0:01 Dr. Marian,
0:02 >> thanks so much.
0:05 >> Shush, you're glaring at me, but I'm not
0:06 being rude because that's the name of
0:07 your new book, isn't it?
0:10 >> That's right. It's called Shush, Finding
0:12 Placid Amid the Noise and the Haste. And
0:14 it's really just um an exploration into
0:17 our mental health and our well-being.
0:18 >> Yes. Because mental health can mean
0:19 different things to different people,
0:21 can't it? From anxiety disorders right
0:23 through to dissociative conditions such
0:24 as paranoid schizophrenia.
0:25 >> Well, that's a very good way of putting it.
0:26 it.
0:27 >> Oh, thank you. I got it off the
0:29 internet. We should be looking after our
0:31 minds in the same way that we look after
0:32 our bodies.
0:34 >> If you have indigestion, you can pop a
0:36 renie. But when it comes to this, you
0:38 can't just go to the bathroom cabinet,
0:40 take out some mental cream, and rub it
0:41 on your head.
0:43 >> Well, no, of course. But what we do have
0:44 is anti-depressants.
0:45 >> Oh, yeah. I've forgotten about those.
0:46 Are they any good?
0:48 >> Well, they can be. But of course, you do
0:49 make a very good point. >> Cheers.
0:50 >> Cheers.
0:52 >> Which is that up until recently, some of
0:54 the language surrounding mental health
0:56 and well-being hasn't always been very
0:57 helpful. what were once medical terms
0:59 are now words you would only ever use uh
1:03 to a learner driver. I imbecile lunatic
1:05 >> and up until very recently we used to
1:08 use the word idiot as a clinical term. I
1:11 mean, terrific to think that uh GP could
1:12 have called you into his surgery, sat
1:14 you down and said, "The results have
1:16 come back. They're not what we would
1:17 have hoped. There's no easy way of
1:19 putting this, but I'm sorry to have to
1:21 tell you, you're an idiot."
1:22 >> Of course. And that's why the
1:25 terminology is so so important. OCD,
1:29 ADHD, bipolar, and it is just to to get
1:30 rid of that stigma if you like.
1:32 >> Absolutely. And not before time. Time
1:35 was uh when OCD would be house proud or
1:37 fussy. ADHD would have been ants in the
1:40 pants. Uh bipolar disorder would have
1:43 been moody. Uh when my assistant has her
1:44 panic attacks, I think most people would
1:49 say uh she's flapping or in a tizz.
1:50 Do you mind me saying that you don't blink?
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