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Welcome to the MERLOT Health Sciences Portal, an educational resource for health professionals. You are invited to join MERLOT―it's free―and contribute to this growing community of health professionals, health professional educators, and students by using the learning materials, submitting your own modules and assignments for evaluation, and learning ideas to help you learn as well as teach in a variety of settings.
If you have any questions, contact the Editor of the Health Sciences Editorial Board,
Kelly P. Massey at healthsciences@merlot.org.
Showcase
This overview and information is for health care professionals and students to understand and value the upcoming technology and medical advances related to genomics. It can be used in the classroom as a Powerpoint Presentation or assigned to students or health care staff for self-study.
New Materials
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness meditation, one type of meditation technique, has been shown to enhance emotional awareness and psychological...
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Behavioral Neuroscience Lab: Psychology 116, UCLA
Psychology 116, Neuroscience Lab, is a laboratory experience exploring various topics in behavioral neuroscience. This is...
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What hallucination reveals about our minds
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnett syndrome -- when visually impaired people...
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Brain Basics
Brain Basics provides information on how the brain works, how mental illnesses are disorders of the brain, and ongoing...
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Neuroscience - Psychology Today
The complicated, multidisciplinary, and quickly developing field of neuroscience looks at the structure and function of...
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Neuroscience
Neuroscience (or neurobiology) is the scientific study of the nervous system. It is a multidisciplinary branch...
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Experts in Emotion 17.2a
In this episode, Dr. June Gruber will speak about Depression and Emotion in Adults with Dr. Jutta Joormann from...
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LIBERATING THE MIND FROM UNHAPPINESS PART II
Wisdom is described as the antidote to mental suffering. Loving, kindness and compassion as guarantors of an effective...
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LIBERATING THE MIND FROM UNHAPPINESS PART I
"I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind." This seminar will teach participants to identify...
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We Need to Talk about Depression
Darryl Neher is an award-winning Senior Lecturer of Business Communication at the Indiana University Kelley School of...
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Mike Wallace on Depression
This is a 27-minute presentation in the Healthy Minds Series.
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Listening to shame
Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on...
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Depression (major depressive disorder)
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major...
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Bipolar disorder - Symptoms and causes
Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that...
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Emotional Disorders II (Depression and Mania)
This is a presentation from a course on Human Emotion. This is a 25-minute video. This course is part of a broader...
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5 Types of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is a complex mood illness comprising several diverse types. Learn what makes each unique. This is a...
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The Other Side of Me - inside my bipolar mind
I could have easily kept my reality under wraps, hidden behind an airbrushed smile, but that would have only perpetuated...
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How to manage bipolar disorder - 6 Strategies
Even though medication is the mainstay of managing bipolar disorder, there are ways you can manage bipolar disorder...
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MDPI Books: Open Access Books & Series Library
MDPI Books Library contains 600+ Open Access Books & Series/Open Access Monographs covering subjects in: Bioengineering,...
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Bipolar vs Borderline Personality Disorder – How to tell the difference
Bipolar disorder vs borderline personality disorder. They are very similar but very different. This video is based on a...
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Up/Down: Bipolar Disorder Documentary
There are approximately 5.7 million people in the United States with bipolar disorder. In an attempt to eliminate the...
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Psychiatry - M2
This course introduces students to clinical psychiatry. The sequence focuses on the clinical diagnosis and treatment of...
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On being just crazy enough
Comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny,...
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Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research
The 2019 National Academies report "Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research" discusses the...
New Members
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Donna DiPaoloUniversity of California System -
Ellen GarrettSAU Tech Community College
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Kay-Trenia Davis-PorterLiberty University
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Jessica WalterSalisbury University
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Stephanie PetroskyNova Southeastern University
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Kelly FalconePalomar College
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Adrienne MauriCedar Crest College
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Marcia StraughnAbilene Christian University
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Cathy SimpsonCalhoun Community/Technical College
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Richard KynionTripler AMC
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Dene BarbondyVancouver Community/Technical College
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Maria del Pilar Rodriguez AlfaroEl blog de tu bebe
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Melissa WilsonPensacola Junior College
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Andrea JonesUniversity of Ulster
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Mehjabin HAQUEJiangxi university of traditional Chinese medicine
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Kelly GallagherLinden High school
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Julie LambelDelta College
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Brain FlattHealth
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Jennifer WrobleMercyhealth
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jose antonio cieza ruizHOSPITAL NACIONAL EDGARDO REBAGLIATI MARTINS - ESSALUD
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