Food provides our bodies with the energy to go about our daily tasks, but we don't eat only for our physical health. Our brains are also deeply connected to our food.

* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. In love, we fall. We're struck, we're crushed, we swoon. We burn with passion. Love makes us crazy and makes us...

Social psychologist Thomas Curran explores how the pressure to be perfect -- in our social media feeds, in school, at work -- is driving a rise in mental illness, especially among young people. Learn more about the causes of this...

Today we’re learning about Marsha P. Johnson and the Stonewall rebellion. Serving as a pivotal moment in the modern Gay Rights Movement, Stonewall began on June 28th, 1969, and lasted six days in New York City’s Greenwich Village. And...

Today on Crash Course Literature, John Green teaches you about The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper tells the story of a woman who is a prisoner in her own home, in the name of caring for her mental...

When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society...

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes a look at how the treatment for Psychological Disorders has changed over the last hundred years and who is responsible for getting us on the path to getting us here.
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Mentally ill people chained to trees, or locked into tree trunks - practices reminiscent of medieval times. These are the remarkable scenes that we witnessed in the Ivory Coast. But we also found one man who has embarked on a crusade of...

Why do we like who we like? In this episode of Crash Course Sex Ed, we explore the many facets and variations of sexual orientation, and trace the history of homosexuality to the modern day LGBTQIA+ community.

PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder affects about 8 million American adults. Typically, members of the military who are exposed to war/combat are at the highest risk of developing PTSD. Here are just four of the many...

How to deal with Suicide... Shane Boylan was just 10-years-old when his father took his life, ending his battle with depression and alcoholism in January 2016. In his wake, he left behind a devastated family. His wife Aanika...

How to deal with Suicide... Shane Boylan was just 10-years-old when his father took his life, ending his battle with depression and alcoholism in January 2016. In his wake, he left behind a devastated family. His wife Aanika...

Howcast - Learn about marijuana use and its effects on mental illness in this Howcast video.

Howcast - Learn about psychiatrist Jeanie Tse, MD, one of Howcast's experts in schizophrenia, in this video.

Howcast - Learn if you should tell people you have schizophrenia from Anthony Newton, who has the brain disorder, in this Howcast video.

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Mental illness doesn't mean that your friend is "crazy," but it does mean that they need treatment. Here's how to spot the warning signs.

Journalist Bryony Gordon: ‘If men went through menopause, we’d never hear the end of it’

Dealing with a mental illness is not easy. Actually, it can be quite difficult without the proper support. With a rising number of mental illness cases, people often look for various areas of support and healing....

Pupil outcome: I can confidently draft, and redraft a written analysis of a literary text. Key learning points: - It is important to consider the first version of your work a first draft and not the finished essay. - Redrafting your...

Pupil outcome: I can confidently plan a cohesive argument analysing Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. Key learning points: - Poe shows us how guilt drives the narrator further into insanity and delusion. - Single paragraph...

Pupil outcome: I can explain the overarching plot of the 'Tell Tale Heart'. Key learning points: - ’The Tell-Tale Heart’ is the story about the murder of an old man. - The narrator did not murder for money but for fear of the man's blue...

The Temperance Movement first emerged in the United States in the early 1800s. It played a pivotal role in the prohibition of alcohol across the country.