{"id":577,"date":"2025-12-24T08:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=577"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:05:42","slug":"mental-disorders-as-brain-disorders-thomas-insel-at-tedxcaltech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"Mental Disorders as Brain Disorders: Thomas Insel at TEDxCaltech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u4m65sbqbhY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thomas R. lnsel, M.D. is director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) charged with generating knowledge needed to understand, treat, and prevent mental disorders. Prior to his appointment as NIMH Director in 2002, Tom was professor of psychiatry at Emory University where he was founding director of the NSF Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and director of an NIH-funded Center for Autism Research. He has published over 250 scientific articles and four books and has served on numerous academic, scientific, and professional committees and boards. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and a recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the U.S. Public Health Service and the 2010 La Fondation IPSEN Neuronal Plasticity Prize. No endorsement of this event by NIMH\/NIH is intended.<\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. 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