Addictive Personalities
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about so-called "addictive personalities." He explains that the term itself is probably a misnomer, because there is no single personality configu...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Links Between Addictions
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, discusses the fact that, "...many different addictions tend to go together." He explains that, "...the probable reason is that there are certain persona...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
What You Don't Know...: Environment, A Crucial Factor in Health, The
The environment is a crucial factor in the health of an individual. Although regulations have reduced environmental pollution, many chemicals are
Series: Allied Health
Subject: health
Transcript: personally, we cannot ignore the health hazards that come with living Mon an interconnected planet. the environment is a crucial factor Min the health of each
Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about bipolar disorder, explaining the cyclical, up and down nature of the illness. Dr. Leuchter notes that it tends to run in families, then discusses the use of mood stabilizers like...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Schizophrenia
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about schizophrenia, a mental health disorder that he states affects about one
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Alzheimer's Disease and Aging
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the way Alzheimer's disease sometimes presents itself as people age. Dr. Leuchter also discusses the impact of the illness, particularly when the afflicted individual has lost pa...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Alzheimer's Disease: Prevention and Protection (Part One)
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the possible links between intellectual activity and Alzheimer's disease. "I'm a firm believer in use it or lose it," Dr. Leuchter explains. He also notes that, "...the rates of ...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Suicide (Part Two)
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the correlation between suicide and age. Dr. Leuchter explains that the risk for suicide goes up during adolescence and then again after middle age, particularly among elderly wh...
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Stigma of Mental Illness, The
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the stigma of mental illness. The manifestations of that run the gamut from patients avoiding treatment, to insurance companies providing little or no psychotherapy benefits.
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Good Health
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about what constitutes good health. Dr. Leuchter explains that good health means not
Series: Health Care
Subject: health
Transcript: I think that to consider somebody in good health, We need to look at several different facets of their being, Of their life, of their function. The