Aug 1st, 2008 · Whether it's drugs, shopping, or gambling, addiction can take control your life. Today, we kick off our month-long series about addiction. Farai Chideya speaks with Dr. Tim Fong — co-director of University of California Los Angeles' gambling studies program — and Dr. Jon Grant, associate professor of psychiatry at University of Minnesota.
Aug 26th, 2007 · Women returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan have to readjust to civilian life, just as men do. But the issues they face are different. Host Debbie Elliott talks with Dr. Deborah Yaeger, director of Women's Psychiatry at the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System.
Jul 2nd, 2007 · As antidepressants become more commonplace in society, how has their use affected mental health in America? Dr. David Fassler, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, offers his perspective.
Sep 22nd, 2006 · Passive-aggressive, dysfunctional, in denial -- these phrases were once uttered only in the sanctuary of a psychotherapist's office. Now they're often the punch line of a good joke, and a new book showcases some of the best psychiatry-related cartoons.
Sep 8th, 2006 · Commentator and psychiatrist Elissa Ely meets a patient who, like her, works helping people with their problems. But he takes a completely different approach than she does.
Jun 23rd, 2006 · The beginning of summer is being met with rash of violent, potentially hate-based crimes across the United States. Ed Gordon talks with Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Dr. Alvin Poussaint, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, about why so many hate crime perpetrators are young men -- many just teenagers.
Sep 29th, 2005 · A new approach to psychiatry aims to improve mental health care prospects of minority patients. Hana Baba of member station KALW and New California Media reports.
Jul 7th, 2005 · Alex Chadwick speaks with Simon Wesley, professor of psychiatry at Kings College London Institute of Psychiatry, about the psychological impacts and response to the London bombings.