Show 1373: Malady of the Mind

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This week, our guest is one of the country’s leading experts on schizophrenia, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman. He teaches at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, part of Columbia University, where he studies the treatment of mental illness. His research led to the therapeutic strategy of early detection and intervention for a malady of the […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	Severe mental illness remains mysterious and hard to treat.
0:19.0	A leading psychiatrist offers new insights on prevention. This is the People's Pharmacy
0:25.8	with Terry and Joe Grady.
0:39.0	Whenever there's a mass shooting, politicians blame the tragedy on mental illness. Providing resources for treatment and support, much less less prevention is rarely a priority.
0:46.2	What can be done to help people with schizophrenia?
0:49.9	Our guest today is one of the country's foremost experts in this field.
0:53.7	Closing state mental facilities was supposed to improve conditions for people
0:58.7	with severe mental illness. Too often it left them homeless.
1:03.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, learninglines, the flu is back. Actually, it never quite went away, but it did have a bit of a dip over the last few weeks.
1:24.4	The CDC is now alert to an uptick in positive flu tests with influenza A dominating.
1:31.4	People with flu have been showing up in doctor's offices since
1:34.2	November and currently school-age kids are suffering more than other age groups.
1:39.4	On the other hand, COVID cases appear to be letting up slightly.
1:44.0	Wastewater tracking shows that virus levels are high,
1:47.0	but that's slightly better than it was previously.
1:50.0	The JN.1 variant now completely dominates accounting for 93% of sequenced samples.
1:57.0	When it comes to influenza, H3N2 is increasing.
2:02.0	This strain is often more challenging than the H1N1 that was
2:06.2	predominant earlier in the season. The CDC anticipates that oral antiviral
2:11.8	medicine will continue to work against common
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