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Mental Health

In 2011, a 17-year-old named Mishka told readers of his Facebook post that his Salem, Ore., high school was
NPR
Health

When teens threaten violence, a community responds with compassion

After years of being beaten up, this teen decided to take justice into his own hands. A school district in Oregon showed him a better way to solve his problems.

6 years ago

Physicians have been taught to look for signs of hopelessness, sadness and lack of motivation to help them diagnose depression. But anger as a depression symptom is less noticed or addressed. (Ariel Davis for NPR)
NPR
Health

If you’re often angry or irritable, you may be depressed

If you pick up what is often called the "bible of psychiatry," you'll find that the list of core symptoms for major depression doesn't include anger.

7 years ago

Lisa Abramson and her firstborn child, Lucy, in 2014. A few weeks after Lucy's birth, Abramson started feeling confused, and then started developing delusions — symptoms of postpartum psychosis. (Courtesy of Claire Mulkey)
NPR
Health

She wanted to be the perfect mom, then landed in a psychiatric unit

Studies suggest postpartum psychosis affects about one or two women out of every thousand that give birth.

7 years ago

Voices in the Family

Done With Your Resolutions?

We’re two weeks into January, into 2019 – how are you doing, keeping up with your New Year’s resolutions? In his weekly conve ...

Air Date: January 14, 2019

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Radio Times
Lifestyle

The psychology of clutter and learning to control it

Guests: Julie Morgenstern, Randy Frost, Darla DeMorrow Most of our homes look nothing like the beautiful, sterile interiors featur ...

Air Date: January 14, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Adaline Taylor, 6, shows off her artwork. (Christine Fennessy/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Should we call little girls beautiful?

Many parents bristle when people call their daughters beautiful. They worry that it sets girls up for only valuing their looks. For others, it’s not that big of a deal.

7 years ago

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Peter Sagal
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Peter Sagal on 20 years of “Wait, Wait” and running

Guest: Peter Sagal ...

Air Date: January 4, 2019 10:00 am

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In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, photo, Psychologist Hilarie Cash walks on a forest path at a rehab center for adolescents in a rural area outside Redmond, Wash. The complex is part of reSTART Life, a residential program for adolescents and adults who have serious issues with excessive tech use, including video games. Disconnecting from tech and getting outside is part of the rehabilitation process. The organization, which began about a decade ago, also is adding outpatient services due to high demand. Cash is chief clinical officer and a co-founder at reSTART. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Lifestyle

‘Tech addicts’ seek solace in 12 steps and rehab

We like to say we're addicted to our phones or an app or some show on a streaming video service. But for some people, tech gets in the way of daily functioning and self-care.

7 years ago

Bucks County Representative Gene DiGirolamo, at his district office desk. DiGirolamo is one of just a few Republicans who strongly supports increasing the dollars provided to counties for human services. He hasn’t had much luck convincing the rest of his caucus. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money
PA Post

State mental health funding hasn’t increased in years. Pa. counties say it’s affecting care.

Most of the mental health care for Pennsylvanians not covered by Medicaid, or insurance is provided through counties and bankrolled by the state. But funding hasn’t increased.

7 years ago

Teens' biological clock drives them to stay up late and sleep in. Most school start times don't accommodate that drive. (Jasper Cole/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Sleepless no more in Seattle: Later school start time pays off for teens

Researchers at the University of Washington studied the high school students both before and after the start-time change. Their findings appear in a study published Wednesday

7 years ago

Voices in the Family

Is Loneliness Dividing Us?

Americans are deeply divided on so many issues these days; gun control, climate change, and immigration, just to name a few. But in his n ...

Air Date: December 10, 2018

Listen 03:51
Julia Chapman says she feels guilty every day that her son was born addicted to opioids. She said her mental illness contributed to her drug use, and she hopes to help her son learn from her experiences. (PA Post)
Health
PA Post

Mental illness, substance-use disorder often occur together

Julia Chapman knows her mental illness played a role in heroin use.

7 years ago

Erin Ball (top left) rehearses a partner acrobatics routine with her students.  (Susie Armitage/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Adaptation after amputation: An acrobat finds new ways to fly

After losing her feet and parts of her legs, circus performer Erin Ball thought her life and the work she loved were over.

7 years ago

Listen 6:23
Shay Sharpe reflects on cancer treatment and femininity. (Image courtesy of Emily MacKenzie)
The Pulse
Health

After a double mastectomy: How breast cancer can reshape gender identity

Two people recount the after effects of breast cancer surgery.

7 years ago

Listen 8:36
(Big Stock)
The Pulse
Health

Body Politics

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Air Date: December 7, 2018

Listen 49:03
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