Podcasts

Schizophrenia affects more than 21 million people worldwide. UQ Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientists are bridging the gap between lab research and clinical care.

In The Compassion Initiative podcast this week, clinical Psychologists Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby discuss self compassion.

Feeling stressed and need to calm down? This is a form of meditation called a 'loving-kindness meditation' developed by Dr James Kirby from The University of Queensland.

Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that affects more than 21 million people worldwide. While genetics play a part, several environmental factors can predispose someone to getting the condition. On this episode, QBI schizophrenia researcher Professor John McGrath talks about smoking, vitamin D, and how common it actually is to experience hallucinations and delusions.

On this episode of The Compassion Initiative podcast Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby discuss the definition of compassion.

This week the grey matter in question is not the brain, but the bleached corals on the Great Barrier Reef. Professor Justin Marshal, who leads the sensory neurobiology laboratory at QBI, talks about working with Sir David Attenborough, the citizen science project Coral Watch and the unprecedented coral bleaching that is unfolding on the Great Barrier Reef.

The Compassion Initiative aims to inspire and cultivate the feeling, motivation and practice of compassion with individuals, families and society more broadly.

It might sound like science fiction, but deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an increasingly common procedure for neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease. Kirsten MacGregor caught up with the Queensland Brain Institute's Professor Peter Silbrun, a leading DBS researcher and practitioner, to find out more about the treatment.