Richard Bryant's Great Australian Life
This week Laura Turner chats with Professor Richard Bryant - Director of the Traumatic Stress Clinic and Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, . There’s no doubt the current pandemic has significantly altered the way that we live and work and these changes can make us feel stressed and worried, particularly when there is a lot of uncertainty about the future involved. But how are we going to recover from the ravages of extended lockdowns and the pandemic? Richard Bryant might just have a few ideas. His team are currently conducting a research trial to help understand the most effective ways to manage COVID-19 related stress and mood changes. Hopefully he’s going to share a few insights that might prove helpful for anyone struggling in this remarkable moment in time. Richard has is a 20-year tenured researcher in the nature, course and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and works in creating some of the programs for treatment. His work has identified key psychological, genetic and neural factors underpinning PTSD, with much of his work focusing on the early treatment protocols, and his work has been translated into over 15 languages and is utilised around the world. On top of his amazing research and work, Professor Bryant has a litany of literary accomplishments including: writing 5 books, 70 chapter books and 570 journal articles. Professor Bryant serves on major international committees to define PTSD internationally and in 2016 was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia. Great Australian Lives is proudly supported by Tobin Brothers Funerals - celebrating lives. Produced, engineering and edited by Jane Nield for Sports Entertainment Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices