TED Talks
A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD | Rebecca Brachman
Current treatments for depression and PTSD only suppress symptoms, if they work at all. What if we could prevent these diseases from developing altogether? Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Rebecca Brachman shares the story of her team’s accidental discovery of a new class of drug that, for the first time ever, could prevent the negative effects…
En ki
April 18, 2019 at 12:12 am
I think this is worldwide commercial for Ketamine!!!
The new wonder drug, where everyone r stress free (cyborgs or terminators)!!!
Let’s ignore where the problems come and just drink pills!
Let’s the richer get even more rich and poorer become rats!
TRILLION CROWNS
April 18, 2019 at 12:13 am
GRASS!!!!!!!
humanoid
April 18, 2019 at 12:23 am
Another rehearsed memorized speech given by a pharmaceutical human robot
TenaciousC
April 18, 2019 at 12:27 am
I know, I know. Keep an open mind.
Anotherthez
April 18, 2019 at 12:28 am
It won’t treat you, only prolong your zombieness; that’s not living…!
Sergey MATPOC
April 18, 2019 at 12:37 am
Oh, I need one. Right now I’m in 6 weeks after move to USA, being interviewed a lot with major companies for high-rank positions in a non-native language, that’s much harder too. So I have a really strong emotional pressure and that cure would help people like me and other ones to bear such processes easier and much more calm. There won’t be such statistics as we have now, like, half of families divorce after immigration. If people could recover from stressful situation much faster – they won’t get in such hard situations in future, will preserve families and eventually will move world forward quicker, because immigrants would feel more comfortable in “hostile” unknown environment and will naturalize very efficiently and quick.
If the question is about do I need such pills in my world – my answer is only Yes. There is no other ethic point of view for me.
Analogy Accepted
April 18, 2019 at 12:55 am
Yes, more drugs, that’s the ticket! Are they addictive, too? Then it’s *really* the ticket for US.
Seth okthen
April 18, 2019 at 1:00 am
When people become aware of the hazards of current medicines, whats the solution? Create new drugs that no ones ever heard of. LOL. There is no magic cure for anything, its all hard work and people. Exercise, diet, being in the real world, making real friends instead of stupid virtual ones, are easily the best ways to enhance quality of life.
kerpele
April 18, 2019 at 1:09 am
Clown world
U W U
April 18, 2019 at 1:25 am
I wish I could have taken some of those pills before diving into the comments.
Amanda Anderson
April 18, 2019 at 1:31 am
You are not going to prevent traumatic situations and there is no way to know when it will happen except in willingly marching to war.
On another note this is a good idea for soldiers bit needs to be paired with rehabilitation therapy and reintegration therapy.
Anonymous User
April 18, 2019 at 1:35 am
What kind of fool thinks the depression problem is solved with a new drug?
Too many smart people (or people with degrees..) with 0 common sense / self knowledge
Ayra
April 18, 2019 at 1:40 am
I didn’t know TED talks do sales pitch now
greentealatte
April 18, 2019 at 1:56 am
That new drug is called NOT OVERTHINKING
Michael Starlight
April 18, 2019 at 1:58 am
I had depression and the doctor’s kept prescribing me psychotropic anti-depressants that did not work it wasn’t until by chance I was prescribed this new medication called Nuvigil and it actually cure my depression and increase my IQ by 30% true story!
Pretty Prudent
April 18, 2019 at 2:01 am
Instead of another “drug”, why not just pursue an all-meat diet – or water fasting (don’t forget the salt). It’s worked for many.
Lee Charles Prochazka
April 18, 2019 at 2:27 am
Best of Ted talk
Jaider Nunes
April 18, 2019 at 2:30 am
Damn.. I cant believe this is on ted. Disgusting
Andrea Guardascione
April 18, 2019 at 2:42 am
there are A LOT of natural way to move out of depression and PTSD, pushing drugs for that is insane. Check hypnotherapy, EFT, EMDR etc etc etc
Steve Borkowski
April 18, 2019 at 2:54 am
Bullshit! Stop looking for a DRUG solution!!!
J R
April 18, 2019 at 3:13 am
Ketamine?
If yes, Why did she say it was ‘a new class of drugs’ K is an Arylcyclohexylamine which is not new. ?
Muratov North
April 18, 2019 at 3:14 am
All the drugs have a side effect so we’ll just see. Moreover, in order to be immune to them will take us generations.
Alisa B
April 18, 2019 at 3:17 am
Would these drugs be addictive as well?
Ryan Lanc
April 18, 2019 at 3:21 am
Didn’t they do that in Serenity? Whatever, I hope it’s the start of the zombie apocalypse. I’m pretty sure I could take on the reivers.
Alex Korban
April 18, 2019 at 3:28 am
Надеюсь будет перевод в субтитрах.
David Waelder
April 18, 2019 at 10:41 pm
Not specific at all. Feels like commercial from a robot.
Football Explained
April 19, 2019 at 12:35 am
Lol pharmaceutical drugs are the drugs that harm us Americans.
Cobi O'Brien
April 19, 2019 at 2:44 am
THE DRUGS THAT FIX DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY ARE ILLEGAL. MUSHROOMS. LSD. DMT. WAKE UP
Bird Bird
April 19, 2019 at 3:27 am
Don’t fucking tell me what I can and can’t take. Don’t tell me what I can and can’t eat. Don’t tell me what is and what isn’t good for me. America’s not as good as WE SAID and SAY it is…
Bird Bird
April 19, 2019 at 3:29 am
“Deppression is triggered mainly by stress”
Hahahaha that’s funny because America’s school system is doing a good job at that! You won’t believe the amount of people that cut and don’t show up anymore…
olio
April 19, 2019 at 5:17 am
This is a sales pitch more than a scientific presentation. What does the graph @ 2:22 onward represents? what is sec/min? what is being measured? Not one hint on how this works. It looks to me like a presentation for collecting funds and investment.
You torture a small innocent mouse for three weeks be injecting the poor thing with stress hormones while you enjoy your day and get a good night sleep, and then come to brag about it! have you any conscious at all?
Joan Tron
April 19, 2019 at 9:42 am
Tylenol is one of the few drugs that were commonly given to pregnant women. Come to find out Tylenol decreases empathy and testosterone. Big Pharma are thieves, cheats and scum psychopaths. Don’t forget that when you take their drugs. They really are not to be trusted.
cgfreeandeasy
April 19, 2019 at 10:20 am
Its not “exactly” Ketamin, but substance-class.
And it works in intention by mikrodose-application. And it doeas not make “happy”, but uncritical against ambient conditions, so that the subject does not identify himself with reality around him.
Thats, what in other context (Drug-abuse) meaned, when said, that they become careless, halfhearted, indifferent, insensible, superficial …etc
It should therefore be explained why, in view of this objective (stressor prevention, prevention of stress effects), all the earlier views on drug use and its consequences should now be acceptable side effects, where they were previously always cited as the main drawbacks.
What happens with this medication is in fact the opposite of what one used to demand of all people: to be aware of oneself and one’s environment and one’s own actions, to be responsible and attentive, to be “on the ball”, and to “think the situation through”.
In the thesis of stress prevention with this substance class, however, exactly the opposite is produced.
But if one assumes that man, because he is a small wheel in the wheels of life and in the universe, should not take the whole thing around him so seriously, then exactly this is the right strategy: governmental/structurally legalized will-less making through creeping ketamine intoxication.
Does anyone remember the film “Equilibrium”?
Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator
RtrNi
April 19, 2019 at 10:22 am
It’s ketamine
Sunil S
April 19, 2019 at 11:10 am
What a shame, at first place we make people depressed by our act, then again chemically abuse them in the name of treatment!!!!
Susanna D
April 19, 2019 at 1:41 pm
Stress resilience drugs……??♀️what a crock
Delwar Hossain
April 19, 2019 at 2:25 pm
Beautiful nice girl..
sometimes 1008
April 19, 2019 at 3:29 pm
I completely disagree. The only solution to depression is to realize that your emotional state is 100% your making. Either take the reigns conciously or let outside forces control you, it takes focus, but it is a choice. I was suicidally depressed for years and undergone doctors treatment as well as my own.. trust me, there are NO kind of drugs that are a permanent solution.
Axel Werner
April 19, 2019 at 6:53 pm
I bet this new drug also cures cancer AND solves the worlds hunger too. And it can make you live 100 years longer if you buy it on a daily basis, i have heard. Its a wonder elixir.
Paul Fagan
April 19, 2019 at 7:13 pm
So whats this magic substance how does it chemically work? is she announcing this because she wants to secure a patent with big |Pharma ?????
Abhay Bhatt
April 19, 2019 at 7:56 pm
She could easily get work in Hollywood, in fact, she closely resembles a Hollywood/Bollywood actress.
Jmad0113
April 19, 2019 at 9:21 pm
Yes definately, I think in the long run both enhance each other. So the effectiveness of either one improves as each of the two options are done
Jmad0113
April 19, 2019 at 9:22 pm
So the root cause is complicated, cause as much as I wanted to change my internal feelings/thoughts, my diet/medicine had to be changed for even to start taking effects.
mmisbach
April 19, 2019 at 11:28 pm
Many professions increase risk of depression & PTSD (military, medical, etc), most treatments simply suppress symptoms. A new class of drug called a resilience enhancer reduces side-affects to stressors. #TedTalk
Boss Lax316
April 20, 2019 at 12:37 am
But this is all hypothetical as it hasn’t yet been tested on humans
UDtheAesir
April 20, 2019 at 1:39 am
Gotta have psychedelics for PTSD and depression! DMT, cannabis, shrooms and LSD are your best friends.
nasry nordyn
April 20, 2019 at 2:24 am
keyword = could
big pharma companies only know to make profit
1Dollar Munkytrix
April 20, 2019 at 5:22 am
Great, let’s just be customers on drugs our whole lives just in case we ever get stressed. Who needs to develop coping/ reality skills?
Wim Hoff disproves this entire lecture, just saying…
TORONTO CANADA
April 20, 2019 at 6:49 am
It’s called sunshine, exercise and eating well.
sunnyuliya
April 20, 2019 at 3:06 pm
Ketamine pushers are getting creative.
barry weber
April 20, 2019 at 7:43 pm
Did not explain why Soldiers that have PTSD and are allowed to have a gun in a home.