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Oct. 10, 2026

World Mental Health Day.

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World Mental Health Day: the science of the mind, psychology pioneers, resilience, and the history of mental health care

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Caloroga Shark Media. Five daily trivia questions powered by AI. Hi,

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I'm Mark Ellison. Today's theme is World Mental Health Day,

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the science of the mind, psychology pioneers, resilience, and the

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history of mental health care. Question one. Many first-line antidepressants

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are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs. What neurotransmitter do

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they primarily increase in synapses by blocking its reuptake, helping

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regulate mood, sleep, and appetite? Question 2. Which psychiatrist, often

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called the father of cognitive therapy, identified cognitive distortions and

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created the Beck Depression Inventory, laying the foundation for modern

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cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT? Question 3. In the late 18th

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and early 19th centuries, reformers like Philippe Penel in Paris

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and William Tuke in York promoted a humane alternative to

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harsh asylum practices, emphasizing compassion, routine, and purposeful activity. What

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was this influential approach to mental health care called? Question 4.

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A landmark 1970s study sent healthy volunteers... pseudo-patients into psychiatric

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hospitals where they were often admitted and had trouble being discharged,

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exposing problems in diagnosis and labeling. What is the name

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of this famous experiment? Question 5. Resilience research highlights a

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mental skill in which you intentionally reinterpret a stressful event

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to change its emotional impact. a core tool in cognitive

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behavioral therapy and emotion regulation. What is this strategy called?

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We'll be right back with these answers after this break.

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Welcome back. Question 1. SSRIs chiefly raise which neurotransmitter? Answer. Serotonin.

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SSRIs block the serotonin transporter, S-E-R-T. Leaving more serotonin available

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in synapses, they are widely used to treat depression, anxiety disorders,

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and OCD. Question 2. Who developed cognitive therapy and the

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Beck Depression Inventory? Answer. Aaron T. Beck. Aaron Beck's work

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reframed mood disorders as partly driven by habitual negative thinking patterns.

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His evidence-based approach helped make CBT one of the most

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effective and studied psychotherapies. Question 3. Name the humane... 18th

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or 19th century approach promoted by Pennell and Took. Answer.

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Moral treatment. Moral treatment replaced chains and coercion with dignity

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and structured daily life. It sparked widespread reforms and shaped

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later therapeutic environments and occupational therapy. Question four. What study

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sent pseudo-patients into psychiatric hospitals? Answer. The Rosenhan experiment. On

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being sane in insane places. Psychologist David Rosenhan's study highlighted

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how contextual cues and labels can influence diagnosis and care.

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It fueled debates about reliability in psychiatric assessment and spurred

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calls for reform. Question 5. What resilience skill involves reframing

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how you view stress? Answer. Cognitive reappraisal. Cognitive reframing. Cognitive

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reappraisal shifts the meaning you give to situations, often reducing

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distress and Neuroscience links it to prefrontal regions modulating amygdala activity,

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aiding flexible coping. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions.

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I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the

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help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.