Understanding & Healing the Mind | Dr. Karl Deisseroth

Dr. Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, is a clinical psychiatrist and scientist who directs a bioengineering research laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine. His work aims to understand and develop treatments for disorders of the mind such as depression, attention deficit disorders (ADHD & ADD), autism, schizophrenia, anxiety, eating disorders, borderline personality and obsessive-compulsive disorder. We discuss his experience treating his patients and his laboratory’s mission to find and develop cures for mental disease and tools for probing how the brain works.  Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://wakingup.com/huberman Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:03:47 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up 00:07:41 Using Language to Understand the Mind   00:12:19 Blood Tests For Mental Disease   00:13:38 The Largest Challenges Facing Treatment of Mental Health   00:20:21 Predicting Depression & Suicide   00:22:47 Drugs That Work for Brain Illness   00:27:01 What Would A Cure For the Broken Mind Look Like?   00:32:23 Channelopsins: Tools For Understanding & Treating the Mind   00:39:10 Curing Blindness with Channelopsins   00:41:58 Why Karl Became a Scientist   00:47:10 Vagus Nerve In Depression   00:54:12 Challenges To Overcome for Treating Mental Illness with Channelopsins   00:58:34 Using the Dialogue with Patients to Guide Treatment   01:00:52 How Our Eyes Reveal Our Mental Health   01:06:04 Controlling Structures Deep In the Brain   01:08:23 The Most Effective Drugs Often Have the Most Side Effects   01:09:50 Do Psychiatrists Take the Drugs They Prescribe   01:14:15 Moving From Experimental Tools To Novel Treatments   01:16:00 Brain-Machine Interfaces & Neuralink   01:19:30 ADHD & Dr. Deisseroth’s Approach To Focusing His Mind   01:26:36 How Dr. Deisseroth Balances A Career