Keyword: somatization

Overmedication and the Doctor Patient Relationship with Dr. Alan Lanz June 26, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Alan Lanz, Kent Robertshaw

Too many patients leave the doctor’s office with a prescription they don’t need. Armand DiMele and two psychiatrists, Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD and Dr. Alan Lanz, MD, argue that managed care, pharmaceutical incentives, and patients’ own reluctance to do the hard work of self-examination have combined to produce a culture of quick fixes over genuine healing.

Culture Bound Syndromes Around the World Undated

Host: Armand DiMele

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.