PREVIEW Aliquot #8: Lifestyle interventions for depression and anxiety

This month’s Aliquot Preview episode features Dr. Charles Raison, a professor of psychiatry. Various ancient practices, including meditation, hot yoga, and sauna, may aid in the treatment of depression. Whether the medical community will embrace these lifestyle interventions remains to be seen. In the meantime, most people with clinical depression are treated with antidepressants. These drugs have their advantages and disadvantages, and while they are helpful for a subset of depressed people, a quarter of patients taking the drugs may get worse. In this clip, Dr. Charles Raison discusses his belief that ancient practices are more likely than modern pharmacology to encourage resilience and stave off depression and describes how antidepressants have their place in treating depression, but they should be used with caution due to some of their inherent side effects. (00:00) Introduction (02:01) Why some people respond to antidepressants while others don't (09:48) Ancient wisdoms and traditions offer value in treating depression  You can see the original full interview with Dr. Raison   Get more Aliquots! Become a FMF Premium member and get full access to our members-only podcast, The Aliquot, plus live Q&As with Rhonda, biweekly Science Digest emails, and more.   Learn more and sign up at: www.foundmyfitness.com/crowdsponsor

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This is the Aliquot Preview - a sneak peek into FoundMyFitness’s members-only podcast: The Aliquot. Learn more about The Aliquot at foundmyfitness.com/aliquot. Every month we release one free preview episode here so you can sample one of the many FoundMyFitness Premium Membership benefits. So what is an aliquot? An aliquot is a sample taken from a larger whole, that captures the essence of the entirety. FoundMyFitness Aliquots are short, members-only podcasts focused on single topics, curated and remixed to surface our richest content on the most popular topics like diet and nutrition, health span and life extension, exercise, fasting, ketosis, sauna and cold exposure, sleep and depression. Some episodes are edited excerpts, highlights, and informative moments taken from full interviews in the FoundMyFitness podcast (with a little more context from Dr Rhonda Patrick!) Other episodes are mash-ups and highlights from our regular Q&As with members. Become a FoundMyFitness Premium member to get access to weekly Aliquots, biweekly Science Digest emails, and monthly Q&As with Rhonda. Learn more at foundmyfitness.com/crowdsponsor.