What we now call “homesickness” used to be a medical diagnosis called “nostalgia,” and it was considered life-threatening. Today many people consider homesickness to be a childish emotion, but an expert says it’s nothing to be ashamed of. We all suffer from it sometime and need to know how to cope.
Guests:
Dr. Susan Matt, Professor of History, Weber State University
Dr. Chris Willard, Lecturer in Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Reed has been reporting on medicine since 1983, when he became host/producer of the Associated Press Radio Network’s daily health feature. Since 1992, Pence has been host and lead producer of Radio Health Journal. His work has won numerous local and national awards. He was part of a team sharing the National Award for Enterprise Reporting from the Associated Press and is a seven-time winner of the Peter Lisagor Award from the Chicago Headline Club.
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