#274 – Karl Deisseroth: Depression, Schizophrenia, and Psychiatry

Karl Deisseroth is a professor of bioengineering, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(06:58) - Mental disorders
(15:31) - Intelligence
(18:10) - James Joyce
(26:47) - Writing
(30:11) - Projections
(33:46) - Translation
(36:17) - Poetry
(45:00) - Love
(50:34) - Psychiatry
(53:46) - Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
(1:02:30) - Data in cells
(1:06:33) - Optogenetics
(1:22:01) - Neuralink
(1:34:49) - Psychedelics
(1:41:13) - Depression
(1:56:38) - Talk therapy and psychoanalysis
(2:00:19) - Good Will Hunting
(2:10:55) - Darkest moments
(2:12:26) - Suicide
(2:29:31) - Autism
(2:49:09) - Schizophrenia
(3:00:18) - Why we cry
(3:07:30) - Consciousness
(3:22:01) - Mortality
(3:23:41) - Meaning of life