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Is Hearing Voices Ever Normal?
In general when we hear that someone is hearing voices, we believe that the person is experiencing a psychotic episode. Psychosis is a break from reality and not knowing what’s real and not real. Usually hearing voices, also called...
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6 Misconceptions People With Health Anxiety Have
Health anxiety is a term that combines two disorders from the DSM-5: somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder. Previous versions of the DSM called it hypochondriasis. And from this term came the pejorative label,...
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Do Antidepressants Shrink Your Brain? No but Depression Does.
Do antidepressants shrink your brain? No, but depression does. This question is based on a viewer comment. I think it’s pretty common for people to believe this. But in actuality, the illness, major depression causes brain cell loss and...
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Cluster B personality disorders - Are They Actually Mental Illness?
Are personality disorders mental illness? A Personality disorder is a pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from the expectations of a person's culture. Although these patterns of behavior are considered disorders in the...
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Classic Bipolar vs Atypical Bipolar - How To Tell The Difference
Bipolar disorder can present in two very distinct ways. There is, a classic or textbook presentation and non-classic or atypical presentation. These are not official subtypes of bipolar disorder that you will find in the diagnostic...
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Can You Fully Recover From Depression?
Disclaimer: All of the information on this channel is for educational purposes and not intended to be specific/personal medical advice from me to you. Watching the videos or getting answers to comments/question, does not establish a...
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Can Too Much Hustle Make You Manic?
This video is based on a viewer question from Rena. It’s a long question that I’ve shortened. Here’s the gist: Rena feels she can’t do the things she used to do because of her bipolar illness. Essentially, she feels held back because she...
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Bipolar Disorder and the Imposter Syndrome
When you are feeling well, have you ever felt like your depression or mania was just a scam? This video is based on a viewer question asking about feeling like she is an imposter when she is in between episodes. I discuss three possible...
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Bipolar 1 Disorder or Bipolar 2 Disorder - Which is Worse?
Bipolar disorder 1 vs 2, which is worse? There is a common misconception that bipolar 2 is a milder form of bipolar 1 and therefore probably less of a problem. This can lead to people feeling as though they don't need to get treatment if...
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Investigating Psychotherapy
Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC, gives her views on psychotherapy’s benefits as both a patient and therapist.
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Edith Galt: The First Lady Who Took Control
Historically a ceremonial position, the role of First Lady at one point mainly involved hosting events at the White House. But when President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke in 1919, his wife, Edith, covertly took on many of his duties...
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Mental Health Matters Part 2: Sixth Grade
In the second installment of our Mental Health series, we delve deeper into understanding mental illness. We'll debunk some common misconceptions about mental illness and explore various causes, from heredity to lifestyle habits. As we...
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Mental Health Matters Part 1: Sixth Grade
Welcome to another impactful episode of In Control. Today, we're starting a crucial conversation about mental health and mental illness, approaching it with the respect and sensitivity it deserves. As we delve into these topics, we'll...
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The Causes of Cholera
In which John discusses cholera, its many causes, and why we aren't hearing much about the cholera epidemic in Yemen, the worst outbreak of the disease since at least 1949.
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How Big a Problem is Mental Illness?
In which John discusses global human health, mental illness, and how metrics like Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) can help us understand how severely mental illness affects human health around the world.
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end the stigma
In which John discusses what actually causes the stigmatization of certain health conditions, and how best to fight stigma.
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EBOLA! (...meningitis)
In which John is diagnosed with ebola by the Internet but turns out to be suffering from viral meningitis. How should we imagine novel diseases and how should we combat them? And why do we only focus on diseases that we fear will affect...
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Ebola: What IS Terrifying
In which John discusses the ebola outbreaks in the United States, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, and how best to deal with them.
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Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Global Health
A special bonus video in which John Green and Microsoft founder Bill Gates talk about how Ethiopia has reduced its infant mortality dramatically in the past twenty years.
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Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?
In which John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of...
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On Disease
Greetings to my brand new -itis. In which John discusses illness, and his experiences with it, and the way we imagine disease.
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My Physicalmental Illness
In which John discusses labyrinthitis, OCD, categories, the body in thought, and the body in pain.
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Empathy and its Limits
In which John thinks about the limits of empathy, how we conceive of suffering, and how little he knows about being a bird. This video uses a format called The Format.
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Joanna of Castile part 5: Ferdinand II and Philip Undermine Joanna
Despite their historic animosity, Joanna's father, Ferdinand II and her husband, Philip Duke of Burgundy joined forces to prevent Joanna becoming queen. What were the terms of their alliance and what motivated them to undermine Joanna?