SIO338: Is Depression 'Just a Chemical Imbalance?' with Dr. Dean Burnett
Serious Inquiries Only
Thomas Smith
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🗓️ 1 September 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Recently a study made the rounds that sought to cast doubt on the efficacy of antidepressants. At the core of this misleading study was a real truth – that depression isn't merely a question of "not enough serotonin." But what exactly does that mean? Is this a new discovery? And why doesn't that mean that medication focused on serotonin doesn't work?
Explaining this brilliantly and with singular charm is Dr. Dean Burnett!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Serious Inquiries, only this is episode 338, I'm Thomas. |
| 0:18.9 | With me as always is Dr. Lindsey Osterman, and before we get to it, I just want to say |
| 0:23.0 | thanks everyone so much for pledging at patreon.com slash serious pod in the wake of the recent |
| 0:28.9 | announcement we made. It's been super exciting, and if you haven't done so yet, definitely |
| 0:34.2 | go to patreon.com slash serious pod, pledge and listen to the what is a woman take down |
| 0:41.2 | that we did. Matt Walsh's hateful transphobic quote unquote documentary. We break down |
| 0:48.8 | why it's nonsense and why Matt Walsh should feel bad about himself. Those two things. |
| 0:54.8 | Alright, that said, we've got a guest today. Lindsey, why don't you go ahead and introduce |
| 1:00.1 | our guest for today's show. Joining us today is Dr. Dean Burnett. Dr. Burnett is a neuroscientist |
| 1:06.3 | and the author of several bestselling books, exploring topics in psychology and neuroscience |
| 1:11.0 | and mental health, including the idiot brain and the happy brain. The first one was a biography |
| 1:15.5 | of me and I. It feels a little weird to invite my biographer on the show, but that's okay. I think |
| 1:21.6 | we'll learn a lot. I'd like to log it up to be honest. This is the first time we've met, so they're |
| 1:26.6 | very adlibbed. Yeah, so those titles were apparently shortened simply to idiot brain and happy brain |
| 1:32.1 | in the US releases. I'm not sure why we're allergic to definite articles, but yeah. You guys are |
| 1:36.4 | busy. You've got time to read extra syllables. It is now when I butt in and bring up something |
| 1:40.4 | no one cares about, which is blue. We just came to Disney plus in the US and on the topic of |
| 1:46.0 | weird American edits, they have edited it. Disney has done the most mind-blown people are |
| 1:51.2 | posting comparisons and they edit out stuff that makes no sense, like it's not even offensive. They |
| 1:55.8 | just change it in confusing ways. There must be somebody who thinks that Americans need a good |
| 2:01.1 | edit, but it's just baffling. Yeah, they're pranking us. It is odd. I remember seeing that happen |
| 2:06.7 | when the British release of things like Shrek 2, that was one, and they had, I don't know if |
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