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"How Non-Invasive Electrical Brain Stimulation Can Reshape the Future of Mental Health"

Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published April 19, 2018 at 3:18 PM CDT
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In the ongoing search for better treatment of mental health issues and illnesses, one crucial consideration is the trade-off between the effectiveness of a given treatment versus any unpleasant or damaging side-effects it might have. On this edition of ST, we are talking about one such treatment -- it's one that's actually been around for decades, but that is now being done in a much different (and far more nuanced) manner: electrical stimulation of the brain. Our guest is Dr. Hamed Ekhtiari, an associate investigator at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (or LIBR) here in Tulsa. He will soon give a free lecture here at TU titled "How Non-Invasive Electrical Brain Stimulation Can Reshape the Future of Mental Health: Potentials for TU-LIBR Collaborations." His address will mainly be directed at engineering students, although the public is welcome to attend, and it begins at noon in Keplinger Hall (at 430 South Gary Place).

StudioTulsaBrainMedicineAddictionScienceMental HealthNeurologyElectricityEngineeringMental Health Association of OklahomaMedical ResearchTU EngineeringOklahoma Mental IllnessMental DisordersLaureate Institute for Brain ResearchScientific Research
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Rich Fisher
Rich Fisher passed through KWGS about thirty years ago, and just never left. Today, he is the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and the host of KWGS’s public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in August 2012 . As host of StudioTulsa, Rich has conducted roughly four thousand long-form interviews with local, national, and international figures in the arts, humanities, sciences, and government. Very few interviews have gone smoothly. Despite this, he has been honored for his work by several organizations including the Governor's Arts Award for Media by the State Arts Council, a Harwelden Award from the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, and was named one of the “99 Great Things About Oklahoma” in 2000 by Oklahoma Today magazine.
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