Mental health is about attempting balance, says Camilla NordB
Claudia Gannon
CAMILLA NORD, who heads up the Mental Health Neuroscience Lab at the University of Cambridge, has just published her first book, The Balanced Brain: The science of mental health (Penguin). She explains how novel treatments, and a new emphasis on our sense of our body’s internal states, could transform mental health.
Liz Else: You have packed in some surprises in your book. Let’s start with what the title means.
Camilla Nord: I see mental health as a kind of homeostasis, as …