#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