For all the young who sometimes get lost in the “grind”

In the The Conversation U.S., Wayne State trauma psychiatrist Arash Javanbakht explains what PTSD is and why you should seek guidance from licensed professionals rather than 'experts' on TikTok when it comes to the diagnosis and treatment of it.
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Honored with Ruth Fuller endowed lectureship at the U of Colorado Psychiatry. Set a new records of giving 4 talks in a day on refugee mental health, working with first responders, politics of fear, and AI powered augmented reality technologies for mental health.

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) report on MDMA use for PTSD. I was an expert reviewer for this report:

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Had a talk with The World about trauma exposure in Meta employees who had to review terribly graphic content

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Persian New Year, or Nowrooz (new day) is the first day of spring (makes sense!) Tradition is to set a table of greens & flowers, mirror & poetry, & seven items that start with letter “s” in Farsi, each symbolizing one positive aspect of life. #HappyPersianNewYear , #HappyNowrooz !

Arash Javanbakht escribe en su libro: “Afraid'cómo la psicología del miedo deja ver nuestro mejor y peor lado y cómo aprovecharlo. Asegura que estamos diseñados para reaccionar a los peligros, pero lo hacemos distinto en una segunda ocasión/oportunidad.

One day in the middle school and bored with the math class, I memorized Pi number to 30 digits. I still remember it: 3.141592653589793238462643383279

#PiDay

On Shrink Rap Radio we talked about fear and anxiety from evolution to thrills of it with Dr Dave.

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#AFRAID delves deep into understanding fear, how to face it, and how to use it as an ally. Get your audio copy with author’s voice!

In this Hidden Brain podcast episode, we had a deep dive into understanding fear, how to face it, and how to use it as an ally

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“Maybe we need some occasional experiences of real fear to exercise the fear system in a normal way.” -Arash Javanbakht

This week, we explore the psychology of fear. What goes on in the mind when we’re afraid, and why we’re sometimes drawn to fear. apple.co/3ToqsW3

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We created the first #ArtificialInteligence motivated #AugmentedReality human in our work of helping first responders with #PTSD Microsoft #hololens
Inworld AI Sam Altman

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I am learning when to say 'please' to #ChatGPT

Just came out: my conversation with Shankar Vedantam on the Hidden Brain We have a deep dive into the positive side of fear and anxiety, and their use in life

AFRAID is now available on #audible bonus: it is narrated by the author!