Psychiatry
Health Check. Does Being Congenitally Blind Protect Against Schizophrenia? Audio, 27 minutes
A large study which found no-one with early cortical blindness developed schizophrenia
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Replay. Arthur Ashe: In the Psychiatrist’s Chair. Audio, 44 minutes
Dr Anthony Clare interviews American tennis star Arthur Robert Ashe Jr.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
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- Posted4 December 2018
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- Posted29 November 2018
Health Check. A Tribal Study Shedding Light on Blood Pressure. Audio, 27 minutes
The remote South American tribe whose blood pressure doesn't appear to rise as they age
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- Posted26 November 2018
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- Posted19 November 2018
CrowdScience. Is Hypnosis a Real Thing? Audio, 30 minutes
Can science explain what’s going on when someone is hypnotised?
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Assignment. Zanzibar: Spirits and Psychiatry. Audio, 27 minutes
The mentally-sick in Zanzibar turn to profiteering exorcists for treatment
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The Documentary Podcast. Zanzibar: Spirits and Psychiatry. Audio, 27 minutes
The mentally-sick in Zanzibar turn to profiteering exorcists for treatment
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One to One. Isabel Hardman on nature and depression. Audio, 15 minutes
Can nature help our mental health? The Spectator's Isabel Hardman asks Dr Alan Kellas.
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From the Couch to the Courtroom. Audio, 28 minutes
Helena Kennedy QC explores the relationship between law, psychotherapy and mind doctors.
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The Essay. Free Thinking 2017, The Magic Years. Audio, 15 minutes
Medical historian Matthew Smith explores 1970s US psychiatry: a time of hope and promise.
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The Life Scientific. Simon Wessely on unexplained medical syndromes. Audio, 28 minutes
Simon Wessely on medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes.
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The Why Factor. Grief. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we feel so many different emotions when someone close to us dies?
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The Compass. The Borders of Sanity, Healing in Ghana. Audio, 23 minutes
What options do people in Ghana have when a person suffers mental illness?
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All in the Mind. Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, Why boredom could be a good thing. Audio, 28 minutes
Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, and why boredom might be a good thing.
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Four Thought. D Is for Diagnosis. Audio, 15 minutes
Ann York discusses diagnoses - her own, and ones she gives to others.
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Louis Theroux. By Reason of Insanity, Part 2. Video, 58 minutes
Louis examines the grey area between criminal actions and medical symptoms.
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Louis Theroux. By Reason of Insanity, Part 1. Video, 58 minutes
Louis immerses himself in the world of Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals.
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The Life Scientific. Professor Sir Michael Rutter. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili meets child psychiatrist Prof Sir Michael Rutter.
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Louis Theroux. America's Medicated Kids. Video, 60 minutes
Louis meets parents who have turned to medication to keep their children under control.
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State of Mind. Which Way Now? Audio, 30 minutes
Claudia meets leading experts to discuss their views of the future.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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All in the Mind. Electronic Mental Health Records - Space Therapy - Invisible Smile. Audio, 30 minutes
Claudia talks to researchers who have studied people who cannot make facial expressions.
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