The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly one in five adults in America lives with a mental illness. And we have plenty of evidence — from suicide rates to the percentage of Americans on psychopharmaceuticals — that our collective mental health is getting worse. But beyond mental health diagnoses lies a whole, complicated landscape of dif ... Show More
Nov 2022
If society is making us sick, how can we heal?
Sean Illing talks with Dr. Gabor Maté, a physician, speaker, and bestselling author who has written on subjects like addiction, stress, and attention deficit disorder. In Maté's new book, The Myth of Normal, he argues that the Western paradigm of health is fundamentally flawed in ... Show More
55m 55s
Mar 2022
Sarah Fay on The Challenges of Mental Health Diagnoses
Sarah Fay is an author and activist. Her writing appears in many publications, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time Magazine, The New Republic, Longreads, The Michigan Quarterly Review, The Rumpus, The Millions, McSweeney’s, The Believer, and The Paris Review, where ... Show More
1h 10m
Jan 2022
How To Reverse Brain Trauma And Disorders
Approximately half of the people in the United States experience some mental health issue. "If your brain is not right, you're going to get nowhere," Dr. Phil says. New breakthroughs in neuroscience are helping to identify different brain types, helping to prevent and reverse man ... Show More
56m 38s