In this podcast episode, I sat down for an in depth conversation with Baland Jalal.

Baland is a researcher at Harvard University and a Visiting Researcher at Cambridge University.
He obtained his PhD at the Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine. His research focuses on sleep paralysis and OCD. Along with VS Ramachandran, he has proposed a neuroscientific account for why people see ghosts during sleep paralysis. The Telegraph Described him as "one of the world's leading experts on sleep paralysis".

The discussion mainly focus on OCD, its causes and its treatment. We also talk about some of Baland's new work on culturally adapting CBT to Muslim groups.

Show Notes
Baland's paper on treatment of OCD https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cns-spectrums/article/obsessivecompulsive-disordercontamination-fears-features-and-treatment-novel-smartphone-therapies-in-light-of-global-mental-health-and-pandemics-covid19/DC1CE373987394FA0B605D4E2BB6639E

Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (OCI) https://www.div12.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OCI.pdf

Culturally adapted CBT https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29080595/

Baland's Socical Media is "Baland Jalal" on all major platforms
Baland's Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumyt6mGLaVO4_N1LkAoXdA

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Host: Junior Okoroafor, Twitter: @JuniorOkoroafor, Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junior-okoroafor-4b8069193/
Art Work: Charlotte Mason
Podcast Editor: Victoria Okoroafor