Dr. Arash Javanbakht, psychiatrist and neuroscientist, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how fear works in the brain, its relationship to PTSD and trauma, and how we can tame it.
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The Military Loves Positive Psychology, But Does It Work?
Jesse Singal is a contributing writer at New York magazine, and he joins us to talk about a U.S. military move to adopt new methods for addressing PTSD and resiliency without the science to back it up.
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How Food Affects Our Mood
Dr. Uma Naidoo is founder and director of the Nutritional Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She joins us to talk about how science shows foods like blueberries –-and sadly, not cookies — are keys to mental health and cogitative function.
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Reuniting Mind and Body In Treating Trauma
James S. Gordon, M.D., founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., joins us to talk about his approach to integrative healing and support.
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VA Secretary Robert Wilkie On Caring For Vets
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie joins us to talk about how the department is evolving to address PTSD and mental health.
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Is PTSD Preventable?
Dr. Shaili Jain joins us to talk about how PTSD affects many aspects of sufferers’ lives – and about cutting-edge research that’s providing hope.
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The Psychological Effects Of Art
This hour, we’re exploring the effect art has on our brains. We’ll talk with an art educator about how art promotes brain development in children, a psychologist about how we perceive and respond to art, and a professor studying how art can be used to treat PTSD.
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The Promise Of VR For PTSD
Skip Rizzo, research professor with the USC Davis School of Gerontology, joins us to talk about how virtual reality is now being used to place veterans and other PTSD sufferers back into stressful situations in an effort to confront traumatic moments head on.
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Bouncing Back From Trauma
Psychiatrist Dennis Charney joins us to talk about bouncing back from life’s worst moments.
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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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Paying For PTSD
This hour, we’ll talk about a treatment some experts have expressed skepticism about – one that Texas taxpayers have funded to the tune of $2.2 million.
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Caring For The Minds Of Vets
We’ll talk to Howard and Jean Somers, who’ve made it their mission to increase access to mental healthcare for veterans after the suicide of their son, Daniel.
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