Depression, Loneliness, and Memory Problems Are Worse In Middle Age, But Only in America
For most of the world, the advent of middle age does not make depression, loneliness, and memory issues more of a problem than earlier in life. In some countries, things actually get better. The only ...
3 Elo 49min
Codependency and Covid on a Tiny Boat in the Middle of the Ocean, with Angela Harger-Thompson
Angela Harger-Thompson had moved to Hollywood to make it big in showbiz but soon fell victim to a devastating assault. There to comfort her was her intermittent boyfriend. She really liked him and tho...
27 Heinä 59min
Maybe It IS Time to Panic Over AI Chatbots and Mental Health with Maggie Harrison Dupré
This week, we take a look at a couple of acronyms that are soaring in popularity and ask what their widespread adoption means for mental health. Maggie Harrison Dupré of Futurism has been following th...
20 Heinä 55min
Jo Dee Messina on Hard Times, Jesus, and Her First Album in 12 Years
Jo Dee Messina has a long career in the music industry: number one hits, platinum and gold records, many awards. She’s a country music icon. Jo Dee just released Bridges, her first new album in 12 yea...
13 Heinä 51min
Best of Depresh Mode: Hanif Abdurraqib on Cultivating a Support System, Depression, Anxiety, and Basketball
Hanif Abdurraqib is a MacArthur Fellow, accomplished poet, and critically lauded author of numerous books, including There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, which is now out in paperbac...
6 Heinä 50min
We Should Praise Addiction, Not Condemn It, Says Anthropologist Elizabeth Roberts
The title of Elizabeth Roberts’ new book, In Praise of Addiction, is likely to catch your attention, maybe even set off some cognitive dissonance in your mind. But the University of Michigan’s Elizabe...
29 Kesä 52min
Cartoonist Gemma Correll Saw a Therapist with a Clown-Festooned Office. Once.
British-born, LA-based author and illustrator Gemma Correll had a couple of reasons to choose the motif of an amusement park for her new anxiety book, Anxietyland. One, she loves amusement parks and ...
22 Kesä 46min
RFK Jr. Wants To Take Your SSRIs Away. So What Are Democrats Doing About It?
Secretary of Health & Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is, to put it mildly, a skeptic of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medication, a form of meds that millions of Americans use r...
15 Kesä 50min
