Psychologist Cezar Giosan, PhD, associate professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Bucharest, spoke to us, in a new episode of the microSCOPE series, about several solutions, inspired by the life of communities of hunter-gatherers, for the relief of mental conditions such as depression and anxiety, as well as the use of advanced technologies in their treatment.
The fourth episode of the microSCOPE series can be accessed with just one click below.
Starting from a series of thoroughly documented studies that demonstrate that, among hunter-gatherer communities, the incidence of depression, anxiety, as well as other mental disorders is significantly lower than in modern societies, the psychologist Cezar Giosan set out to identify and to investigate the elements which, seen from this perspective, categorically differentiate these types of societies.
At the same time, he aimed to address and exemplify the way in which fundamental elements of the way of life of hunter-gatherer communities could be adapted to the functioning of modern societies in such a way as to contribute to the reduction of mental disorders among them.
Observing that people from hunter-gatherer tribes have a way of life based on sustained physical activity, permanent social support from family, friends, but also the entire tribe, as well as a healthy diet, consisting of eating natural, completely unprocessed food, Cezar Giosan identified those elements that could lead to the improvement of life in modern societies and the considerable reduction of mental disorders. As such, he set out to develop a new form of therapy, inspired by these elements, which he called “cognitive-evolutionary therapy for depression”.
Psychologist Cezar Giosan spoke to us about the clinical study that shaped the basis of this type of therapy, as well as about the research he undertakes in the field of using advanced technologies to improve mined disorders in the fourth episode of the microSCOPE series.
More information is available in the volume resulting from the research, entitled “Cognitive Evolutionary Therapy for Depression. Therapy Manual” and published by prof. Cezar Giosan, PhD, at the Springer publishing house in 2020, which can be accessed here.
Cezar Giosan, PhD, is professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Bucharest and at Union College – School of Professional and Graduate Studies – in Kentucky, USA. He is a research psychologist in the USA and a certified clinical psychologist to practice clinical psychology in Romania. He has a PhD in psychology obtained at the New School University (New York City, USA) and worked for a long time in the Department of Psychiatry at the prestigious Cornell University. He was a long-time professor of psychology at Berkeley College (New York City). At the University of Bucharest, he is doctoral supervisor of PhD thesis in psychology and the director of the Center for Applied Psychology. He is the author of numerous specialized works.
His main areas of research focus on interventions for the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders that include advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain. More details on prof. Cezar Giosan are available here and here.
Part of the science communication program developed by the University of Bucharest, the “MicroSCOPE: UB Researcher on Air” series aims to present in a dynamic and concise manner information on the concrete results of some notable research efforts within the University of Bucharest.
In terms of format and objectives, the microSCOPE series comes to complete the science communication program of the University of Bucharest, which also includes the UB Conferences – Science for Everyone and the UB Science Dose.
The objective of the series is to promote those research projects (patents, articles and books) which, through the major contribution made to the field of which they belong, have come to benefit from international recognition, thus encouraging the connection between UB and various universities and research institutions abroad.
The microSCOPE, whose guests are primarily researchers from the UB awarded for their research results, aims to contribute to informing the Romanian academic milieu, but also other categories of interested public, on the main research projects carried out within the UB, thus stimulating the development of future collaborative initiatives.
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