All In The Mind
All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Why being a beginner is good for you
Tom Vanderbilt didn’t know how to play chess.
That fact had never bothered him – until his four-year-old daughter decided she wanted to have a go.
Within a couple of months, they’d recruited a teac…
00:29:06 |
Sat 17 Jul 2021
On becoming a mother in a pandemic
More than a year after the novel coronavirus pushed much of the world into lockdown, a generation of new mothers are still coming to terms with having been pregnant - and giving birth - in a pandemic…
00:30:25 |
Sat 10 Jul 2021
Antidepressants and young people
From 2008 to 2018, the prescription of antidepressants in young people grew by 66 per cent. There’s data to suggest that last year, among the lockdowns and anxiety of the pandemic, that figure ticked…
00:29:06 |
Sat 03 Jul 2021
Are the teens alright?
Your teenage years can be tumultuous, but did you know that half of all mental conditions in adulthood emerge by the age of 14?
And on top of regular stressors like school and relationships, teens t…
00:29:04 |
Sat 26 Jun 2021
When your eyeballs become audible
There's a condition so bizarre and rare that most doctors haven't even heard of it.
It causes people to hear their own blood moving, bones creaking, lungs breathing - even eyeballs moving.
Superio…
00:27:54 |
Sat 19 Jun 2021
Does self-help ... help? The problem with pop psychology
Have you ever tried a self-help book? Did it… well, help?
On All in the Mind this week, why self-help sometimes falls short ... and the problem with pop psychology more generally.
00:29:08 |
Sat 12 Jun 2021
The guru playbook
On All in the Mind this week, the guru playbook and why we should get smart to their tactics.
00:29:06 |
Sat 05 Jun 2021
The making of a magnificent memory
Anastasia Woolmer explains the techniques memory athletes use to recall names, facts and figures, and how you can apply them to everyday life.
00:29:06 |
Sat 29 May 2021
Screaming fans and overzealous stans — the psychology of fandom
From the Beatles to the Backstreet Boys, Taylor Swift to BTS – music changes, but screaming fans never seem to fade.
00:29:05 |
Sat 15 May 2021
The damage done by emotionally immature parents (and how to heal)
How would you describe your parents? Nobody's perfect, but some parents leave more of a mark than others.
00:29:06 |
Sat 08 May 2021
Phobias, paranoia – and how VR can help
Virtual reality technology is increasingly being used as a form of therapy – treating everything from the depressive symptoms of dementia to the paranoia people develop as part of psychosis.
00:29:06 |
Sat 01 May 2021
Post-partum psychosis
Having a baby is supposed to be a joyous time, despite the sleep deprivation and constant crying. But for many women, it's an extremely vulnerable period.
00:30:01 |
Sat 24 Apr 2021
The mind of a murderer
Dr Richard Taylor is a forensic psychiatrist — and he’s assessed well over a hundred accused killers in his career.
00:29:06 |
Sat 17 Apr 2021
The dark side of daydreams
For two decades of Hannah Byford’s life, she kept a secret. When things at home got too much to bear, she’d retreat to an imagined life, inside her head — an elaborate daydream.
00:29:05 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
'I'm going to cook my baby'
A few years back, Dr Toni Sturdivant was looking for a preschool for her three-year-old daughter. After considering a few schools around their Texas suburb, she thought she’d found the perfect place.
00:29:06 |
Sun 04 Apr 2021
Mood and the magic ion
It’s the lightest metal on the periodic table. Its origins lie in the very beginnings of our universe. And it's taken, in the form of a pill, by thousands of Australians every day.
00:29:10 |
Sun 28 Mar 2021
No Feeling Is Final — 06 | Now Is The Time For Cake
Graham doesn't think I am broken, but I still suspect I might be.
00:29:08 |
Sun 21 Mar 2021
No Feeling Is Final — 05 | Emotionally Deluxe
How to collect your tears, the existential angst of the shampoo aisle, and the boy returns.
00:29:08 |
Sun 14 Mar 2021
No Feeling Is Final — 04 | 60,000 Thoughts
We have 60,000 thoughts each day. I will try to track every single one of them.
00:29:08 |
Sun 07 Mar 2021
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