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Does Life Get Better With Age November 30, 2011

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Kent Robertshaw, Linda Vanella
Category: Depression & Mood, Personal Growth & Change

Life does get better for most people, and Armand explores why with Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist, and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R. Three forces drive improvement over time: burnout from exhausting old patterns, learning to manage triggers, and growing self-acceptance. Psychiatric advances, caller stories about ambivalent relationships, and the transformative love of parenthood all figure in.

Culture Bound Syndromes Around the World Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Society, Culture & Current Events, The Mind & Neuroscience

Different cultures don’t just treat mental illness differently, they define it differently. Armand DiMele surveys a striking range of culture-bound syndromes, from “running amok” in Malaysia to “ghost sickness” among Native Americans, showing how biology, belief, and shame shape what gets called disorder and what gets ignored.