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...
Epic History TV
US Presidents Part 2
Co-produced with Bridgeman Images, this is Part 2 of an overview of America's first 44 Presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama. The presidents' rankings are taken from a 2010 survey by the Siena Research Institute.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Alexander Field: A Great Leap Forward - Productivity Growth During the Great Depression (1/4)
Alexander Field offers a new take on postwar prosperity in the United States. While public spending during the Second World War is often credited with laying the foundation for postwar growth, Field suggests this foundation had long been...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Peter Temin: Lessons from the Great Depression
George Santayana once wrote that those who could not remember the past were condemned to repeat it. And looking at today’s policy makers at work seeking to combat the huge challenge of unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Financial...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Can we abandon the biological account 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...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Douglas Mennin - Chronic Anxiety & Mood Disorders
Whether it is the rising sense of dread as a heart beats furiously and unexpectedly, the vivid memory of a painful event that occurred long ago but is not easily forgotten, or the sharp craving of a substance that seems so certain to...
Healthcare Triage
There's a New Drug for Postpartum Depression and it is EXPENSIVE
Postpartum depression is depressingly common, and it has lots of terrible consequences for moms, for kids, and for families. A new drug is about to hit the market, but it's not a great fit for everyone, and it is PRICEY.
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Depression - Declining Confidence
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Depression uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of...
Healthcare Triage
Doctors and Depression
When Aaron was an intern, or a first-year doctor in training, he knew something was wrong with him. He had trouble sleeping. He had difficulty feeling joy. He was prone to crying at inopportune times. Even worse, he had trouble...
Curated Video
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Changing Destructive Thoughts and Behaviors
This video explains the concept of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and how it can be used to help people with phobias, depression, anxieties, or addictions.
Science360
CLARITY opens window to brain circuitry, new era for neuroscience
The connections between neurons in the brain are involved in everything we do, and no one's pattern is the same. Imagine the medical breakthroughs if we understood more about the brain's circuitry, but a milky opaque tissue that coats...
Healthcare Triage
Going Hungry is not Great for your Health
About 50 million people in the United States don't have access to enough food to support a healthy lifestyle. The technical term for this is food insecurity, and over 40% of people in the United States will experience it during their...
Healthcare Triage
Ketamine Can Be a Fast-Acting Antidepressant
A recent study looked into ketamine, noted animal sedative and party depressant, as a short-term treatment for severe, emergency room level depression. While it can help people who are suffering from suicidal ideation, it is a short term...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Niall Ferguson: Rising to the Challenge - INET Panel Discussion (2 of 5)
Niall Ferguson is a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a speaker at INET's Conference at Bretton Woods on April 10, 2011
Curated Video
Wartime Elections
What is the effect of war on elections? Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”, but he forgot one thing – Presidential elections!
Catalyst University
Anatomy & Physiology of Scapular Elevation & Depression
In this video, we discuss two movements of the scapula: elevation and depression. We will see the muscles of these movements, their origins, insertions, and actions.
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: What Causes Eating Disorders?
This program explores the individual, family and cultural factors that have been linked to eating disorders. Students will come to understand that eating disorders can be triggered my major events in a person’s life such as a life crisis...
Barcroft Media
Wheelchair Basketball Team Gives Hope To Paralyzed Men
A MAN who suffers from a facial tumor and is paralyzed from the waist down has found a new lease of life as part of a wheelchair basketball team. Mohammad Rafee Parray, from Indian Administered Kashmir in India, was born with a...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Richard Koo - A "Balance Sheet Recession"
Nomura Research Institute's Richard Koo says that what the world is experiencing right now, a "balance sheet recession," is different from traditional recessions. However, Japan recently experienced a similar type of recession, and Koo...
Curated Video
How to Conduct an Experiment on pH and Amylase in Biology
This video discusses the steps and analysis involved in carrying out an experiment on the effects of pH on the action of amylase, a digestive enzyme that breaks down starch into glucose. The video provides details on the equipment and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lori D'Andrea - Dealing with Depression You are Not Alone
Lori D'Andrea is a former teacher. She is the founder of "One Day at a Time", a Facebook support group for parents whose children are suffering with depression. She lives with her husband, three daughters and three dogs in West Islip, NY.
FuseSchool
Angles Of Elevation & Depression
SOHCAHTOA, Pythagoras, sine rule and cosine rule and all things trigonometry actually have a lot of uses in “real life”. Such as working out distances to things, heights of buildings and mountains, navigation at sea. An important part of...
Catalyst University
Clinical Screen for Depression & Suicide Risk
In this video, we discuss the clinical screen for depression and for suicide along with important risk factors and red flags.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Bruce Caldwell - 1930 and the Challenge of the Depression for Economic Thinking: Hayek vs Keynes
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Day 1 - Dinner. 1930 and the Challenge of the Depression for Economic Thinking: Friedrich Hayek versus John Maynard Keynes.