Radio Health Journal
The latest in health, science, technology, and the intersection of medicine and public policy.
Police confrontations with mentally ill subjects can quickly turn tragic, as neither side may understand the other. Specially trained crisis intervention teams have spread around the country to prevent deaths, injuries, and unnecessary incarceration.
An expert discusses why doctors believe it occurs, and a woman to whom it happened recounts her experience.
Experts discuss the coverup of doctor suicides, the reasons behind depression in doctors, and why doctors who are depressed are less likely than normal to get help.
An expert neurologist discusses changes in thinking that can create more positive physical brain pathways, making us happier.
Experts discuss how doctors on the street can improve health for the homeless and lower cost for society.
A psychotherapist discusses common reactions and strategies for renewing purpose living in the empty nest.
Experts discuss the most common reasons for secret-keeping and the consequences that may result.
A surprisingly high percentage of people who've been treated in the ICU later suffer from PTSD. Experts discuss why this occurs and what's being done to treat and prevent it.
Surveys show that most Americans are less than happy, and seldom experience joy. Two experts discuss how even naturally glum people can manufacture joy.
A recent study finds that about 35 percent of children receiving treatment for mental health issues are being treated only by a primary care physician. This is due in part to a shortage in pediatric mental health care providers as well as a stigma in consulting them. Experts discuss readiness of pediatricians to treat mental illness in children and …
People who use drugs, even those who are not addicted, are often destructively enabled by families. An expert explains why this occurs and what families have to do to break through their own denial as well as that of the user.
Scientists have learned that emotional trauma suffered as a child or adolescent has profound effects on a person’s physical health years later. A noted science writer explains.
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