Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28

[@kellyfish920]

Anxiety, depression, mania, and bi-polar disorder run in my family. Every time someone famous commits suicide or is outed for having an eating disorder I really wish we'd take the time to talk about mental illness and help stop the stigma around them. It's okay to seek help. You aren't any less strong for doing it.

[@kimjenluv9780]

Me as well, its so hard to deal with these things especially in a country that rarely talks about mental health

[@Alicia-ij1eq]

My parent's full on make me leave and do something happy so don't get upset lol

[@charleighlarocca1402]

does anyone else choose to procrastinate doing their school work by watching crash course and convincing themselves that it's okay because its educational

[@alexciafrance9820]

Yes

[@MK169ab]

+Charleigh LaRocca yass

[@ososanity3795]

+Charleigh LaRocca Omg.. U just summed up the story of my life..

[@killianmcclellan285]

My history teacher actually shows up crash course so it's okay XD

[@Icerollstar1]

+Charleigh LaRocca Me

[@mossbased]

im autistic and one of my special interests is psychological disorders. these videos are incredible and teach me a lot and your voice is one of my audio stims....thanks dude

[@DarthSass]

I love this guy's voice. i wish it was one of the ones in my head.

[@flyboy2099]

Lol

[@connersmith874]

Imagine Morgan freeman talking to you in your head that'd be great

[@squidkidsyoutube3712]

HAHAHA!! mental illness isn't a joke. -_-

[@Fearofthemonster]

after watching this video they seem to be nothing but a joke.

[@bob1152]

HAHAHAHA!!! You don't have a sense of humor.

[@walkoprops2]

I've actually experienced how it is to be sane in an insane place. While I were studying at an upper secondary school here in Norway, two teachers felt something was "off" when they met me for the first time. Months later, they wanted to have me checked "to be safe" and reasons for this were nothing else than me being "a bit too energetic". One thing led to another and I was written up as a mental patient in the nearest mental hospital for children and young adults. I stayed there for almost two months (which is the max time you can legally be there), and they didn't find any particular mental disorder but still settled with paranoid schizofrenia. Never once while I was there did I say anything about hallucinations (which I know is the most common effect of being schizofrenic) and I behaved like I normally would anywhere. For 6 months I used an anti-psychotic drug called abillify and it REALLY messed up my life. They said I was sick in my head and soon I actually felt sick. I was hit with a mild depression which I fought off myself. But it still pains me as I was medically sane and still had to take drugs meant for those who are actually sick.

[@walkoprops2]

***** It said on the small pillbox it was an anti-psychotic, but I believe it goes as an antidepressant as well.

[@rprunty088]

I prefer having labels. Without labels mental disorders are scary. You have no way to define what's wrong with you. Labels make it seems like something I can overcome.

[@veggiesarefruits]

I understand what you mean. My feeling, though, is that the only thing necessary to identify or "label" are the symptoms themselves, rather than to focus on the diagnosis and group the patient from there with everyone who carries the same diagnosis. I've found that by focusing on my symptoms, I've completely been able to treat myself of BPD, as I no longer fit the DSM criteria. Once you start working on the symptoms, the underlying thinking patterns reveal themselves, and it's like a snowball effect where you get better and better, faster and faster with each symptom you knock out.

[@nishatanaira857]

I love you for putting this out there, it's so important! ❤

[@jacobmartinelli7496]

I'm not validating distrust, they don't like being lorded or told, neither because that's nerve-wracking because psychology shaped their ethics. Depression=suppression/suppressing Depression=suppression/suppressed. Fear/nervousness of/about charisma, criticism~ (hopelessness, hopeful~) In summary, doubling worries while worries percieved are potential compulsions which validate paranoia which are potentially nerve-wracking causing or justifying (validating) painfully nervous.

[@veggiesarefruits]

@Snaggle Toothed Injun White Pride No Guilt No Shame no no no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm completely for creating names for diagnoses based on the symptoms. What I was referring to was the method of treatment OF those diagnoses. For me and many others, the treatment itself can become overwhelming and due to stigma even within the mental health field, it can seem unmanageable or impossible to treat when you are thought of as just a diagnosis with no way out. The best course of action in my experience is to look at the diagnosis as a guide for treatment based on the individual symptoms, instead of clutching onto the diagnosis, which can feel like a life sentence when it doesn't necessarily have to be. Taking it one step at a time and breaking it down that way can lead to actual recovery.

[@Alicia-ij1eq]

Same omfg. When I was in hospital they refused to diagnose me, but I like to research everything obsessively which can be part of my manic episodes, but it really helps me honestly because I actually know what I'm dealing with. (I'm bipolar btw). But in the end it's your choice and if you like diagnoses go for it and if you dont then dont!

[@Adamslowsis]

"Designed to be a work in progress" This is amazing. Science needs to constantly evolve based on new evidence that comes to light. Any system that rejects evidence, or isn't based in it to begin with, will forever be flawed.

[@elijahd.spragueph.d8905]

I am a mental health counselor currently working on my PhD in counseling education. I absolutely love your videos and I show them to students and clients alike. Please keep making these videos; they are entertaining and easy to understand for my clients and students.

[@Eghvcr]

thank you so much for educating people about mental disorders.. mental disorders is often is misunderstood and labeled "weird" so I'm grateful you are helping people to understand.. this means a lot to me because I suffer from panic disorder, social phobia, gad, and agoraphobia. It's good to know there are good influential people out there trying to do the right thing.

[@joheyjonsson2825]

As someone with the wonderful (yeah, sarcasm) combination of PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, GAD, and depression, I am both amazed and frustrated by the progress in treatment of mental illness. Amazed that medication and out-patient care has improved as much as it has (at least in Sweden, where I live) and extremely frustrated about the complete lack of understanding when it comes to interactions with mentally ill people. Just because I don't look sick doesn't mean I am ready for river rafting.

[@xochequetsal]

this hits me hard, when I was hospitalized the psychologist said he didn't know why I was there, and I agreed. The psychiatrist kept me there 2 days longer than necessary. worst week of my life. A new trauma

[@biagioschiano4352]

+Nika Dare Been there, the mental healthcare system is a sick joke in desperate need of a serious overhaul and radical paradigm shift. As it stands, it is repugnant in many, many aspects. To practitioners you are, by necessity, a medical object, not a human being. And to top it off, if you are severely wronged as the result of treatment, you are merely chewed up and spat out by the system, left alone to deal with the consequences while your practitioner gets to laugh about it all the way to the bank. Psychotropic medications that I wasn't able to understand wholly at the time fried my brain to a numbing crisp, for one; the negative impacts my experiences within the mental healthcare system have had stretch far and wide, affecting relationships with family, with friends, with strangers, with myself, with the things that used to bring me joy, and with the things that used to bring me pain. There are unbeatable teams of scientists, ethicists, and lawyers there to support the judgement of mental health practitioners, but in the end there is no one there for you. It all represents a cold, soulless machine that refuses to question itself, following with blind faith its own conceptions and constructs. It's been years and I'm still reeling. I have the desire to write about this in greater detail one day, as to reinstate and propagate the notion that no institution should ever be completely trusted by the individual, and we must all keep ourselves sharp and harshly critical in order to help maintain a greater standard, for the sake of all people. If nobody points out what is wrong at all, then anything that could be done can be thought of as right, in a given situation. I would write it now, but alas, not enough time has passed, so the pain from those experiences is still there, and I refuse to allow it to potentially tarnish the quality of my writing. I will admit that I am predominately biased as of yet, but that will change in due time, for time heals all wounds, and at that point I will be able to more soberly engage all the concepts entailed with a stronger backbone of reason. For now, though, I'm still healing.

[@OrchestralOrg]

psychiatry is the antichrist. that's not slang talk. it's the truth. as life continues to get worse more people will find themselves at risk of landing in the claws (death grip) of the antichrist. it can and it does condemn souls. it's harrowing, what it does to people. once you have a mental record, it is permanent and inescapable. it will follow you everywhere and you will always be subject to the system. there's no escape. the mental record doubles as an unspoken criminal record. it's like a conviction.

[@vinnievector]

Biagio Schiano should I lose faith in helping my wife? Can I as a devoted husband with children who loves her so dearly stop believing her doctors or diagnosis and let us go with nature and our suffering. I don’t know what to do anymore.

[@crashcourse]

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, ***** takes a look at how the treatment for Psychological Disorders has changed over the last hundred years and who is responsible for getting us on the path to getting us here.

[@Efowler87]

***** I know this is just my opinion, but how does your comment have anything to do with the educational topic presented in this video? This video has absolutely nothing to do with offering "advice" to people suffering with mental disorders, instead it has to do with presenting a quick overview of the American Psychiatric model: its history, its methods, and its current theory. How is Crash Course Psychology supposed to be "more responsible"? This is no different then a lecture given in a college psychology class.

[@Coldsteelgrip]

can you do videos for Calculus & US Government??

[@EthanReilly]

Lucy Y Are they by any chance the courses you are currently enrolling for college? Heehee.

[@Coldsteelgrip]

***** senior yr im takin intro comp app(Java), virtual enterprise(make own business), intro programming, calc ab AP & 1 sem of Us gov. Any vids of any these i will watch :)😂😊😳🍉 tnx 4 reply 

[@Coldsteelgrip]

*****

[@sarahl4089]

Fun fact about the DSM, the first edition was created by the writers all standing in a room around one guy in front of a typewriter and yelling at him suggestions for entries. Basically a room full of people yelling about crazy things.

[@Navesblue]

9:09 This is a very crucial point about our cultural outlook on psychological disorders. A lot of people don't come forward to seek the treatment they need to get better because they fear the apprehension society has against people with such problems. Meaning people don't feel safe coming forward about it in the public eye, especially in today's world where people fear who'll be the next mass shooter in the nation. It's why I felt extremely afraid to be open and honest with my campus therapist, due to fear of being diagnosed with something, and being locked up in a looney been like they showed and being forgotten about.

[@latyshal.2286]

This crash course was very thorough and easy to understand. I definitely learned a lot about the history of the DSM just by watching this 10-min video. Thank you!

[@xxAmi15]

It's World Mental Health Day on 10th October - let's spread awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. I have suffered with depression and have been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and it's horrible feeling like you can't open up about it to your friends and family. People don't judge if you say you have a physical illness, so why should this not be the same for mental illness?

[@seanrea550]

Aerisia dsm-5 Asperger's is autism now it was one of the changes.

[@RPGgrenade]

do you want a hug? =(

[@xxAmi15]

I did hear that change - I don't quite get the point of it - autism is a spectrum, and Asperger's is on it. I'm fine with either label. Hugs are nice :) Hugs all round!

[@RPGgrenade]

Aerisia HUGS! :D sorry, I just know far too many people with these life affecting psychological disorders and want to help... I only have some sort of mild ADD.

[@xxAmi15]

RPGgrenade Don't say 'only'! Anything, even the slightest, can make life tougher, so don't think you don't deserve the hugs too :) HUGS!

[@RainbowEssence-c3w]

As someone who suffers from mental illness I love this video and the way it does away with the all too common stigma and stereotypes of mental illness. I think watching these videos on mental illness should be required. If they were, perhaps the world would be a better place, and people like me wouldn't feel the need to hide and feel ashamed of their mental illnesses, and/or refuse to seek treatment for them.

[@emz111nonly]

6:58 EXACTLY This is my absolute favorite explanation of what mental health is. I want to share this a million + more times. This needs to be common knowledge... I definitely learned a few things from this ..

[@user-us1yu8gx9s]

I went into a mental hospital after a mental breakdown in middle school where I was suicidal. even after I no longer felt suicidal, got better with therapy, and requested I wished to return home, they still kept me there for maybe 5 days longer. they kept playing mind games with my parents, bringing up complicated unnecessary paperwork, and asking me the same questions over and over. the nurse even looked me in my room and screamed over and over "this is all your fault!!" through the looked door because two other patients got into a physical fight over a sharpie marker I was using. later I went into schooling with this program and I was trying to go back to public school because they weren't educating me but they kept holding me back from transferring. its a known thing to anyone who has been hospitalized that you always stay at least two weeks, if you're lucky.

[@sspock7615]

I loved this I’m bi-polar and was in treatment for 4 years and I’m so happy this is a thing ugh I love crash course

[@lagomorphaadorabilis5783]

Thank you, father, for giving me depression and anxiety. Thank you, universe, for making them ten times worse. Thank you, me, for causing these symptoms to reappear in him after years. Thank you, me, for stressing out my friends whenever I pull out a pair of scissors. Thank you, me, for having an anxiety attack every time I go to math class for fear that I will get a question wrong and make a fool of myself. Thank you, me, for every time I forget to bring paper have an anxiety attack because *everyone will laugh at you for having to get a piece of paper from the teacher*. Thank you, me, for being to tired to eat and then never get any sleep. You did it. Great job.

[@jamescuttsiv8963]

I actually do have paranoid schizophrenia, and I've been excitedly waiting for Crash Course to talk about abnormal psych. I'll be really excited to see what disorders are discussed and in what way. I also totally understand the argument against excessively distributing diagnoses; having that label can make people focus on being "mentally ill". For me, however, I think having the specific diagnostic term actually helped. It allowed me to look at schizophrenia as being a thing that I have, and not part of who I am.

[@AlyTympr]

When I was little I was mis-diagnosed with ADHD, resently it was discoverd that the drug they wanted to put me on caused guy to grow brests. In that instanse I am glad my mother is paranoid about drugs.

[@HN2UK]

its not paranoia if they're really out to breast you...

[@julieadalyn7925]

I think you’re talking about respiridone, I took it for about 2 years and they did say in women they caused lactation and men they caused breasts to grow but everyone is different and that didn’t happen to me and you’re suppose to get blood work every so often as well to check those levels

[@mustardpuddle]

damn I sorta wish that would happen to me

[@misspinkpunkykat]

Do one on autism and Asperger's Syndrome!

[@BN-uh8cm]

Me I was born with 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@lucyllewellyn2850]

I agree!

[@cameronbryant2014]

yes

[@Kamoblue]

+misspinkpunkykat YES!! And ADHD/ADD

[@bellavitarox7442]

Yes!

[@katelynfe]

please do a video on Borderline personality disorder. not a lot of people talk about it

[@Moesmentalcorner]

come to my page I suffer from that and I make videos everyday based on living with mental disorders like bpd .

[@julz3tt3]

A lot of my diagnosis was based on 1. brain scan and 2. how I reacted to social and traumatic situations basically through relaying my experiences to the psychiatric team, doctors over the years..

[@PedanticNo1]

The crazed Hank animation was the best part of this Crash Course.

[@jaelamadawala]

And Oscar the Grouch

[@nicklavine2132]

PedanticNo1 shut up

[@Cidwithey]

I love watching john and hank. They are really interesting and I feel like I can learn alot just by following along with their videos. Keep up the good work!

[@starwars5444]

hey do you know how that started?

[@Cidwithey]

MS4 Studios what started?

[@starwars5444]

you know the first comment thing.

[@Cidwithey]

RvB at Roosterteeth.com

[@toydivision1673]

I used to watch this guy in so many high school classes.

[@cady9949]

My college Intro to Psychology professor always put on crash course

[@DhruvBadiyani]

pervert xD

[@maryannngugi3695]

i know this may sound like a disorder itself, but i now find myself starting here. Because there's just a way psychology has become understandable by the work you guys have done. Thanks so much.

[@BOLAMITY]

This literally blew my mind. Just goes to show how far we have to go with understanding mental illnesses.

[@dontask3497]

That whole thing about hearing one voice once becoming more important than weeks of normal behaviour is something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently. I kind of feel like there are some toxic communities online that almost promote mental illnesses? Like instead of saying “you should get help and feel better” they’re saying “everyone has a mental disorder. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.” And this really scares me bc it makes people who have a meltdown over a presentation worth 30% of their grade one time think they have a full blown anxiety disorder and that they should go on meds ASAP to ‘get better.’ Just because you feel sad doesn’t mean you have depression. Just because you feel anxious, doesn’t mean you have anxiety. And I know Hank was talking about doctors in that context but I’ve seen people, and myself too as a bit of a hypochondriac, do it to themselves.

[@backpackforhisapplesauce8101]

I lost the genetic lottery. Depression and anxiety on my mom's side, ADHD on my dad's. Not to mention the history of alcohol addiction in both sides. Without supportive parents, I don't know if I would even be here right now...

[@lukehebert6207]

As a med student studying psychiatry material right now, this is spot on :) thanks for the great video, CrashCourse

[@didocomeback]

Please talk about ADHD, please.

[@BlahstarRecords]

let me guess, you self diagnosis yourself with ADHD?

[@TM-zw2zf]

***** ikr

[@maldobostero12]

I came with the same request and I have diagnosed adhd. It really sucks, cause its all about extreme changes in energy levels, overthinking, and by god its a challenge to read a 2 pages article.

[@Ava-zp4lo]

+Dopamine997 first, great name, second I agree sooooooo much, I hate people that are like "homework is boring, so i have ADHD, give me drugs" When people without it claim that they have it, it makes those of us actually diagnosed with it get so suppressed and pretty much forgotten about how bad some of us have it. When i go to my doctor, every time she says it's getting worse, and from the start that I have the highest severity of ADHD she had EVER SEEN.

[@eonstar]

Wait.... but Adhd isn't suppose to get worse.... the effects it has on your life can definitely get worse but it itself shouldn't get worse :|... Maybe I was informed wrong but I'm 99% sure it doesn't get worse. Also, yes there are special snowflakes who are annoying in so many situations. But just because you do research on something that you find might apply to you doesn't mean that you automatically apply to that. I do find that the diagnosis of something can be crippling though as well. Or even thinking about the potential of it being true can have it's effects. But I digress, why assume people are trying to be special snowflakes :(. They might actually have problems... and even if it's not adhd it might be something else. Just because you don't have it doesn't mean you're not struggling. Although if are saying something like homework is boring so I have adhd.... you're annoying And I just realize I'm suppose to be doing homework... why am I even here :|..... bye....

[@forgiven21801]

I'm 53 and starting a new career. I hope to be a Chemical Dependency Counselor after this last semester. Last semester I took Abnormal Psychology, the semester before that I had to take Intro to Psychology. This Video would be, or Is a great first day video for people new to this field. This was really fun to watch. I'm really glad to have found this channel and enjoy at least one episode a day. Way to rock the DSM-5!

[@courtneysmith8548]

I love this episode! I could basically fill in all the blanks before Hank because I'm studying Psychology to become a psychiatrist. Very good and interesting!

[@ariyanchoowdhury4414]

really ?? see my??

[@LordMarcus]

The more remarkable story of Nellie Bly's asylum stay is that she managed to get out.

[@ChrisThomasBone]

I was put into a mental hospital for depression in middle school. They scored our behaviour by giving us 3 points for various categories, taking one point off whenever we wouldn't behave the way they wanted us. The head doctor ended up deciding that instead of just taking one point from me, I was either at 3 points or 0 points. When you scored a 0 in any category, they put you on "restriction," where they didn't let you have any form of fun at all. How exactly was I supposed to get less depressed in that place?

[@rdsingh122]

man, you're seriously a god send. This is so much more exciting than my 3 hour lecture per week...Excellent work!

[@JamieSmith-ir7yq]

I love your videos so much, it is super interesting and I'm glad you're out education people about these things! It would be great if you could do a video on ADHD! It's something that I think is misunderstood, and I have been targeted with some of this stigma as I myself have been diagnosed a few years ago. A lot of people tell me to just, 'try harder' or 'just focus' or to (and I hate this one) 'just calm down!" It's irritating, and if you could help battle the misconceptions that would be totally awesome!!! Thanks!!!

[@matthewdockter2424]

Speaking to Spirits in a bar in Iowa City during happy hour is perfectly acceptable. In fact, it is the norm.

[@hakairyu1]

Well, what kind of "spirits" are we talking about?

[@briang.2218]

ooh punny :)

[@paturban8558]

Matthew Dockter b

[@nicatlaca]

hakairyu1 pink bunnies or orange elephants.

[@Atlas-pn6jv]

How else are we supposed to ask the boos to help us forget that western Iowa exists?

[@capriliii]

I have my Psychology final on Friday. This video helped a lot. Thumbs up. Thank you and keep making more videos.

[@doug8982]

howd you do?

[@capriliii]

+Sage Adams I did good. Thanks 😊

[@ariyanchoowdhury4414]

rely see my

[@Prizzlesticks]

I haven't watched any other videos from you before, but you seem very passionate and engaged with the topic. This appeals to me greatly. Whenever I talk psychology with friends or family (and pretty much anyone who isn't in the field...), I get very passionate and eager. And then I get a little sad and put out when their eyes sort of glaze over, and it becomes more interactive to rant at a wall. Watching this makes me feel a little more invigorated. It's just nice to see someone geek out over psychology like I would.

[@stephthebard9037]

Excited for next weeks ep! I can learn about myself as I have an anxiety disorder.

[@munchkinsophie]

No one knows the real pain of actually having a mental disorder. It is when you actually realize you’re different from your surroundings and it feels like you’re on the outside. People look at you in a strange way and just know something isn’t right with you. It’s like rejection on the daily basis which makes you not even want to go outside or be around people because you see the outside as a threat now. Then you go on pretending like you’re normal trying to fake be happy and try to blend in with others. People have an instinct and can feel something is not right with you and get “put off” by you. It’s like you have a different energy. You’re just off putting. Yes this is about me and it’s a daily struggle but I’ve been practicing gratitude and working out and trying to think about healthy thoughts. As you get older you realize that you knew you were different from the kids at school but not in a good way. But there is always hope. I keep seeing signs that make me not give up on hope. I know i’ll have a different life from others but i’ll try to make it the best as I can.

[@brandonm4471]

Who else just watches this because its interesting as hell and not for any academic purposes at all?

[@NanZingrone]

You guys do a great job in general, but this one is particularly smart and insightful. The understanding that mental diagnosis and categories of disorders, while mostly constructed in a well-meaning way, can have consequences (and origins) that are as Dr. B says "bludgeons" to force people to conform to societal norms -- that's an understanding that needs to be in the public consciousness. As somebody who works with, knows, and occasionally contributes to the research literature on the psychological well-being of people who claim to experience psychic phenomena, I really appreciate this kind of nuanced thinking; it's really helpful in communicating the complexities of differential diagnosis. Thanks Hank and your team for another great lecture!

[@kimberlyluvsu1]

Ready for that AP exam tomorrow!

[@mikaelschiller8574]

Tack!

[@ldekker97]

Can you guys do a vid on ADD, if you haven't already?

[@WolfieDMinecraft]

Yes!

[@ldekker97]

cellogirl11RW They did a video on depression and bipolar disorder. I didn't think it was very good though. They completely failed to mention psychotic symptoms in bipolar, and I'm not entirely sure, but I don't remember them discussing mixed episodes either. I also think it's odd they put bipolar and depression in one video, and schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder in one video. It would make more sense to make a more extended video on depression, and then put bipolar and schizophrenia in one vid since they are related. I just think it's weird that they put schizophrenia and DID in one video. They are often confused, even though they are very different disorders. Why put them together!?

[@cellogirl11rw55]

Lianne Dekker My guess is that they were trying to explain the differences between them, but, they really need their own videos.

[@Наташа-р8з4в]

And ADHD and dyslexia/dysgraphia

[@cellogirl11rw55]

Actually, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are completely unrelated. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder, and schizophrenia is a dissociative/psychotic disorder.

[@mackybryant8350]

I really do like how you guys tackle this topic...not all but most people think that mental illness cannot be cured but most of illness it can be cured..

[@TRMcCoy]

Thank you! Diagnosis (labels) can be limiting and can be used to invalidate someone's truth and or abilities. Thank you for carrying the message with clear information and shedding light on this issue so we can work towards a solution.

[@aposiopetic]

Thank you for this, Crash Course team! Education is a really valuable part of reducing stigma, and I'm really grateful.

[@ChaseCharnley]

As someone with serve mental health disorders I am so looking forward to the next few episodes. I'm all for getting information out there and breaking the stigma :)

[@christalalvares6027]

I hope you get the support you deserve

[@adilrahman6881]

Thank you Crash Course for helping me for my Psychology A-Levels. This has been both fun and informative

[@Nikolapoleon]

I would like to see an episode about the effects of immense power on the human mind, megalomania, and the like. It's a concept I occasionally struggle with.

[@Kagomai15]

I can't speak for over-diagnoses, but I agree that labels do make you vulnerable to judgement from others who don't understand. The thing is, they also validate your experiences: you're not alone, there are people like you who've survived and lived with what you're dealing with, and there is help available to you! Labels are certainly powerful, and I think their benefit outweighs the potential judgement.

[@insanityofmine7569]

I'm loving this channel! So many subjects being taught and discussed!

[@arabellaingham5239]

Thank you so much for this channel, it is one of the best animated, most interesting and informative programs to watch. It is absolutely brilliant in all aspects and although I, like many others I'm sure, are not subbable subscribers it really just brightens our day and lives on whole.

[@143JDBndCRS]

Binge watching Crash Course an hour before my Psych final 😂😂 thanks guys!!

[@annmariefrancis1458]

I have ADHD and I am always being told to try harder and how I'm not trying at all. I am also antisocial. I don't talk to people at all. My sister came and told me that some people thought that I was mute because I used to talk but not anymore.

[@Exevan110]

An actual use of a meme that didn't make me cringe my eyes out of my sockets, gratz CC.

[@zetaprime133]

I went through a simple psychology course this year and the main factor of a mental disorder is something that is long term and affects a person's ability to carry out basic daily activities. This appears to be a better way to measure mental disorders in including those mentioned above

[@totalmollipop]

I would love to see a video on eating disorders and the subculture surrounding them. I think there's something culturally intriguing for discussion in that topic.

[@mildrednromero]

Congratulations again on your excellent teaching technique of a very complex subject matter!....love your graphics!....by the way Autism was also diagnosed in DMS-5 until recently, but no longer...keep up the good work and your enthusiasm!

[@senipie]

i think you mean aspergers? aspergers is no longer a separate disorder from autism but in dsm 5 they called it autism spectrum disorder

[@secretlysanesparrow1152]

I really appreciate all of the videos you do about mental illness. It really helps.

[@wyndscare2020]

Ok, I have a test in 20 minutes on this. I am ready now

[@JeffStaples-v9h]

Great video! Though what may have been a better way to describe a deviant behavior is simply to say they deviate from social norms, in my opinion it deflates all of the stigma from the word if you use the verb form of the word to describe it.

[@Sighbot]

I know how that feels. I have a disorder. It's not as awful as having schizophrenia, but mine can be annoying. Attention Deficit Disorder. Perhaps you've heard of it. It means I have trouble focusing, retaining information, and forgetfulness. I think I have it on a medium level since I can't focus on the teacher for the life of me, and I forget stuff a looot. I hope we can teach society to understand mental disorders better.

[@nettahkoplowich2459]

I have it too although I didn't know the full name everyone just called it ADD

[@connoru9711]

I was diagnosed as an eighth grader. ADHD is highly treatable and not even recognized entirely as a disorder. I’m in 2 abnormal psychology classes right now and we haven’t mentioned ADHD once. To say “it’s not as awful as schizophrenia” is a gross understatement

[@SchizoNiko]

As a person who has suffered from OCD for about six years now, I'm looking forward to hearing you talk more about psychological disorders, Hank.

[@ariyanchoowdhury4414]

hmmmmmmmm

[@BassTechnologic]

Gotta love that David Bowie Reference.

[@MasseysGamingInc]

+BassTechnologic Well...

[@3798penisholder]

+BassTechnologic yea,,

[@squamish4244]

+no my dear, that chapter is done. Did you just change this name? Otherwise, it is strangely appropriate.

[@3798penisholder]

valinor I did not, but sadly yes.

[@meisersson]

thank you hank! nice job, i finished studies in psy just last month and i am happy somebody is trying to bring the subject nearer to the masses... so, appreciate your business mate, keep up the good work :) greetings from germany dftba

[@miriamg-p5411]

Video on ADHD pleeeaaassseee

[@GingeredHonii]

+Miriam G-P they been did that they ended this along time ago

[@natalielong113]

I like listening to Hank talk, he's just so intelligent that I feel smarter after listening to him

[@bhunterwillis]

One of my biggest concerns is how we, as a society, are overdiagnosing hyperactivity and an inability to pay attention. Look, I am in full support of offering kids support, but why not try taking phones away from school settings and homework time? As someone currently in the NYC public school system (entering senior year of high school) I would consider this a big help than to just put everyone on drugs. I'm a supporter of medicine, I've been diagnosed with PTSD and other depression and anxiety, and meds along side therapy have been a life saver, but when you give kids drugs for just being kids and being hyper, that's a huge problem.

[@pantsrevolutions]

I sort of agree. It seems we live in a world where some drugs are more for the benefit of others than the patient.

[@bhunterwillis]

pantsrevolutions I wouldn't go that far because, unlike many, I support business, so I think the opposite, the more business, big and small, can make money, the better treatments and drugs we'll get. As it stands there is no incentive to spend to research, which makes bigger profits in the Long run. I think there's a happy medium between patient and businessbut neither is being met.

[@MenwithHill]

pantsrevolutions I think it has a lot to do with living in a society dominated by brokers, technocrats and engineers, who solve problems the way a programmer would do. Do you have symptoms ? Send things that cancel the symptoms rather than treating the fundamental problem. Medicine fits perfectly there. Find disease, find the appropriate medicine, send medicine, problem solved.

[@JadehavenAcademy]

As someone with this problem though, it really is a problem. Not being able to sit still in my high school classes is really hard, and I get anxious having to sit there. On top of that it's really hard to focus, which is bad for my education. Like it or not, the pills do help me, a lot.

[@MenwithHill]

Kenneth Jadehaven Saying "there is over-diagnosis" doesn't negate in any way the plight of people actually having problems.

[@DaphYinArt]

OMG such a *helpful* coincidence: I'm currently studying this 'Psychological Disorders' chapter in my psychology course!

[@saintpablo5594]

"Madness is just like gravity... All you need is a little push" -Joker

[@treizeepyon5799]

“So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit.” - Alan Moore, or Joker from "The Killing Joke"

[@vincentpriyadi9492]

Stfu u dont know a thing about madness

[@herbie3202]

No he doesn’t but I know so stfu . The quotes are good

[@vincentpriyadi9492]

@@herbie3202 if you think the quotes are good, then you dont know and you never feel it. Madness is the state of being mentaly ill, especialy severly. Trust me please you dont want to have it. It really torture you beyond your imagination

[@vincentpriyadi9492]

And stop adoring that stupid joker character

[@Mega3rn3st]

When I was 11 I was diagnosed as having specific development disorder - Dyscalculia. Life is not easy but I adapted by using a calculator and the internet. So with everyone with some kind of disorder I want to say You are not alone and some stupid disorder will not break my as a person!

[@madisongreen7202]

these videos are the only reason i have a chance of not failing my mental health exam tomorrow

[@bridgetmay8452]

Could you do a video on ADHD and dysgraphia

[@beccaisabella4816]

Can heee???? pleaseee

[@warriorofesper661]

I'd watch at least two minutes of it before- something shiny!

[@megmotherwort]

Since Rosenhan's experiment was in 1973, it's worth mentioning deinstitutionalization to give some more current context. Today, an individual with mental symptoms who cannot pay for privatized treatment would be hard pressed to find a place that'd hold them for 19 days.

[@clover5923]

why does all crash course narrators look so cute?! O.O I'm procrastinating by watching these videos! Psychology is so interesting.

[@natashaflaten5686]

Today we used this video in a thing called a "youth summit". It really helped shed light on this subject!!

[@Manabender]

Internet...Gaming...Disorder? Well, fuck.

[@jamesgrey13]

+Manabender I never thought that there would be such a disorder! WoW! Just WoW!

[@cameronbryant2014]

nooooooooo!

[@tomshraderd4915]

+Manabender It's classified as warranting further study. Seeing as how there were cases of gamers dying from exhaustion after playing for extended periods of time without stopping, there is at least some cause of concern.

[@kitkat2061]

RIP the gamers of the world. LOL!

[@dawnscarff5590]

Im doing a Social Studies Access course and watching this highlighted all key points that I have been learning about.. Like the DSM, & the Medical Model to name but a few.. I have subscribed....

[@De1taTarkov]

it's normal to have a convo with yourself in your head sometimes right

[@erics9801]

You ever laugh at your own jokes?

[@nozerty]

Completely normal and even healthy. Embracing dank memes, however...

[@De1taTarkov]

Daniel Dunlap dank memes melt brains im killing my cells trying to kill the voices

[@kloud8447]

yes

[@vinnievector]

I have taken a look a look at some of the post here. It has helped me understand a very complex mental disorder is to diagnose . My wife was diagnosed with some form of schizophrenia in March of this year , after a 4 week internment at the hospital. This came about after a altercation with the social services who were trying to help our son with speech therapy . I also from the beginning of marriage notice my wife’s irrational behavior social withdrawal lack of enthusiasm fallouts house cleaning and looking after herself and the children. This and at least 3-4 psychotic events and her complete paranoid behavior towards me for hours every day for months and years made me make my decision to get My wife interned into the hospital base on the fact I had tried many times to ask her to seek help for what I thought was stress at the time. This backfired on me as my wife hated me for helping to incarcerate her. She was released and spent many months blaming me . Over the months her condition has worsened to point that the children and I were put into a refuge . I worked tirelessly to help my wife, but at every level she has refused to accept any diagnosis treatment or help. Along with her mother who believes her daughter to have no such illness, are now perusing me through the court to gain custody of the children. Was I right or wrong to do this it was out of sheer desperation I did this . I love her very much and it’s broken my heart I cannot help her . There is so much more to this story than I have the energy to write. Love to all Vaughan.

[@Angel-rr3io]

the guy on the video is cool I like his videos hes logical

[@adeloconnell1220]

I’m a psych nurse student and we like to call the model associated with Mental I’ll Health the biopsychosocial model 👍

[@neophyteruss]

I hope the Crash Course team does video about ADHD at some point. I have very severe ADHD and would love to see a video educating the masses about it, Crash Course style.

[@nelnelnel533]

Hey Hank can you PLEASE talk about the pineal gland in one of the next episodes? theres too much "information" circulating around the internet these days and its pretty difficult to figure our whats true and what isnt, specially that whole "third eye" deal. A sincere thank you for the all the great work uve done already :)

[@phoenixmoyer618]

some mental hospitals now are really pleasent and enjoyable and semi helpful

[@squamish4244]

+Phoenix Moyer They are. They still strain against the limited treatment options for most of these disorders. But that is all changing. In a few decades they will view our hospitals now the same way we view sanitariums for TB.

[@ariyanchoowdhury4414]

opppppppppps

[@Sikizu]

Are you focusing on different classifications of mental illness, like dissociative disorders, stress disorders, eating disorders, and the like? There are so few good videos on those things, I've found, especially for dissociative disorders.

[@tineriusgracchus1165]

What you consider of this:1. Constant anxiety2. Unending depression3. The feeling that I'm worthless, useless, able to fade away4. The want to isolate myself for fear people will become attached5. The inability to actually feel happiness, and faking it so I can feel normal6. The feeling that I want to be normal, and the yearning to have that7. The unending amount of stress that keeps getting larger every times I try to ease it (I.e. Meditation, sleep, eating, etc)8. The regret I feel for being isolated for several years9. The unending pounding of voices in my head, that sounds like family members, friends, even myself; that say things like,"You suck.","Just disappear already, you know you're not wanted.","Why do you go on, It's useless, they're unending, they're... They're right, why do we go on?"10. The feeling of sadness continuously going across my mind

[@jonasstrzyz2469]

"voices in my head, that sounds like family members, friends, even myself; that say things like,"You suck.","Just disappear already, you know you're not wanted.","Why do you go on, It's useless, they're unending, they're... They're right, why do we go on?" Are these voices of your own? Or they thoughts? Are these thoughts caused by the actions of you family? These are all things that you need to considere if you want to self diagnose yourself. Diagnosing yourself via the internet is generally not a good idea, but there could be some truth to your diagnosis. I also highly recommend that you see help, ask someone who you can trust, teacher, friend, family etc. Try to write down you feelings and thoughts, this might help you understand the causes for your depression, some people are depressed because of previous experiences, some are affected by the lack of sunlight and others due to trauma. There are certain things that you can do to improve you life, like going to the gym, this helps with mild and moderate depression, but it is highly recommended.

[@katestone2712]

Jonas Strzyz "freinds family or someone you can trust." Ya like me or the other person (I don't know if it s a boy or girl name) has someone. Teachers, tell parents. parents get more dramatic and make thigs more stressful, and it's obvious we have no friends because of name calling and such. Life sucks

[@katestone2712]

Issun Boshi I feel the exact same way..

[@BurdFan]

I was once diagnosed as obsessive compulsive after 15-20 minute doctors appointment, and was given medicine for it. was there because since I stopped taking a certain medicine, I couldn't stop eating. Basically, I was gaining weight quite quickly, and I wanted to stop that desire to eat when I was already full. The medicine I got for it didn't help me in any way. Instead I got most of its side effects, one of which is weight gain. So basically, the rate at which I gained weight did not decrease, it pretty much doubled. I also started sweating profusely, my tremors got worse, and many more unpleasant side-effects. The problem with my doctor is that he keeps saying "yeah, it's absolutely this way" "it is obviously this problem" "take this and it will be fixed", and he is so convincing. Then when it's not working, I get really angry with him, I contact them to get a new appointment, so I can give him a piece of my mind, and then it repeats. He is a very nice and kind person, and he talks in a very assuring and professional way, but he keeps messing up every time I go there.

[@ABitOfTheUniverse]

How about a show on Sociological Disorders in terms of dealing with the diverse range of people on this planet? How we fail to incorporate the range of people types on this planet into our archaic social structures? No? Just easier to isolate individuals and maintain failing superstructures? Cheers.

[@ABitOfTheUniverse]

Joseph Harrietha Cram it? Like you did in your studies? Whenever someone claims to be an expert in something there is always a retort that comes to my mind that I'll share with you, as I do them. You don't declare if you're an expert in something, you let the rest of the world do that based on your accomplishments. Your ego is your worst trait expressed so far, care to add to that?

[@ABitOfTheUniverse]

Joseph Harrietha I'm not the only one reading your comments.

[@Jontman42]

ABitOfTheUniverse You're on a fucking mission mate.

[@Skymack96]

Joseph Harrietha expert my ass, prove it keyboard warrior

[@ABitOfTheUniverse]

I'd like my original comment to stand on it's own, not because I or some particular person expresses it. Right now I wouldn't claim to be an expert of anything except my own opinion and that is what I've expressed. There was a time when I'd have said "Screw this planet, I want to go to Mars." or complained that there are no more landmasses to restart countries on, but considering America wasn't even free to colonize from the start, maybe it's time for me to stop looking for ways to get away from the systems I and so many others are born into and start looking at the causes of these problems rather than scapegoating people who don't act according to plans. Yeah, sometimes criminals cause crimes and sometimes people do show signs that they are radically outside of socially tolerable norms, but there have been enough times in the past when people have looked at the ways they've been treated, the way they treat others, and rethought and restructured those as well. This may very well be the case with what we label as mental disability, mental disorder and chemical imbalances. These things suggest that three is a norm, a static figure that one can point to and say "Here is normal, anything outside this is abnormal." just consider if that were the case at any time in the history of life's evolution on this planet and if some species had been granted the ability to limit it's own diversification. That'd be the end of the story. Well, I don't want this story to end, not with our bodies and not with our minds. There is plenty of neurochemistry just waiting to be done, and keeping everything in our heads to strict limits doesn't afford us the chance to explore our potential. That is only one aspect of this I've considered, more have been made by people more impassioned than myself, but this argument, I feel, does not get enough attention. It's so easy to call anyone who does not agree with us crazy and dismiss their argument before even giving it consideration. Calling into question a person's brain or control over their mental faculties can be akin to a death sentence. Not only do doctors and lawyers force people to say to the world that they are dysfunctional, but they isolate the individuals themselves from the communities they are brought up in. We don't tolerate this sort of behavior when it applies to the color of a persons skin or their sexual preferences, so why for now do we condone it for chemistry that a person was born with? If a person wants to be diagnosed and have their neurochemistry altered by pharmaceuticals, that should be their right. All I ask is that we give more consideration to the individuals, the environments and the repercussions and a little less power and authority to the people telling us our children are born bad while they sell us services and cures that will solve those problems. How is this not something that makes absolute sense to people? We've seen it with religions and we see it in marketing. You convince people they have problems to which you have cures. Well maybe *that* is the problem? It's another form of intolerance. One I personally disapprove of and I know I'm not alone.

[@misso2834]

I am an undergraduate student and I think your channel is just amazing!!!

[@evangelion243]

I heard voices when I was very young. They stopped eventually on their own though :/

[@christiandauz3742]

Lucky for you. Not trying to be sarcastic.

[@mortyjames5897]

I think they were probably just your imagination then, if you were very young.

[@idontneedaname318]

might be bc you were young, if it persisted into adulthood it'd be concerning

[@danielirmscher8525]

You and especially the animations keep getting better and better. Can't wait for the next episode!