The BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Network 2009 Research Colloquium: Day-long webcast with five speakers.

Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child – Biography of a teen suicide victim, based on his poignant diary describing systematic and racist neglect.

Research about how untreated depression damages youthful brains and can affect education and career futures.

title Sherwin Nuland: My history of electroshock therapy
description A surgeon/author who underwent ECT (electroconvulsive therapy, commonly called electroshock) for depression gives an eloquent talk on its history and his own experience struggling with depression and its treatments until ECT helped him. There are many flames as well as compliments in the comments; few mental health issues are as divisive and controversial as ECT. However, this is not a pollyanna portrayal.
producer TED Talks
featuring Sherwin Nuland
format Flash, MP4
date **/02/01
length 00:22:18
link http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy.html

Tags: brain video lecture depression ECT psychiatry

Mike Wallace describes depression and hope.

Neuropsychological problems with bipolar disorder.

Bebe Campbell Moore, in an interview before her early death.

Damaging effects on the brain of never-treated mood disorders like depression and bipolar.

Gorgeous production in a TV documentary on genetic testing for depression, in which the reporter gets tested.

Women and depression: reproductive issues, cultural issues, community perspectives.