#81 Mindset and Mental Health in OIT with Prof. Adam Fox

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, UK allergist Prof. Adam Fox joins us to explore the emotional and psychosocial layers of oral immunotherapy.Dr. Fox shares how he approaches difficult conversations with honesty and compassion, including addressing guilt about management decisions and understanding risk and side effects during treatment.  Dr. Fox gives us important insights and emotional validation regarding the connection between stress and allergic reactions, including how the brain, gut, and immune system interact during treatment.This conversation expands the discussion beyond protocols and data and into the lived emotional experience of navigating food allergy treatment.Episode Links:-Follow Prof. Adam Fox @dradamfox and @london_allergy-https://www.allergylondon.com/team/professor-adam-fox/-LEAP Study: https://www.leapstudy.co.uk/index.html-Mindset in Food Allergy paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41070771/From Fear to Freedom: A Workbook for Navigating Allergy Immunotherapyhttps://a.co/d/003saZ8pSpecial thanks to Kyle Dine for permission to use his song The Doghouse for the podcast theme!www.kyledine.comFind Dr. Whitehouse:-thefoodallergypsychologist.com-Instagram: @thefoodallergypsychologist-Facebook: Dr. Amanda Whitehouse, Food Allergy Anxiety [email protected]