Curated Video
Bipolar Disorder - When we use Lithium
Lithium is the first recommended treatment for bipolar disorder, but only when you have classic bipolar disorder. Classic bipolar disorder is when you have a clean separation between depressive episodes and manic episodes. I've defined...
Curated Video
Autism Spectrum Disorder - Understanding the Sensory Crisis
In this video I define autism spectrum disorder and specifically focus on the what you can do about the sensory crisis. The way we define autism has changed over the years. It began as infantile autism in 1980 and then in 1987 it became...
Curated Video
Alternative Medicine For Depression
There are natural medicines for depression that can be used as add on treatment. Some of these options for depression can be used alone to help mild to moderate symptoms. In this video I discuss some of the options for helping your...
PBS
If You Thought This Inflation Was Bad...!
The last time we had inflation this bad in the U.S. was the 1970s--and it was much, much worse. Could history repeat itself?
PBS
Are We Headed for a Depression?
You may have heard the word "depression" being tossed around lately, but before you panic, learn what it really means, and how we got out of one before.
One Minute History
171 - FDIC - One Minute History
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or FDIC, was created in 1933 to restore confidence after excessive bank failures during the Great depression. The FDIC does not cover investments such as stocks or bonds but it does insure bank...
Curated Video
Baby Boom
“Baby Boom” will describe the time period from 1946-1964, which saw an increase in population and, ultimately, stimulated the nation’s economy.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Your Mental Health?
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Your Mental Health?
Curated Video
Emotions For Kids: Naming and Responding
This is a social emotional video to help kids identify various emotions, identify emotions in themselves, and it gives kids tools on responding to those emotions.
Curated Video
Evaluating Emotions
Cognitive scientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern) describes how her quest to understand emotions led her, eventually, to the current frontiers of neuroscience.
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Emotional Confusion
Social psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, describes how experimental findings that indicated that subjects couldn’t accurately distinguish between different emotions led her on a quest to find objective markers...
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Dust Bowl
A look at the devastating conditions in the central plains states during much of the Great Depression.
Curated Video
Post-War Economy
During the postwar era, the United States shifted from a war-driven economy to a consumer-driven economy. Americans ceased making wartime sacrifices and began enjoying postwar indulgences.
Neuro Transmissions
Why you feel depressed during winter
If you often feel the winter blues, it may be more than normal sadness. While some welcome the change in seasons and the fresh snow of winter, others find themselves falling into feelings of depression. But this isn’t just short-lived...
Neuro Transmissions
What social distancing does to your mental health (and what to do about it)
These are anxious times given the recent coronavirus outbreak. And if that wasn't stressful enough, now we have to add social distancing on top of it. If you're anything like me, you've taken your responsibility to flatten the curve...
Neuro Transmissions
This Is Your Brain On Shrooms
Psychedelics like magic mushrooms have huge effects on the brain. But what are they doing up there? More than 180 species of "magic mushrooms" produce the psychoactive compound psilocybin. And ingesting it triggers some pretty trippy...
Neuro Transmissions
How to stop feeling like a fraud
You don't belong here. They're onto you. Everybody is going to find out the truth. It's only a matter of time. If you've ever had dark thoughts like these, you've likely fallen victim to Impostor Syndrome: a strange psychological...
Neuro Transmissions
Are Rage Rooms a healthy way to release anger?
Anger is a basic human emotion. We all feel it at one point or another. But what do you do when you get REAL angry? For many of us, we end up expressing that anger by yelling, slamming a door, or even hitting something...or someone. But...
Neuro Transmissions
Can a vibrating bracelet cure your depression?
What if you could put on a bracelet, no larger than a watch, and feel better? That's exactly what Apollo Neuro claims their mood-altering wearable neurotech can do. It seems too good to be true for a single vibrating device to decrease...
Neuro Transmissions
Your therapist should play D&D with you. Here's why.
It might sound strange to hear about playing Dungeons & Dragons in therapy, but tabletop RPGs like DnD actually have some real healing power. By the end of this video, you'll have an even greater appreciation for this collaborative game....
Neuro Transmissions
I have insomnia. This neurotech says it can cure me.
Would you shock your brain to cure your insomnia? How about your depression or anxiety? What if you could do it in the comfort of your own home with a hand-held device? That’s what cranial electrotherapy stimulation, or CES, proposes to...
Curated Video
Society's Impact on Literature
A video entitled “Society’s Impact on Literature” which evaluates the level of impact that society has on literature.
Schooling Online
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men - Context
Ever wondered how John Steinbeck came up with ideas for his novels? Or maybe you’d like to get to know John Steinbeck a little better. Join us for a fun lesson on the historical context of John Steinbeck’s classic novella, Of Mice and...
Economics Explained
The Economic Megathreats That the World Has No Answers To | Economics Explained with Dr. Roubini
Economist Nouriel Roubini discusses potential Economic Megathreats including the end of globalization, easy money leading to stagflation, the growing debt crisis, AI's threat to worker and consumer-based economies, and climate change....