Ted's Podcast on Mental Health and Mental Illness
Mental health and mental illness: what are the causes, and what are the remedies?
The common mental health problems will be explored. Case histories will be provided.
How effective are antidepressants and psychological treatments such as cognitive behaviour therapy?
How can we maintain good mental health? Diet and exercise will be explored in detail.
Podcasting since 2025 • 15 episodes
Ted's Podcast on Mental Health and Mental Illness
Latest Episodes
Depression and heart disease
Depression significantly increases the risk of heart disease.How?Probably by increasing inflammatory molecules in the bloodstream, increasing cortisol and making platelets more adhesive.It is imperative that we treat depres...
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19:07
Psychiatric drug development: Are we in a rut?
The 1950s were the golden age of psychiatric drug development. Along came antipsychotics and antidepressants.Are the newer drugs better than the older drugs in terms of efficacy? The answer unquestionably is no. They a...
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14:44
Psychedelics
What are psychedelics?In what areas of psychiatry are psychedelics being developed?Why do conventional journals publish studies with low numbers of patients?Will psychedelics ever reach the market?
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12:20