How can a better understanding of the neural basis of emotional disorders and the ageing of the brain help us come up with more effective treatments for mental health conditions?
This was the topic under discussion in the session ‘The Human Brain: Deconstructing Mental Illness’, which took place the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2015 in Davos, Switzerland.
You can watch the full session, featuring Amit Etkin, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Stanford University, and Tony Wyss-Coray, Professor of Neurology, Stanford University, below.
Author: Ross Chainey, Digital Media Specialist, World Economic Forum
Image: A Chinese girl explores a huge model of the brain displayed at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum August 27, 2003. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV
