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Stanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture)
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Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky lectures on depression as a real biological disease. He covers its biological and psychological causes, how it differs from ordinary sadness, and ideas such as learned helplessness. He ties these together into one account.
HN returns to it repeatedly as the best single introduction to understanding clinical depression.
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