Going Deep on Finding Much Better Treatments for Depression

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Leanne Williams is determined to spare people the suffering she’s endured. Her partner of many years died by suicide after fighting a depression that resisted all treatment. She has devoted her life as a scientist at Stanford to applying the principles and tactics of precision medicine to depression, which she has categorized into sub-types (much as was done with cancer decades ago). Joining me in this conversation are Dr BJ Miller, a friend and previous guest who works as a palliative care doc and lost his sister to suicide, as well as Emmy-winning comedian W. Kamau Bell, also a friend and previous guest, who brings his usual good will and insight to the conversation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:06.6	I'm Kelly Corrigan and today I am wondering about the mother of all mental health issues, depression, and how we treat it right now and how we
0:17.0	might treat it much better in the near future.
0:21.8	My conversation partners are Dr. Leanne Williams who is studying
0:25.3	precision medicine and how it might seriously change outcomes for the
0:29.7	millions of people suffering from mental health disorders, Dr. B.J. Miller, a hospice and palliative
0:36.3	care doc, who suffered from depression himself after a life-changing accident, and W. Kamau Bell, the Emmy-winning force behind CNN's The United Shades of
0:46.2	America.
0:47.2	Please note, this conversation includes a deep and very honest exchange about suicide.
0:54.6	We'll be right back with Kelly Corrigan Wunders. I'm Kelly Corrigan. We really knew that we couldn't create a series about well being without looking deeply at the topics of depression and anxiety. They're just so common and they're on the rise. My conversation partners to help understand why we are
1:25.8	where we are and where we might be headed with better treatments are Dr. Leanne
1:31.0	Williams from Stanford. She's an Australian who is studying precision medicine
1:35.5	and how it could affect mental health.
1:38.0	She's contributed 375 scientific papers
1:41.2	to the field and is the associate chair of
1:43.6	translational neuroscience at Stanford Medical School.
1:47.4	My second guest is Dr. B.J. Miller, who has been on the show before.
1:51.4	He wrote a book called A Beginners Guide to the End. He's a Hospice
1:55.2	and Palliative Care Doc who advocates for the role of our senses, our communities, and our
2:00.4	presence in designing better endings.
2:04.3	And lastly, W. Kamal Bell, my friend and longtime Bay Area neighbor, he's a stand-up comedian.
2:09.1	He spends most of his time running after his three daughters and making very powerful documentaries.
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