Mental Health
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
Listen 46:27Ever 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
Listen 47:22People 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
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
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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
Listen 47:51Can 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
Listen 11:56‘Skin positivity’ confronts acne stigma
A new movement on social media is trying to change the way we think about acne.
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Listen 4:41Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.
Air Date: October 26, 2018
Listen 49:07New executive order designates Delaware as ‘trauma-informed state’
Strategic plans will prepare staff to engage clients, taking trauma into consideration.
8 years ago
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
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
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 48:57Sexual 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
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 study barn owls to understand why people with ADHD struggle to focus
Kids with ADHD are easily distracted. Barn owls are not.
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