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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Niall Ferguson is a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a speaker at INET's Conference at Bretton Woods on April 10, 2011<br/>

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...

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!

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

In this video, we discuss the clinical screen for depression and for suicide along with important risk factors and red flags.

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Day 1 - Dinner.<b<br/>r/>

1930 and the Challenge of the Depression for Economic Thinking: Friedrich Hayek versu<br/>s John Maynard Keynes.

In this lecture we take a look at WWII America.

In part 3 of this INET interview, Alexander Field discusses how innovation occurred during the Depression era. He suggests that massive investment—and indeed even growing investment during the Depression—in R&D led to widespread gains in...

In this video, we discuss the mechanism of benzodiazepines (e.g., xanax, ativan). In doing so, we also cover the functions of the GABAa receptor and the effects of benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and alcohols on it.

This video is a lecture on intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations that play an important role in promoting economic development around the world. It discusses the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, as well as NGOs...