视频介绍
人类研製新药的过程充满了意外，也充满了革命性的发现。在这场关于科学的演讲中，神经学家萝贝卡．布拉赫曼分享了一个偶然发现的突破性疗法，这个疗法可能可以预防抑鬱症和创伤后压力疾患等精神障碍。
演讲者：RebeccaBrachman
片长：18:27
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Thisisatuberculosisward,andatthetimethispicturewastakeninthelates,oneinsevenofallpeoplediedfromtuberculosis.Wehadnoideawhatwascausingthisdisease.Thehypothesiswasactuallyitwasyourconstitutionthatmadeyoususceptible.Anditwasahighlyromanticizeddisease.Itwasalsocalledconsumption,anditwasthedisorderofpoetsandartistsandintellectuals.Andsomepeopleactuallythoughtitgaveyouheightenedsensitivityandconferredcreativegenius.
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Bythes,weinsteadknewthattuberculosiswascausedbyahighlycontagiousbacterialinfection,whichisslightlylessromantic,butthathadtheupsideofusbeingabletomaybedevelopdrugstotreatit.Sodoctorshaddiscoveredanewdrug,iproniazid,thattheywereoptimisticmightcuretuberculosis,andtheygaveittopatients,andpatientswereelated.Theyweremoresocial,moreenergetic.Onemedicalreportactuallysaystheywere"dancinginthehalls."Andunfortunately,thiswasnotnecessarilybecausetheyweregettingbetter.Alotofthemwerestilldying.Anothermedicalreportdescribesthemasbeing"inappropriatelyhappy."Andthatishowthefirstantidepressantwasdiscovered.
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Soaccidentaldiscoveryisnotun