Enhancing Brain Plasticity (Medical Series)

Katherine Godwin, MD 

 

In the medical field, there’s a general assumption that our patients are well-nourished, and that the medications we give them will function in their bodies like they would in a nourished body and that’s not true in a malnourished body. When a person is malnourished, meds don’t work. 

Our body assimilates nutrients like a lego system –when we eat, our bodies break down the nutrients to then build up serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine (and more).  Listen in to hear more of this nutrition connection. 

Medications can improve brain plasticity and enhance the hard work being done, but what to do if there’s medical or medication ambivalence?  

Listen in to hear about some of the fascinating research on float tanks, avatars, body image, MTHFR, and more. 

Bio: 

Katherine Godwin, MD, joined Laureate in 2005. She has served as medical director of outpatient services and of Laureate’s independent living program for an outpatient eating disorder care, Magnolia House, before taking over as medical director and attending physician of the Adult Eating Disorders Program. Dr. Godwin is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has a special professional interest in the treatment of eating disorders and psychopharmacology and has spoken nationally about these topics. She is a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, the Neuroscience Education Institute, and the Academy for Eating Disorders. 

With your host Beth Harrell 

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