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EPISODE · May 4, 2025 · 52 MIN

Mental Illness Explained: A Proper, Scientific Guide

from Polymath · host Daniel Aaron Levy

Mental illness: what is it, who has it, and is it even real? Let's find out!Everyone is talking about mental illness these days. The transcending of stigma is good, but it's led to a massive explosion of misinformation- and in some cases, plain lies- online. You switch on a screen and get bombarded with thousands of people all giving their takes, their opinions, their guesses, their ideas. But when it comes to something like mental illness, people's 'opinions' aren't good enough: we need facts. And that's where this video comes in.In this video, we look at psychology, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, sociology, history and more. None of that information is filtered through the lens of my opinions or agenda: it's just expert consensuses from lots of different fields, all integrated together to give you legitimate answers. Enjoy!PS: In this video I say that a certain individual has committed multiple rapes and human trafficking; these are in fact allegations and I withdraw my comments because I was presenting these allegations as facts. I also say in this video that the same individual has been teaching other individuals how to commit human trafficking online. I withdraw this comment too, as although a BBC investigation that people were being taught how traffic women on this individual's group chat, it's not proven that he specifically was teaching people how to do it.

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