SciFri Radio: Mental Health

SciFri Radio: Treating Depression
In this segment, we'll talk about what depression is and what can be done about it. Conventional therapies for depression involve medications and...

SciFri Radio: Genetics and ADHD
Researchers believe they have found a genetic factor linked to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, and the change in the brain...

SciFri Radio: Stroke of Insight
In this segment, guest host Joe Palca talks with Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain scientist who suffered a stroke in 1996 at the age of 37.

SciFri Radio: New Research into Stroke and the Brain
We'll hear about two new medical studies dealing with strokes, losses of brain function due to problems in the brain's blood supply.

SciFri Radio: Looking Inside the Human Brain
What's really going on inside your head? We'll talk with scientists using functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the workings of the human...

SciFri Radio: The Importance of Sleep
Ira and guests talk about research into links between sleep problems and other physical and mental health problems in children.

SciFri Radio: Predicting Psychotic Illness in Teens
Researchers say that by examining a collection of risk factors, they can predict which high-risk teens will develop psychotic illness with 65-80...

SciFri Radio: The Body Has A Mind of Its Own
How your body sees itself -- and the world around it -- may have a big influence on how it behaves.

SciFri Radio: Stress
You've survived the big family Thanksgiving get-together -- but now the winter holidays loom on the horizon. In this segment, we'll talk about...

SciFri Radio: Politics and the Brain
What happens in your brain when you think about politics? We'll talk with a researcher using brain imaging techniques to map out voters' innermost...

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