Curated Video
Schizotypal Personality – Is It The Beginning of Schizophrenia?
Schizotypal personality is unique because not only is it considered a personality disorder, but in the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5th edition it's listed as a schizophrenia spectrum illness. This is because...
Curated Video
Rapid Cycling Bipolar and Ultra rapid Cycling and Ultradian. Why Does it Happen?
Rapid cycling is called a course specifier. It’s not a separate diagnosis, instead It used to describe the course of the illness. The rapid cycling specifier is added if you have 4 or more episodes of either depression, mania or...
Curated Video
Can You Be Too Old To Get Bipolar Disorder?
The typical age range that people develop bipolar disorder is between 20 and 40 years of age. In a video where I talk about how to tell the difference between major depression and bipolar disorder, I say that often times the symptoms of...
Curated Video
Can Too Much Hustle Make You Manic?
This video is based on a viewer question from Rena. It’s a long question that I’ve shortened. Here’s the gist: Rena feels she can’t do the things she used to do because of her bipolar illness. Essentially, she feels held back because she...
Curated Video
Bipolar Disorder vs Depression - 5 Signs You're Likely Bipolar
Bipolar disorder vs. depression? It's not always easy to tell. The symptoms of bipolar disorder include depression symptoms. So you may wonder, am I depressed or bipolar? Many people will be diagnosed with depression for years before...
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Against Reification
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) argues that we need to move beyond reification of abstract concepts and recognize intentionality.
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Life After My ADHD Diagnosis: Two Years Later
It's been two years since I've been diagnosed with ADHD. Let's talk about it.
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Unintended Consequences
UC Berkeley psychologist Stephen Hinshaw explains the thinking behind his research that public policy for school accountability in the United States inadvertently played a key role in raising the rate of ADHD diagnoses.
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Inadvertent Incentives
Psychologist Stephen Hinshaw (UC Berkeley) describes his research on how the number of cases of ADHD are correlated with various public policy initiatives.
Curated Video
A real case of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) & Management
Diabetic Ketoacidosis or DKA is a medical emergency that I never take lightly. This real-life clinical case is about a young female with type I diabetes who presented to us with classical symptoms. We were able to treat her successfully...
Curated Video
What is MONO? Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatments
I developed a bad case of mono with Lymphadenopathy & other symptoms of Infectious Mononucleosis.. Initially I was suspected to have Lymphoma. Fortunately, after assessing the symptoms, signs and investigations including the Rapid...
Curated Video
Bacterial Meningitis : Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments & Pathology
What is Meningitis? Well, Bacterial Meningitis is a True Medical Emergency that requires an urgent Lumbar Puncture for the diagnosis. This real life clinical case is about a young female patient in her thirties who presented with...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is it time to abandon our biological myth of mental illness?
From schizophrenia to depression we assume our psychiatric diagnoses are real. But as the mental health epidemic turns global, the categories now seem like the cause. Is it time to abandon our biological account of mental illness? Or is...
Healthcare Triage
The Medicaid Expansion and Its Effects
So often, when we implement new policy, I wish we had better ways to capture its effects so that we could expand our knowledge base as to how decisions change health and health care. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, and its older...
JJ Medicine
“Fungal Skin Infection of Many Colors” (Tinea Versicolor) | Pathogenesis, Symptoms and Treatment
Lesson on the fungal skin infection known as Tinea versicolor ("Variety of colors"). Tinea versicolor is a common skin infection due to the fungus Malassezia furfur. Infection with this fungus leads to characteristic skin changes with “a...
JJ Medicine
Swimmer’s Ear (Otitis Externa) | Risk Factors, Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Swimmer’s Ear (Otitis Externa) | Risk Factors, Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Swimmer’s ear (also known as otitis externa) is a relatively common infection of the external auditory canal (external ear). Many factors can...
Healthcare Triage
Texts for Meds and Untreated Parental Depression Hurts Kids
Text messaging improves medication adherence, and parental depression is bad for kids in so many ways. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Healthcare Triage
The Ups and Downs of Evidence Based Medicine
This week on HCT, we're talking about evidence based medicine. We talk about it a lot here on the show, but what exactly does the term mean? Why is evidence based medicine useful, and what can we do to use it more effectively?
SWPictures
The Deadly Combination: The New Spread of TB in South Africa
The Deadly Combination part 1/5: The video is about the impact of tuberculosis in South Africa, focusing on the story of a family affected by the disease. It highlights the challenges of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, while also...
Barcroft Media
Father Finds Happiness After Suicide Attempt
A MAN who tried to take his own life has finally found recovery after battling depression for years without a diagnosis, beginning his own mental health charity in the process. For Pat Lawson, growing up with depression wasn’t something...
JJ Medicine
Subconjunctival Hemorrhage (Blood in Eye) | Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Subconjunctival Hemorrhage (Blood in Eye) | Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Subconjunctival Hemorrhage is a hemorrhage (bleeding) between the conjunctiva and the sclera (subconjunctival space). It is caused by a wide...
Catalyst University
Lever Test | Rationale & Interpretation
In this video, I explain and demonstrate the lever test, a special test used in the assessment of ACL injuries. More specifically, we cover the test procedure, interpretation of results, and psychometrics.
JJ Medicine
Yellow Fever | Pathogenesis (mosquitoes, virus), Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Lesson on Yellow Fever: Causes, Pathogenesis, Stages of Infection, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management. Yellow Fever is a hemorrhagic fever due to an infection with a virus of the Flaviviridae family. This type of virus is transmitted by...
Catalyst University
Lachman's Test | Rationale & Interpretation
In this video, I explain and demonstrate Lachman's test, a special test used in the assessment of ACL injuries. More specifically, we will cover the procedure, interpretation of results, and its psychometric properties.