06/08/16 Topic: Bipolar Patients' Blood Toxic to Brain Cells

06/10/16 • 58 min

Workaholism tied to mental disorders; Suicide risk factors in soldiers related to deployment; Mood changes in bipolar patients toxic to brain cells; Brain structure that reacts to impending negative events impaired in depression; How brain controls habitual behaviors.

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06/01/16 Topic: Extreme Beliefs Often Mistaken For Insanity

How you argue with spouse predicts health outcomes; Extreme beliefs may drive violence but not indication of psychosis; Depression decreases women's fertility; Antidepressants are commonly prescribed for reasons other than depression.

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06/15/16 Topic: Media Distorts Links Between Violence and Mental Illness

Media connects violence, mental illness; Laws to prevent mentally ill from access to guns; No reliable method to predict suicide; Blood test to personalize depression treatment; 2 in 5 formerly depressed adults happy; Long-term marijuana use changes brain's reward circuit.