Despite media portrayals of “the holiday blues,” numerous studies have found no uptick in suicide rates during winter months. Either way, mental health is on our brain in December, when Science on Tap explores the history of antidepressants and their influence on current medical theory.
A mild mannered researcher by day, speaker Scicurious is an active science blogger by night. Her writing has been featured in Scientific American, The Guardian, and The New York Times. She blogs at Neurotic Physiology and Scientific American’s “The Scicurious Brain.”
This month’s Science on Tap is presented by the Chemical Heritage Foundation.