News
Change my brain: could these stimulation techniques treat depression and make us smarter?
30 May 2015
Stevan Nikolin, a postgraduate student at the Black Dog Institute, is interviewed on the potential for tDCS to enhance cognition in healthy people
Depression clinic offering take-home ketamine injections
30 May 2015
Prof Colleen Loo offers her commentary on the use of take-home ketamine
Parents Warned Against Using DIY Brain Stimulation Devices to Improve Children's School Performance
6 April 2015
A small proportion of desperate parents are turning to home brain stimulation kits in an attempt to improve their child's performance at school
Concerns Over DIY Brain Stimulation Kits
5 April 2015
Do-It-Yourself brain stimulation kits are becoming more popular as people try to enhance their brains for study, video games, and home treatment. Prof Loo warns of the hazards on ABC news.
Concerns Grow Over Ketamine Clinics
24 March 2015
ABC radio reports on the use of Ketamine as a treatment in clinics
DIY NeuroScientists Use Direct-Current Devices to Shock Their Way to Happiness
21 March 2015
The Age newspaper reports on the growing number of people attempting direct current stimulation on themselves using home-made devices
Hacking Your Brain
14 March 2015
ABC radio conducts an interview with Jenny Fletcher, a sufferrer of depression for whom medications did not work. Jenny recovered following tDCS treatment at the Black Dog Institute
Electric Currents Help the Mind Dream and Wander
9 March 2015
Dr Donel Martin comments on the use of tDCS to stimulation daydreaming in humans.
Medical Clinics Promote Ketamine Injections as Treatment for Depression
18 February 2015
Medical clinics in Australia have begun to use Ketamine as a treatment for depression. Prof Loo cautions that more research is needed before this treatment is rolled out to the public
Ketamine Research Reports 75pc Success Rate in Treatment of Long-term Depression
21 January 2015
ABC online article on the use of a well-known anaesthetic and analgesic, Ketamine, as treatment for depression