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Psychiatry and Neurobiology Video Clip Library

The video clips (usually less than 5 minutes) on this page are in general very basic and hopefully psychiatrists will not learn much from them. They may, however, be useful for teaching purposes. They may also serve in patients/family education.

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NEW Combating Elderly Depression (3 min 11 sec) (CBS News) Dr. Emily Senay assesses a new study that suggests antidepressant drugs can prevent the debilitating condition from returning in older people if it is prescribed longer.
Biology of Depression (7min 12sec) (The Answered Patient) Description of non-medication therapies including psychotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy
Schizophrenia Overview (6min 51sec) (The Answered Patient)
Sleep Disorders Overview (5min 57sec) (The Answered Patient)
Diagnosing and Treating Bipolar Disorder (3min 04sec) (Illumistream Health) presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York
Other videos available ADHD and the Brain (3 min 27 sec) Dr Gerlad Chodak - An AnswersTV.com video How to Live With Adult ADHD : 3 Main Characteristics (1min 38 sec) Dr Taylor Smith - An Expert Village video How to Live With Adult ADHD : Workplace Impact (2 min 15 sec) Dr Taylor Smith - An Expert Village video How to Live With Adult ADHD : Internal Impact (1min 56 sec) Dr Taylor Smith - An Expert Village video How to Live With Adult ADHD : Medication (2 min 22 sec) Dr Taylor Smith - An Expert Village video How to Live With Adult ADHD : Strengths (2 min 25 sec) Dr Taylor Smith - An Expert Village video Imaging Brain Abnormalities in Borderline Personality Disorder (7 min 23 sec) Dr. Charles Nemeroff (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) A Medvidblog video. Borderline Personality Disorder - an interview with a patient (5 min 07 sec) Video uploaded to YouTube by Ms Ryan, an American law student. Eric Kandel explains one of his studies on non-drug antidepressant effects (1min 54 sec) Ironically it may lead to a whole new generation of antidepressants. Making Brain Cells - an illuminating experiment! (1min 48 sec) Dementia's varying impacts on memory and emotion (2 min 29 sec) presented by Dr Bruce Miller (Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco) Understanding Alzheimer's Disease (3 min 16 sec) (Illustream Health) - presented by Dr Stephen Silberstein (Thomas Jefferson University) The Science of Transgenic Technology (part 1 of 2) (5 min) (Howard Hughs Medical Institute HHMI) This video describes the use of transgenic organisms to study evolutionarily conserved patterns of development and function. The Science of Transgenic Technology (part 2 of 2) (6 min 07 sec) (Howard Hughs Medical Institute HHMI) This video describes the use of transgenic organisms to study evolutionarily conserved patterns of development and function. Depression and Chronic Pain (1 min 06 sec) (Health.com) - presented by Dr Russell Portenoy - Pain medicine specialist, Beth Israel Medical Centre, New York. Post-partum depression (3min 21sec) (Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Catherine Goodstein - New York Medical School What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? (2min 50sec) (Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder? (3min 02sec) (Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York I am the very model of a modern psychopharmacologist (2min 35sec) Stephen M Stahl and friends (Neuroscience Education Institute, San Diego Neuroanatomy of the brain (1min 17sec) Neuroslicer What is schizophrenia (3min 09sec) (Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York Diagnosing and treating schizophrenia (2min 55sec) (Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York PTSD: What is it? (3min 01sec) (US Army Medical Information Service) - presented by Col. Paul Little, MD. ADHD and the Brain (3min 27sec) (AnswersTV) - presented by Dr Gerald Chodak Understanding Depression (3min 08sec) (Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York Treating Depression (2min 29sec) Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York What is bipolar disorder? (2min 57sec) (Illumistream Health) - presented by Dr Matthew Erdelyi - City University of New York Synapse in action (0min 14sec) (www.medflix.com ) - 3D animation of nerve synapse (no sound) suitable for putting into a lecture

 

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Updated February 2010