Post-Partum Disorders in African-American Women
A new partnership of the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have partnered with Delta Sigma Theta...
View ArticleSuicide & Depression: A Matter of Laugh or Death
An uplifting TEDx talk by comedian Frank King on the subject of depression and suicide. A mixture of tragic topics and funny language makes the oft-taboo subject more palatable. A well done, short...
View ArticleTalking to Kids About a Family Suicide Attempt
An excellent, well-researched and professionally produced video takes on a difficult task: how to talk to kids and teens about a suicide attempt made by a family member or friend. With four scenarios,...
View ArticleBrain Scan Knowledge Translation Music Video
“Scan the B-R-A-I-N: How to tell a good from a bad fMRI study” is a fantastic student video about how to tell a good from a bad fMRI study, in an excellent example of knowledge translation (the...
View ArticleWhat is Depression? Animation Explains
A short, elegant animated video, What is Depression?, describes the common yet serious condition, and the differences between clinical depression and just feeling sad. In a short version of a lesson...
View ArticlePeople with Mental Health Concerns Want You
The Mood Disorders Association of BC compiled this video after asking its members what they want people to know about living with mental health concerns. It’s a poignant and nicely produced video that...
View ArticleThe Pebble Meditation
This guided mindfulness meditation video uses four ordinary pebbles to represent flowers, mountains, water, and space, in order to use visualization mixed with breathing exercises. Very simple and...
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Memory Dampening
propranolol molecule title Memory Pilldescription “Lesley Stahl reports on a controversial treatment using the [beta blocker] pill propranolol to help suppress traumatic memories.” Stahl says, “It...
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The Synaptic Self
title The Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Aredescription “7th Annual Stony Brook Mind Brain Lecture, Probing the Mysteries of the Mind. Joseph E. LeDoux, Ph.D., Professor of Neural Science...
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Giant Aneurysm
title Rescuing A Brain: A New Device for Treating Brain Aneurysmsdescription “Doctors treated 26-year-old Chris Ratsuszny’s giant brain aneurysm using a laser technique [bypass using an excimer laser]...
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Funny Science
title What Makes Us Laugh?description “‘With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die,’ Abraham Lincoln once said. Why do we laugh? What emotions are generated...
View ArticleNeurosociety
title Perception Shifting in Neurosociety: Ethical and Societal Implicationsdescription Zack Lynch, President of NeuroInsights, discusses neurotechnology and its potential impacts at the Terasem...
View ArticleExplaining Schizophrenia
A great short animated video documentary explaining the symptoms and types of schizophrenia. This video is detailed but easy to digest without being dull or pedantic, and offers evidence-based...
View ArticleMessages for Youth Newly Diagnosed with Bipolar
For youth, being newly diagnosed with a bipolar spectrum disorder can be a scary and confusing time. CREST.BD is a participatory community-based research group from UBC that studies bipolar disorders....
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Victim Services Unit Police Dog Lucca
The Vancouver Police Department’s Victim Services Unit has a new member – service dog Lucca. This specially trained therapeutic dog helps victims of traumatic incidents by accompanying them to court,...
View ArticleMen’s Mental Health Perspectives
Men’s Mental Health: Canadian Perspectives is a short video interviewing men and women in the street in Montreal. Starting with “I don’t know” in answer to questions, it turns out that people do...
View ArticleHumans vs. Animals
The Uniqueness of Human Neurobiologist, primatologist and stress expert Sapolsky talks about what makes humans different from animals, at the 2009 Stanford commencement. Excellent, entertaining...
View ArticleBrain Scans Show Twins Think Alike
Genetic Contribution to Variation in Cognitive Function in Twins Using neuroimaging to examine cognitive function in twins, results show that their brain functioning is more similar than that of...
View ArticleSelf-managing Physical Health to Improve Bipolar
In a short YouTube video from the Collaborative Research Team to study Psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorders (CREST.BD), a community-based participatory research group located at the University of...
View ArticleScent, Memory, and Emotion: Connections
Have you noticed strong emotional memories triggered by the scent of food, or maybe a perfume? In this short video, the scientific connections between smell, memory, and emotion are explained by an...
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