SciShow
How We Manipulate Our Brains With Electricity
Obviously, you can’t just plant a chip in someone’s head and start manipulating their thoughts and behavior, but doctors and scientists CAN use electricity to activate or inhibit certain parts of the brain. And they can use this power to...
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The Dangerous History of Electroconvulsive Therapy, and How It’s Used Today
We’ve had a number of false starts that did more harm than good to figure out new treatments, and ECT is one of those treatments that came from a complicated history.
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Heads-Up Depression Isn’t the Only Postpartum Disorder
Having a kid does some weird things to the brain, and that can lead to or aggravate all kinds of psychiatric conditions.
TED Talks
Rebecca Brachman: A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD
Current treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases from developing altogether? Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Rebecca Brachman shares the story of her team's...
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What Do We Actually Know About Depression? | Compilation
One of the topic that we've talked about the most is depression. It is a really complicated subject, so we’ve put together some of our episodes about depression to hopefully help you understand more about it.
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Your Most Burning Psych Questions | Compilation
You all had some questions that you really wanted answers to over the years, so we’ve compiled a bunch of the most popular videos answering those questions together in one place!
MinuteEarth
Why Electroshock Therapy is Back
Shocking the brain has come and gone as a medical treatment, but it’s currently resurging, as it often provides the best form of relief for severe depression and advanced Parkinson’s disease. ___________________________________________...
TED Talks
TED: The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy | Rick Doblin
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three...
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We May Have Found a New Organ, Thanks to Cancer Therapy
We’ve been studying the body for most of human history, and yet we are still finding new organs (or parts of them - depending on your definition). Also, thanks to some marmosets, we know a little more about how anxiety and depression...
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3 Baffling Depression Treatments and Why They Might Work
Scientists have found some effective alternative treatments for patients with treatment-resistant depression, but they are not exactly sure why these treatments work.
TED Talks
TED: Machine intelligence makes human morals more important | Zeynep Tufekci
Machine intelligence is here, and we're already using it to make subjective decisions. But the complex way AI grows and improves makes it hard to understand and even harder to control. In this cautionary talk, techno-sociologist Zeynep...
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A User's Guide to the Human Body
If you've ever wondered why you crave certain foods or what your appendix actually does, there's something in this collection for you!
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Why Having a Baby Can Cause Depression in Both Parents
Having a baby is almost always stressful, but it can sometimes be worse than that, and postpartum depression doesn’t just affect mothers.
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Why You Have That Little, Lying Voice in Your Head
If you feel something inside you say, “I really don’t think you’re strong enough,” you don’t necessarily have to trust that little voice—it might not know you as well as you think it does.
TED Talks
TED: The link between inequality and anxiety | Richard Wilkinson
Why are global levels of anxiety and depression so high? Social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson presents compelling data on the impact of inequality on mental health and social relationships in countries around the world. "Inequality,"...
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A Constipation Drug Could Improve Memory | SciShow News
Could you enter a flow state with the people around you? Also we've found a promising drug for treating mental illness, and it might not come from where you expect.
SciShow
Dopamine Isn’t Just a Happy Chemical
When we think of the neurotransmitter dopamine, we often imagine it, and other molecules in our brains, as doing one specific thing. But that's just flat out wrong!
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Solving the Mystery of Darwin’s Lifelong Illness
Charles Darwin had a great mind, but a not-so great body. Scientists have spent years trying to uncover the mysteries of his poor health.
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Does Depression Make You More Realistic?
Popular culture has occasionally touched on the idea that people with depression are more objective judges of the world around them, but research has shown that’s not necessarily true.
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The Surprising Link Between Allergies and Suicide
Our mood is influenced in many ways by our environment, and researchers have discovered a possible connection between the pollen in our air and a rise in suicide.
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Your Brain on Psilocybin
Humans have been taking psilocybin-containing mushrooms for centuries, but there has been recent research into the therapeutic possibilities of this molecule.
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How Doctors Accidentally Discovered Psychiatric Drugs
The brain is incredibly complex and things just go wrong sometimes, but scientists have managed to create effective medications... with the help of a few happy accidents.
Crash Course
Getting Help - Psychotherapy: Crash Course Psychology
So, you know you'd like to get help with some problematic behavior (like fear of flying). What do you do? Who can you go to for help? Once you've gone, what can you expect? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about...
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Can You Use Electricity to Supercharge Your Brain?
tDCS devices claim to stimulate your brain and have psychological benefits, but do they really work?