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Dr. Alok Kanojia

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Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

But like what are we going to do societally, systemically to support the men who are struggling?

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So there aren't โ€“ even though only 41 percent of people who graduate from college are men, the number of male-only scholarships is like really small.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So as a society, it's really interesting.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

I think we're not really supporting men in the way that we need to.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

Now, a lot of people will hear this as, oh, it is my responsibility as a woman to do things for my husband or boyfriend or whatever.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

I don't think it's like women's responsibility.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

I think that's a big problem historically that women have been responsible for certain aspects of men.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

I think the work that I do and the work you do, the work we do is to try to help men, women, and everybody else take care of themselves.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

But I do think there's plenty of data that suggests that

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

you know, men are falling behind.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

If you look at rates of addiction, deaths of despair, this is a really interesting scientific measure that came a lot out of the UK.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

These are basically deaths that relate to suicide.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

You know, male suicide rates are four times what women, what they are for women.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So it's interesting, like now, hopefully this is changing, but when I was in residency, you know, we had women's mental health clinics.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

We didn't have male mental health clinics.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

This is fascinating.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So do you know what Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is?

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

Have you heard of this?

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

This is when people die of a broken heart?

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

Yeah.