This could be why you're depressed or anxious

Max points: 5 Type: TEDx Talk

This talk explores the deeper causes of depression and anxiety beyond biology, highlighting unmet psychological needs, loneliness, and consumer-driven values. It shares inspiring global stories, alternative solutions like social prescribing, and reframes depression as a signal, not a weakness—encouraging collective, meaningful approaches to healing and connection.

Channel: TEDx Duration: 0:20:31

Questions

1. What example did Cambodian doctors use to illustrate an alternative 'antidepressant' for a farmer who lost his leg?

They provided him with a cow to change his livelihood They gave him meditation practices They encouraged him to move abroad They prescribed herbal remedies

2. What approach did Dr. Sam Everington introduce for patients with depression in East London?

Social prescribing with group activities Compulsory therapy sessions Daily meditation clinics High-dose antidepressants

3. According to the speaker, what unites many of the proven causes of depression and anxiety?

Lack of medical treatment Climate change Exposure to technology Unmet psychological needs

4. What metaphor did the speaker use to describe how consumer culture affects mental health?

Noise for the mind Fast food for the soul Caffeine for the brain Pollution for the spirit

5. What initial explanation did the speaker's doctor give for his depression as a teenager?

A chemical imbalance in the brain A lack of physical exercise An overactive imagination A genetic disorder unrelated to environment

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