Video: A new understanding of mental illness

Amit Etkin
Professor, Stanford University

Amit Etkin, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Stanford University, USA, says targeted neuroscience can help us understand the neural basis of emotional disorders and offer a different perspective on mental illness.

Author: Amit Etkin is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University. 

Image: A patient walks in a hallway. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic. 

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