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Mental Health

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Radio Times
Health

Sleepless in America

Guests: Sigrid Veasey, Ilene Rosen, Lauren Hale Getting a bad night’s sleep feels awful. And in recent years we ...

Air Date: November 19, 2018 12:00 am

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The Pulse
Health

We’re Family — But Why?

Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...

Air Date: November 16, 2018

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The former Harrisburg State Hospital closed in 2006 and now serves as government offices. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Health

People with serious mental illnesses in Pa. face long wait for treatment

In the 12 years since Harrisburg State Hospital closed, state funding for community mental health services has decreased, leaving services 'stretched thin.'

8 years ago

Researchers followed a group of kids from childhood into adulthood to track the link between trauma in early life and adult mental health.
NPR
Health

Should childhood trauma be treated as a public health crisis?

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the answer should be yes

8 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

The ups and downs of optimism and pessimism

Guests: Julie Norem, Emiliana Simon-Thomas It’s hard to be an optimist these days. The synagogue shooting a ...

Air Date: November 5, 2018 10:00 am

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Nina Ajdin has spent years battling eczema, a chronic skin condition that affects roughly 30 million Americans. (Image courtesy of Ajdin)
The Pulse
Health

Can skin become addicted to topical steroids?

Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.

8 years ago

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Kiana Wallace is a part of a new movement on social media called ‘skin positivity.' (Rachel Ishikawa/For The Pulse)
The Pulse
Health

‘Skin positivity’ confronts acne stigma

A new movement on social media is trying to change the way we think about acne.

8 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

Facing Our Fears

Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.

Air Date: October 26, 2018

Listen 49:07
Delaware Gov. John Carney holds up an executive order making Delaware a
Politics & Policy

New executive order designates Delaware as ‘trauma-informed state’

Strategic plans will prepare staff to engage clients, taking trauma into consideration.

8 years ago

John Wetzel, Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections, in a 2018 file photo. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. launches center to help counties reduce prison population with mental illness

Pennsylvania leaders are teaming up in an effort to reduce the number of people with mental illness in county jails across the commonweal ...

8 years ago

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NPR
Health

Report: World support for mental health care is ‘pitifully small’

The situation is especially dire in low-income countries, where mental health care is often unavailable.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Health

Trauma, memory and healing

Guests: Marla Gold, Astra Czerny, Jim Hopper Feeling exhausted and upset after the Kavanaugh/Ford testimony? Many ...

Air Date: October 15, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
NPR
Health

Sexual assault and harassment may have lasting health repercussions for women

The trauma of sexual assault or harassment is not only hard to forget; it may also leave lasting effects on a woman's health.

8 years ago

Physicians face long hours, frustrating paperwork and sometimes difficult patients. But researchers aren't so clear on whether burnout is the right word to describe their problems. (ERproductions Ltd/Blend Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Doctors today may be miserable, but are they ‘burnt out’?

This week, JAMA publishes two major studies on a hot topic: physician burnout.

8 years ago

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are studying barn owls to understand how the brain maintains focus.
(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)
NPR
Science

Scientists study barn owls to understand why people with ADHD struggle to focus

Kids with ADHD are easily distracted. Barn owls are not.

8 years ago

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