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Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness Instructional VideoToward a New Understanding of Mental Illness Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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9th - 12th
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Science
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13:07
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2013
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Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness

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We know that as a result of early detection and intervention, we are able to make great strides in treating common diseases; however, this is not yet the case in the realm of mental illness. Explore this query with your class and touch upon such topics as bio-medical research, chronic mental disorders, and the complexity of the human brain.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

mental health, the brain

Additional Tags

mental disorder, human brain, mental illness, bio-medical research, science

Pros

  • Presenter utilizes telling statistics and graphs to illustrate evolution of disease treatment and brain anatomy
  • Additional resources include links that appropriately supplement video for a more comprehensive understanding of the topic
  • Construct your own assessment questions by flipping the online resource

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Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.9

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