In this episode, we talk about mindfulness and mental health in Parkinson’s Disease with Dr. Barbara Pickut, a distinguished neurologist specializing in movement disorders and neuro-rehabilitation.Resources mentioned in this episode-Randomized control trial comparison of ecitalopram with mindfulness meditation (Hoge et al. 2022): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9647561/UPDRS score changes after mindfulness training (Pickutt et al. 2015): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26101690/ Effects of mindfulness yoga versus conventional physical exercise (Kwok et al. 2023): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9862216/Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness (Lazar et al. 2005): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1361002/Voxel based morphometry used in investigation of mindfulness meditation practitioners (Holzel et al. 2007): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2569815/Dr Pickut’s website: https://parkinsonsmindfulness.com/about/Dr Pickut’s email:   [email protected] Malcom Wright’s website: https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=962230UMass Memorial Health Center for Mindfulness: https://www.ummhealth.org/services-treatments/center-mindfulnessThe views expressed on this episode are solely those of the hosts and the guests, respectively, and don’t represent the views of the podcast and the podcast itself does not represent the views or opinions of the Van Andel Institute. 

In this episode, we talk about activism and patient outreach in Parkinson’s disease with Kristin Rossi (CEO, Michigan Parkinson Foundation) and Julia Pitcher, JD (Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research). Links mentioned in this episode-https://www.parkinsonsmi.org/mpf-programshttps://www.michaeljfox.org/The views expressed on this episode are solely those of the hosts and the guests, respectively, and don’t represent the views of the podcast and; the podcast itself does not represent the views or opinions of the Van Andel Institute. 

In the first episode, we talk about the clinical aspects of Parkinson's disease with Prof. Jeffery Kordower (ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center) and Dr. Danette Taylor (Trinity Health Neurosciences - Grand Rapids Campus).