Instructional Video1:03
Octopus TV

Eating Disorders - Why Its Recovery Can Be Hard

Higher Ed
In this video Janet Treasure discusses some of the difficulties in recovering from eating disorders. One of the key problems is the lack of nutrition available for brain power, which can impact their ability to change learned behaviours.
Instructional Video2:38
Octopus TV

Eating Disorders - Isolation

Higher Ed
In this video Janet Treasure discusses approaches to coping with and support those suffering from eating disorders.
Instructional Video13:07
TED-Ed

Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness

9th - 12th Standards
We know that as a result of early detection and intervention, we are able to make great strides in treating common diseases; however, this is not yet the case in the realm of mental illness. Explore this query with your class and touch...
Instructional Video
Other

Osmosis: Schizophrenia

9th - 10th
This video covers the main symptoms, criteria for diagnosis, possible causes, and treatment of schizophrenia, a mental disorder. [8:14]
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Literature #408: To the Lighthouse

9th - 10th
In this episode, John Green discusses Virginia Woolf's modernist novel, To the Lighthouse. Let's face it. You're not reading To the Lighthouse for the plot. There's not a whole lot of plot, unless you count the tension about the beef...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course History of Science #30: The Mind/brain

9th - 10th
Scientists in the nineteenth century discovered a lot about life and matter. But exactly what kind of stuff is the human brain? That one was - and is- tricky! This video explores the different theories on the brain and human behavior...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour: Memphis Police Take Specialized Approach to Mental Illness

9th - 10th
Find out how Memphis changed the way its police approach mental illness with this video and educational resources from PBS NewsHour from November 7, 2015. [9:42]