Your Vagus Nerve: Key to Depression Relief? / Actor-Writer Kit Williamson

Would you get a device the size of a Nilla wafer implanted in
your body if it meant relief from treatment-resistant depression?
There are big advances being made in vagal nerve stimulation
therapy, a process by which electrical impulses are fed into a
patient’s vagus nerve to alleviate depression that hasn’t
responded to more common treatments. We take a look at the
science, the breakthroughs, and why your insurance might be more
likely to cover it.


Then we have an interview with actor and writer Kit Williamson,
creator of the new series Unconventional, about living with
depression, living with anxiety, and bringing those struggles to
television comedy.


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