Mental Health
How to give good advice, Biden’s medical debt proposal, modern fatherhood
Are you good at giving advice? We're talking to R. Eric Thomas who will have to answer people's questions in his new national advice column.
Air Date: June 13, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 50:01Dr. Frank Anderson on trauma and transformation
Psychiatrist Frank Anderson specializes in treating trauma. His new memoir, "To Be Loved" is about facing his own traumatic childhood.
Air Date: May 30, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 50:31How Fetterman is alienating voters, why friendships can boost longevity
Having a tight and strong social network can boost longevity. But why are social connections so important as age?
Air Date: May 29, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 50:06Research has found that giftedness can look a lot like different types of neurodivergence in the brain.
4 weeks ago
Listen 20:28Philly is working to attract more bilingual peer specialists to the behavioral health field
Mental Health Partnerships, in collaboration with the city of Philadelphia, is offering free peer specialist certification courses entirely in Spanish.
1 month ago
Listen 1:15Mental Health Partnerships, en colaboración con la ciudad de Filadelfia, ofrece cursos gratuitos de certificación de especialista completamente en español.
1 month ago
From mistakes to depression, anonymous support groups are tackling physician’s mental health
When Psychiatrist Mona Massood saw so many doctors suffering from anxiety and depression, she created a 24/7 physician support line to help them.
2 months ago
Listen 7:46La violencia armada que sufren los latinos en Estados Unidos ha aumentado. Los sobrevivientes deben atravesar un arduo camino que incluye elevados costos médicos y dificultade
2 months ago
Can SEPTA’s infrastructure counter transit anxiety?
Transit systems like SEPTA aren’t absent from urban planners’ guise of how public infrastructure impacts users physically and emotionally.
2 months ago
Listen 4:30A New Jersey man didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead
Paterson police repeatedly punched Jameek Lowery before putting him into an ambulance. He arrived unconscious at the hospital handcuffed to a gurney and died two days later.
3 months ago
Philadelphia program to provide support for students who experience trauma from violence
The Handle With Care initiative will notify the district of students who have been exposed to some type of violence so they can receive wraparound services.
3 months ago
A shocking secret, years of denial, and reconciling one’s identity: Sophie Ottaway shares her story
About 16 years ago, Sophie Ottaway made a shocking discovery about her identity – she was born a male. The truth brought on years of denial, feelings of betrayal, and trauma.
3 months ago
Listen 11:07Barbers are mentoring Philly students mid-haircut: ‘It’s like a therapy session’
Against the backdrop of the city’s gun violence crisis, students are able to open up with the safe-space ethos of the makeshift barbershop.
3 months ago
Listen 4:53Researchers found a much lower mortality rate — 10.4 deaths per every 100,000 births — after investigating data collected by the CDC.
3 months ago
Listen 1:15Former Eagle Brian Dawkins wants Philly students to speak openly about mental health
In the wake of a mass shooting that left eight teens injured, Dawkins spoke to Philly students about the importance of dealing with trauma.
3 months ago
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