Mark Lukach joins us to talk about what it takes to care for a mentally ill spouse.
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Are Racists Crazy?
Sander L. Gilman, a psychiatry professor at Emory University, joins us to talk about classifying racism as a mental illness. He writes about the idea in “Are Racists Crazy: How Prejudice, Racism, and Antisemitism Became Markers of Insanity.”
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In Defense Of Antidepressants
This hour, we’ll talk about how psychiatrists use statistics, analysis and previous experience in deciding whether or not to prescribe a patient antidepressants. We’ll be joined by the author of “Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants.”
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The History Of Lithium
This hour, we’ll talk about how scientists learned to use lithium most effectively – and about its strong Texas ties – with University of Toronto psychiatry professor Dr. Edward Shorter.
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The Brains Of Big Stars
This hour, we’ll take what we’ve learned about how the mind works and revisit some of history’s most intriguing figures with science writer Claudia Kalb, author of “Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities.”
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Mind Over Matter
This hour, we’ll hear about everyday people who are overcoming mental hurdles like PTSD, anxiety and other conditions with “Stories of the Mind” producer Harry Lynch.
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Mental Illness And The Criminal Justice System
How are the courts and mental health service providers working to solve the issue of mental illness in the criminal justice system?
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