Nora de Bode

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Nora is a PhD Candidate in Neuroscience of Addiction Laboratory Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on the effects of regular cannabis use on mental health and the influence of context factors like legislation and cultural norms. Nora holds a MRes in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience with specialisation in psychopathology and has previously worked as a research assistant in the Mood Instability Group at Imperial College London investigating altered reward processing in young people with self-harm and binge/purge behaviours. Her interests include addiction, cannabis use, depression, anxiety, experimental psychopathology, clinical psychology, eating disorders, and self-harm.

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Medical cannabinoids as a treatment for mental health: helpful or hazardous?

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Systematic review of 54 RCTs found limited evidence for cannabinoids treating mental health conditions. Most robust findings for cannabis use disorder, but overall quality low.

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Closing the care gap: Why so few people with mental disorders receive effective treatment worldwide

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Effective treatment for mental health disorders remains the exception rather than the rule. A new 21-country study reveals where in the treatment cascade people are most likely to drop out and which factors improve the odds of getting the care they need.

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Alcohol and interpersonal violence: new review estimates how many adults experience emotional violence from others’ drinking

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Nora de Bode looks at the international prevalence of interpersonal violence due to others’ alcohol consumption. This new review finds that in 2019, around 1 in 4 adults in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, and 1 in 6 adults in high income regions, experienced emotional violence from others’ drinking.

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Discrimination, dysphoria and drinking: hazardous alcohol use in UK trans and non-binary people

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Nora de Bode summarises a cross-sectional study looking at alcohol use in trans and non-binary people living in the UK.

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