Name: 藥物能夠預防抑鬱症和創傷後壓力疾患嗎？
Uploaded: 2016-12-14T15:51:48Z
Duration: 18 min 14 s
Description: 人類研製新藥的過程充滿了意外，也充滿了革命性的發現。在這場關於科學的演講中，神經學家蘿貝卡．布拉赫曼分享了一個偶然發現的突破性療法，這個療法可能可以預防抑鬱症和創傷後壓力疾患等精神障礙。敬請聆聽這個一波三折，出人意料而且充滿爭議的故事。

蘿貝卡．布拉赫曼: 藥物能夠預防抑鬱症和創傷後壓力疾患嗎？

藥物能夠預防抑鬱症和創傷後壓力疾患嗎？

人類研製新藥的過程充滿了意外，也充滿了革命性的發現。在這場關於科學的演講中，神經學家蘿貝卡．布拉赫曼分享了一個偶然發現的突破性療法，這個療法可能可以預防抑鬱症和創傷後壓力疾患等精神障礙。敬請聆聽這個一波三折，出人意料而且充滿爭議的故事。

Breakthroughs in medicine often start with accidental discoveries—like when tuberculosis patients given a new drug began 'dancing in the halls' and inadvertently revealed the first antidepressant. Today, more people are disabled by depression than by HIV/AIDS, malaria, diabetes, or war, yet treatments only suppress symptoms, never curing the illness. A surprising new finding shows that a single dose of a repurposed anesthetic, ketamine, can make mice resilient to stress for weeks, hinting at a future where mental illness could be prevented, not just treated. This 'paravaccine' effect could change how society thinks about protecting mental health, but cultural and economic biases stand in the way of progress.