Professor Nick Carleton on intolerance of uncertainty (IU), fear of the unknown, why IU may underlie anxiety disorders, the cost of excessive mobile phone use on our mental health, how we can increase our tolerance of uncertainty and much more...

 Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:21 What is Intolerance of Uncertainty? 4:19 Evolutionary underpinnings of intolerance of uncertainty 8:29 The consequences of Intolerance of Uncertainty 11:00 Mobile phone use and Intolerance of uncertainty  18:08 What causes Intolerance of Uncertainty?  23:10 When uncertainty is beneficial 25:56 Attachment and Trait Intolerance of Uncertainty  29:47 Changing our Intolerance of Uncertainty

 Nick Carleton is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Regina, the Scientific Director for the Canadian Institute of Public Safety Research and Treatment and a clinical psychologist. Nick has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles on topics including anxiety, and anxiety disorders, transdiagnostic factors of psychopathology and intolerance of uncertainty.

 Further readings mentioned in this episode: 'Cognitive Behavioural Model of Generalized Anxiety Disorder' by Dugas et. al. (1998) 'Into the Unknown: A Review and Synthesis of Contemporary Models Involving Uncertainty' by Carleton (2016) 'Increasing intolerance of uncertainty over time: the potential influence of increasing connectivity' by Carleton et. al. (2019)