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High Tech Treatment for Tourette Syndrome

Friday, January 27th, 2012

A neurologist describes three cases of patients with Tourette syndrome who received DBS implants, and the need for further research on the best placement of the devices.

Measuring Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder

Friday, January 6th, 2012

A psychiatry research group at UBC in Vancouver measures quality of life in bipolar disorders, developing a new scale that’s now freely available.

Media and Mental Health

Monday, December 19th, 2011

An interview with a health reporter about mental health and the media. Stigma, sensationalism, writing about policy, and more.

Mental Health Day: Canadian Homelessness and Addictions

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Interview with a Vancouver, BC man who is homeless after completing a drug rehab program, talking about housing conditions in the Downtown Eastside and systematic barriers to stable mental health and sobriety with housing.

Mental Health for Men

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Mental health issues and young men, in an awareness campaign about depression, anxiety, suicide, shame, and social issues from male perspectives.

Peer-run Crisis Respite Centers

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

How to start a peer-run crisis respite. What are they, and how do you create them? Two peer advocates describe in useful detail their success.

What is Watson?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

The Watson Jeopardy project and how it learned to answer trivia puzzles.

Developing Learning

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

A developmental psychologist and philosopher discusses links between innate knowledge and connectionism.

How the It Gets Better Project Saves Lives

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Dan Savage in an interview about the highly successful It Gets Better suicide prevention campaign for LGBT youth, explaining why the campaign is so effective and innovative in the media ecology.

Sleep Psychology

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Interview with sleep psychologist Shelby Harris on adjusting circadian rhythms, sleep hygiene, dreams, nightmares and sleep paralysis, narcolepsy, and more.

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