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Depression is a disease of civilization: Stephen Ilardi at TEDxEmory

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Mental health & neurodiversityEvolution & genetics

What it is

Clinical psychologist Stephen Ilardi argues depression is a disease of modern civilization and presents a lifestyle-based program to treat it without drugs. Topics include exercise, sunlight, omega-3s and social connection.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it in depression threads as a practical, non-medication approach with concrete takeaways.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “This helped me”

    Talk on understanding and coping with depression via lifestyle

    Lifescape, 2014-11 · Recommendation · in “The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)”

  2. “For understanding how lifestyle changes can help treat depression, I recommend this”

    How lifestyle changes can help treat depression

    jointpdf, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “I will never not talk about my depression”

  3. “here is a good TED talk on approaches without medication”

    Approaches to treating depression without medication

    rancar2, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Loving Someone with Depression”

  4. “Two points I remember clearly taking from this lecture”

    Lecture with practical takeaways like omega-3, walking, sunlight, social connection

    hsn915, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: depression, mental health, exercise, evolutionary mismatch, ted talk

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