Merel Kindt on Eliminating Phobias / PTSD enduringly

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DOCUMENTARY SERIES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM3G6kITdYk MEREL'S WEBSITE: https://kindtclinics.com/en/ [1]: Beyond extinction: erasing human fear responses and preventing the return of fear [2]: Missing

INTERVIEWERS: Peter Glinos, Faraz Honarvar, Curt Jaimungal EDITED BY: Efron Monsanto TIMESTAMPS BY: Prof. Joe Velikovsky

00:00 Introduction to fear extinction 14:07 ​Propranolol & the blood/brain barrier 18:32 ​Epigenetics & inherited fears (vs irrational/phobic fears) 26:33 ​Removing the fear of Public Speaking 30:36 ​PTSD 33:45 Using ​psychedelics / MDMA to enhance self-treatment 37:29 ​Pilot study with cigarette addiction 42:31 Should we get rid of fear? What are the consequences? 43:13 ​MDMA vs LSD vs Psilocybin 48:07 Fear of ​silverfish 50:13 ​Phobias don't always come from trauma, they can be from modelling someone else's behavior 54:37 ​Prof. Kindt's groundbreaking 2009 paper, and memory engrams [1] 55:34 Prof. Kindt's 2019 paper [2] 58:02 ​Imagery scripting 59:35 What about disgust-removal? 1:00:36 ​How beta-blockers work 1:02:04 The necessity of sleep for memory transcription and re-consolidation 1:03:33 Prof. Kindt measures the startle reflex (emanating from the amygdala) when someone's threatened 1:06:07 Testing a different beta-blocker (but it didn't pass the blood/brain barrier) 1:07:12 ​Future challenges & limitations (re: fear extinction)

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