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Why Mental Health Goes Wrong and How to Make Sense of It - With Dean Burnett

The Royal Institution via YouTube

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This talk explains how modern life affects mental health and examines what happens in the brain during issues such as anxiety, depression, and addiction. It also discusses changing understandings of mental illness, awareness campaigns, recognition, psychiatry, psychology, and treatment.

Syllabus

Introduction
Disclaimers
Awareness Campaigns
Limitations of Awareness
What is Mental Health
What is Mental Illness
Mental Illness vs Physical Illness
When is someone mentally unwell
Homosexuality
Mental Health Problems
Psychiatry and Psychology
The Brain
Depression
Neuroplasticity
Antidepressants
Neuroplasticity mechanism

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The Royal Institution

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