Mental Health

Health & Safety

Family Impacted By Gun Violence Starts Research Foundation

6:45am December 04, 2015

Jeremy Richman's daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Ct. He and his wife research the forces that increase a person's risk of violence. He talks to Steve Inskeep.

Overdoses of hydrocodone and other opioid painkillers caused more than 16,000 deaths in 2013, according to the CDC.

Is Prescription Opioid Abuse A Crime Problem Or A Health Problem?

4:38pm December 03, 2015

by Nancy Shute

People still think that abuse of opioid painkillers is something that criminals do, a study of news media coverage finds. Options like expanded access to treatment are rarely mentioned.

I Second That Emotion

11:40am December 03, 2015

Invisibilia hosts Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel talk about science, story, and self-help.

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Too Much TV And Chill Could Reduce Brain Power Over Time

5:23pm December 02, 2015

by Angus Chen

Young adults who watch at least three hours of TV a day might end up with less cognitive function by middle age, a study finds. That's especially true if they're sedentary couch potatoes.

A Mother Asks If She's Selfless Enough To Care For A Son With Autism

2:59pm November 30, 2015

by Lisa Aliferis

Sophie Sartain watched her grandmother take care of her intellectually disabled aunt, Dona, and thought that she could never be that devoted. Then her son was diagnosed with autism.

'Selfies' Are More Than Meets The Eye

7:47am November 29, 2015

by Ryan Kailath

Selfies aren't only for posting pictures of yourself. For people who suffer from Cotard's Delusion, in which a person believes they're dead, those self-taken pictures can be part of a cure.

Loneliness May Warp Our Genes, And Our Immune Systems

7:18am November 29, 2015

by Angus Chen

Loneliness takes a toll on many aspects of health, in part because it activates a fight -or-flight immune response. That may have helped ancestors survive lonely exile, but can slowly kill us today.

Your Adult Siblings May Hold The Secret To A Long, Happy Life

11:05pm November 26, 2015

by Robin Marantz Henig

Our siblings are with us for longer than anyone else through our lives. Strong sibling relationships can cushion the blows of aging, while conflict cuts to the bone.

Health & Safety

NYC Mayor Unveils Ambitious Plan To Combat Mental Health Illnesses

8:00am November 25, 2015

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray talk to Linda Wertheimer about the initiative. They say the new program is important and personal.

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Brain imaging experiments found patterns associated with attention span.

A Peek At Brain Connections May Reveal Attention Deficits

7:19pm November 23, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

By assessing the strength of certain connections in the brain with an MRI test, researchers were often able to tell whether children and adolescents had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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