MENTAL HEALTH
We need philosophy as much as technology
by Nuno Lobo Antunes
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In a global world, mental health has to be perceived as the result of global factors. Certainly genetics and life events are crucial to the development of mental disorders, but continuous stress from perceived world uncertainty and a threatening future are also quite relevant. I believe that as science evolves and we know more about neurons and the brain, we must not forget that neurochemistry does not grasp the essence of life. To preserve our minds we need philosophy as much as technology.
OUR SPEAKER
Nuno Lobo Antunes
Dr Nuno Lobo Antunes is a Portuguese neuropediatrician and writer. He graduated from the College of Medicine of the University of Lisbon in 1977, and was a pediatric hospital assistant and coordinator of the Neuropediatrics Unit at Santa Maria Hospital, in Lisbon. He was a member of the Neurology Commission of the Children Oncology Group, a consultant in Pediatric Neurology for the Department of Neurology and Pediatrics at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases and for Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Also in New York, he was an assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at Cornell University’s Weill Cornell Medical College.
He is currently medical director and coordinator of the Neurodevelopment and Neurology areas of PiN - Progresso Infantil, in Carcavelos, Portugal. Dr. Nuno Lobo Antunes is a gifted speaker, and has published several books over the years, namely, Sentidos (2019), Em Nome do Pai (2019), Mais Forte Que Eu (2014) Vida em Mim (2010), Mal-entendidos (2009), and Sinto Muito (2008).
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Resources and points of view
COVID’s mental-health toll: how scientists are tracking a surge in depression, an article in Nature
Researchers are using huge data sets to link changes in mental health to coronavirus-response measures.
The Surprising Mental Toll of COVID, an article in Scientific American
The rise in depression and anxiety is even worse than expected, especially among young adults
