
Voices in the Family Archive
How to help teens look beyond their screens
We often think of teenagers as obsessed with their phones, selfies, or being popular. Researchers are learning more about what help ...
Air Date: March 5, 2018
Listen 03:36Why some don’t seek treatment for depression
Millions of American adults experience depression. There are treatments and medications that can help. But in a recent study of more than ...
Air Date: February 20, 2018
Listen 2:55Hope, Hopelessness, and Healing
When faced with a degenerative disease or life threatening illness, might hopelessness improve the quality of our lives? On this ...
Air Date: January 19, 2018
Listen 51:07The importance of thinking critically
How intelligent a person is can predict many things in terms of their quality of life: success, money, or power. But researchers say we s ...
Air Date: December 22, 2017
Listen 3:38Meeting Holiday Conflict Head-On
A lot of people dread conversations around the table during the holidays. We try to avoid hot-button topics like politics, and maybe igno ...
Air Date: December 18, 2017
Listen 3:43How to Discuss Obesity with Children
One third of American children are overweight or obese, so weight is a topic that comes up in doctors offices a lot. In a ...
Air Date: December 12, 2017
Listen 03:18Does meditation really help inmates?
Mindfulness meditation helps many people deal with stress, and other mental health issues. But when researchers tried mindfulness with pr ...
Air Date: December 4, 2017
Listen 03:30Turkey, Stuffing, and Feelings of Inadequacy
Are you checking out all of your friends’ amazing Thanksgiving pictures on social media? And does it look like everybody had ...
Air Date: November 27, 2017
Listen 03:28Time Flies When You’re Eating Turkey
It’s Thanksgiving week. You’re probably thinking about all of the work you need to get done before Thursday… The ...
Air Date: November 20, 2017
Listen 3:02Happiness is more than the feeling you get after eating a delicious meal. But what is happiness? On this Voices in the Family special, Dr ...
Air Date: November 16, 2017
Listen 51:03Are relationships the key to a longer, happier life?
A Harvard research study spanning 80 years that looked into the life and health trajectories of well over a thousand people offers some i ...
Air Date: November 6, 2017
Listen 03:22Don’t keep hanging on the telephone
There’s a new study on romantic relationships titled “My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone.” ...
Air Date: October 23, 2017
Listen 03:03As the population ages, more and more people want to stay in their own home as opposed to transitioning to a nursing home facility. There ...
Air Date: October 6, 2017
Listen 51:18An unlikely ally in the fight against depression
Research points to a weapon in the fight against depression that may sound counterintuitive: Sleep deprivation. In their weekly c ...
Air Date: October 2, 2017
Listen 0:00Magnets! How do they work (for people with anxiety)?
A combination of older and newer treatments had the best results for patients in a recent study on anxiety. Researchers at a German ...
Air Date: September 25, 2017
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