TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The truth about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Helen M. Farrell
In 1982, a young nurse was suffering from severe, unrelenting depression. She couldn’t work, socialize or concentrate. One controversial treatment changed everything: after two courses of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) her symptoms...
TED Talks
Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to...
SciShow
How Facing Your Fears Can Help You Conquer Them
You may have heard that facing your fears is the best way to overcome them, but there’s a little more to it than that.
Crash Course
Unsupervised Machine Learning - Crash Course Statistics
Today we're going to discuss how machine learning can be used to group and label information even if those labels don't exist. We'll explore two types of clustering used in Unsupervised Machine Learning: k-means and Hierarchical...
SciShow
Why Can't I Pee in Public Bathrooms?
Paruresis or “Shy Bladder Syndrome” is the inability to pee in public. If this sounds like you, have hope; it’s super treatable!
TED Talks
TED: The pharmacy of the future? Personalized pills, 3D printed at home | Daniel Kraft
We need to change how we prescribe drugs, says physician Daniel Kraft: too often, medications are dosed incorrectly, cause toxic side effects or just don't work. In a talk and concept demo, Kraft shares his vision for a future of...
SciShow
Meet Your Microglia: Your Brain's Overlooked Superheroes
When talking about the brain, neurons have been dazzling scientists for a long time. But behind every successful neuron is a glial cell - particularly one type of them: microglia.
SciShow
The Science of Hypnosis
Hypnosis: that's just a fun gimmick for stage shows and plot twists, right? Well, turns out there might be more to it.
SciShow
Victorian Pseudosciences: Shocking People Back to Health
As 18th-century science and medicine brought properties of electricity to light, some Victorian doctors decided that putting sick people in a bathtub and shocking them might be a good idea.
SciShow
Is Teletherapy Really Effective?
Remote mental health services have been around for a while, long before the pandemic. So, we've had plenty of time to study how well they work, and there are some encouraging findings.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Sigmund Freud - Todd Dufresne
Working in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, he began his career as a neurologist before pioneering the discipline of psychoanalysis, and his influence towers above that of all other psychologists in the public eye. But was Sigmund...
SciShow
Does Psychotherapy Work?
You might’ve heard people talking about how awesome psychotherapy can be, but is it actually effective?
SciShow
Why Does Pet Therapy Work? (It’s Not Just Cute Dogs)
Many studies have shown that pets can relieve anxiety, stress, and provide comfort, but why pet therapy is effective has a lot more to do with us than our furry pals.
SciShow
Equine Therapy Why Horses Might Make Great Therapy Animals
Psychologists have been using animals in therapy for a long time, but cats and dogs aren’t the only options. Hippotherapy, also known as equine therapy, uses horses in therapies for everything from cerebral palsy to PTSD.
Curated Video
Snorzean Room: Multi Sensory Therapy for Children with Brain Injuries
The Snorzean Room at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami is a multi-sensory therapy room designed to treat children with brain injuries. Inspired by a therapy originating in the Netherlands in 1974, this room uses lights, music, and...
Curated Video
Advanced Chatbots with Deep Learning and Python - Chatbots in Medical Domain
We will explore the first kind of chatbot operating in the medical domain. We will look at the benefits, including the ability to schedule appointments, check patient symptoms, provide support, help with coverage and insurance claims,...
Healthcare Triage
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
May is mental health awareness month and in honor of that, we’re dedicating the next four episodes to different treatments for depression, a major mental health issue across the globe. We’ll cover medications – approved and unapproved –...
Healthcare Triage
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: How Does that Work?
May is Mental Awareness Month, and today we're talking about Transcrainial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). We'll look at how this treatment is administered, dive into the research on how effective this treatment is, compare the results to...
Curated Video
Chatbots for Beginners: A Complete Guide to Build Chatbots - Fundamentals of Chatbots for Deep Learning: Chatbots in the Medical Domain
We will explore the first kind of chatbot operating in the medical domain. We will look at the benefits, including the ability to schedule appointments, check patient symptoms, provide support, help with coverage and insurance claims,...
Curated Video
Gender-Affirming Care: What Doctors Really Think
Currently, almost 2% of high school students in the U.S. identify as transgender, and a growing number of teens are being diagnosed with gender dysphoria, according to a study by the CDC. As a result, there is an increased demand for...
Curated Video
Can Psilocybin or MDMA Treat Depression and Anxiety?
There's even a study using psilocybin (from mushrooms) to help doctors and nurses suffering from burnout! So why the excitement, and what's the downside? We’ll break it down, recap highs and lows from key studies, explain how these drugs...
Curated Video
What Kind of Therapy Is Right For You?
The pandemic has more people depressed and anxious than ever. But spilling your problems to a stranger can be scary. How do you know if you should go and seek therapy? What do you need to know, and what’s the evidence for whether it will...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Frederick Joseph - "Notes From Therapy" - We Alive, Beloved: Poems
"Notes from Therapy" by Frederick Joseph is a reflective poem exploring the journey of self-discovery and personal growth. It delves into the idea of being bruised by the world, retreating, and then embracing the possibilities of...
Curated Video
Revolutionary Medical Techniques for Stroke and Heart Attack Treatment
Researchers in Melbourne are pioneering techniques to reduce the temperature of stroke and heart attack patients using a revolutionary blood chilling device called a cooling catheter. By cooling the patient's core body temperature, the...