Ashley Mason - Warming Up to a New Paradigm in Mental Health Treatment

Ashley Mason, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Psychiatry, the Director, Sleep, Eating, Affect (SEA) Laboratory, Core Research Faculty, and an Integrative Clinical Psychologist, at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at UCSF.

In this talk, Dr. Mason discusses the high prevalence of major depressive episodes and the limitations of current treatments for depression, such as antidepressant medications. She suggests that heat therapy, particularly using saunas, may have a positive impact on depression by regulating body temperature and that reintegrating thermal stress could be an effective approach to treating some individuals with depression.

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