Mental Health
Dealing with anxiety, stress while waiting for news from Puerto Rico
For many of the more than 120,000 Puerto Rican Philadelphians, it's been a difficult week as they've been unable to get in touch with their relatives after Hurricane Maria.
9 years ago
ListenMagnets! 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
Listen 3:43The Vietnam War: serving, then coming home
Guests: Ralph Gal ...
Air Date: September 18, 2017
Listen 48:59The silence surrounding postpartum depression
Many women who have postpartum depression don’t talk about their condition – and don’t ask for help. That’s accor ...
Air Date: September 11, 2017
Listen 00:04:02Shielding immigrant mothers from deportation benefits their children’s mental health
A new study in the journal Science shows that the debate over unauthorized immigrants is not just an political issue; it’s ...
9 years ago
Find the positive in feeling negative
When you’re feeling grumpy, or irritated, or sad – the best remedy might be to embrace those negative feelings – that ...
Air Date: August 22, 2017
Listen 00:03:40New Jersey offers incentives for psychiatrists to set up shop in rural, low-income areas
Amid a national shortage of psychiatrists, residents of rural and low-income areas feel are feeling the pinch more strongly. Ech ...
9 years ago
The Violence in Charlottesville / Debating ‘The Goldwater Rule’
Guests: Peter Simi, John Gartner, Christine Aschwanden We start this hour discussing the violence in Charlottesvi ...
Air Date: August 14, 2017
Listen 0:00Guest: Joshua Green White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is perhaps the most enigmatic figure in the Trump a ...
Air Date: August 8, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Can meditation ease chronic pain?
With the country in the midst of an addiction crisis, health care providers are looking for new ways to treat their patients’ pain ...
Air Date: August 7, 2017
Listen 00:03:22Guests: Benjamin Bergen, Ben Zimmer The swift fall of former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramuc ...
Air Date: August 7, 2017
Listen 00:48:43How to support cancer patients
When a friend, a neighbor or co-worker is dealing with cancer – most of us want to chime in – with messages of support, or em ...
Air Date: July 31, 2017
Listen 00:03:27Loyalty in relationships, in politics, and at work
Guests: Dacher Keltner, Jeff Shesol When President Trump was reciting ‘Scout’s Law’ a the recent Boy Scout ...
Air Date: July 31, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Guests: Maurice Schweitzer, Dan Ariely, Maria Konnikova We all lie. It’s a skill we develop when we are just to ...
Air Date: July 24, 2017
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