opening film focuses on three families, each struggling to find appropriate treatment for their child.

Dr. Brian Razzino from Bitesized Therapy and Pete Jansons discuss the documentary (spoiler alert watch the show first!)

Topics Include:

In 2018 1 in 10 Suffer Emotional Disturbance, Senator from Virginia Creigh Deeds discusses his sons battle with mental illness, Liza Long, We DOn't treat mental illness the way we do other illnesses, a mental illness is only serious when it affects someone you love, Dr Tom Insel, Catch 22 of giving in to misbehaving child versus outcome of acting dangerously to get what they want, you can train a dog easier than this,  "Ethan" can't control himself he wanted a lifeguard to help save him, Cora and Vontaz, Adam Lanza, Blog Post "I am Adam Lanza's Mother", Andrew Solomon Author "Far From the Tree",  Its easy to Blame on Poor Parenting because it makes you feel superior, "watching myself do things that I don't want to do", " A Mom can only help so far they need professional help, siblings are affected by mental outbursts,  not enough beds in mental health facilities, 1960's reform took mental health beds from 600,000 to less than 60,000, deinstitutionalizing mental health to save money and preserve civil rights, rehab is for people with a lot of money, aurora Colorado theater shooting, dysregulation of the brain, Dr. Tony Beliz LA County Director Emergency Outreach, police not have mobile mental health response team, maria martinez mental health supervisor la county mental health, suicide by cop, paranoia, there is nothing rougher than having to call the police when your child is uncontrollable, puberty happens then voices in head start with anxiety, James Holms, adhd, hyperactivity, going to psychiatrist is like an Ouija board experience, parents blame themselves second guess their parenting style, mental illness is not a casserole disease,

#socialmedia #socialdilemma #netflix #mentalhealth 

Dr. Brian Razzino from Bitesized Therapy discusses Netflix's "The Social Dilemma with Pete Jansons

In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?  Dr. Brian Razzino from Bitesized Therapy and Pete Jansons give an overview of the Netflix Documentary

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Dr. Brian Razzino and Pete Jansons discuss Netflix Documentary by Blair Foster "Take Your Pills XANAX from Netflix

Other Topics: Learning to Cope with the world is a Journey it's not clean, it is messy, Why does mental health have a stigma? no one rags on someone with diabetes because their pancreas is shot, Resilience is the key to everything, Student Health, The Problem with Xanax is your not building up mental calluses to deal with anxiety, you do not learn how to cope with anxiety. Benzodiazepine, There is an opportunity cost with Benzo's, Accept the Brokenness, you just have to keep going till you get through, Free Therapy for Black Men, Cognitive behavioral Therapy's, New Mindset, Feelings and Thoughts are not Facts! Eventually there will be enough tomorrows that you wont feel this way. SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Zoloft, Lexapro, Celexa, Prozac Daxil, SSRI doesn't fix the moment but lowers the overall quotient to less likely have panic attacks, Do the Basics 1 Breath 2 Sleep 3 Exercise 4 get outside. Biofeedback, You cannot be relaxed and anxious at the same time. Kids are the canary's in the coal mine to the drug epidemic, Xanarchy Opioids are painkillers  some for emotional pain and some for physical pain both types of pain are being over prescribed Mixing Benzos and Opiods is Anesthesia. Ashton manual, Benzo Withdrawal, 1997 drug companies were allowed to advertise on tv thats when things got wonky, Dr. Function like on an assembly line ther eis pressure on Dr's to see more patients and prescribe more. Dr. Heather Ashton Psychopharmacologist. Valium withdrawal suicide, Side affects its alcohol in pill form, prolonged use of benzo's result in Dementia/Lowered Brain Tolerance. Not all benzo's are created equally. The faster a drug acts and makes you feel good the more likely you are to get addicted. Side affects, Inhibitory Affect, Tony Soprano could be happier as he explains to his therapist, Self Evaluation Forms dont pick up all symptoms like Trauma, Trauma can mean 2 different things to two different people, menopause, Males/Females have different hormones women were told they could have it all they just didn't say how. Cannabis for Anxiety?

#Stutz #jonahhill #mentalhealth 

*** Spoiler Watch the Documentary First ***

Dr. Brian Razzino with BiteSized Therapy and Pete Jansons discuss a powerful documentary on Mental health by Jonah Hill Called "Stutz" It is about Jonah Hills Therapist Phil Stutz

Topics touched on include Pearls, Shadow, Using Humor to hide emotions, 3 Levels of Life Force, 3 Aspects of Reality, How Jonah Hill's mom Sharon Lyn Chalkin played a role in his therapy,  Viktor Frankl holocaust survivor and psychologist, Fairness, Life Raft Analogy, Anxiety and Panic Attacks

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/stutz-the-tools