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Podcast title Flipswitch
Website URL http://depressedteens.podbean....
Description Brought to you by depressedteens.com, our show is a fast-paced weekly 30 minute program on teens with mood disorders. Talking directly to teens, we'll hit on almost every issue on mood disorders.
Updated Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:40:22 +0000
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Episodes

1. Episode 36 Others Suffer Too (the Parents Edition)
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Description: On this episode, we’ll talk to several parents about their experiences raising children with mood disorders. We’ll go over some of their challenges and their triumphs throughout their journey. Note, we usually focus on teens and young adults, but this time, we’ll be thinking in terms of the parents’ perspectives: what was important to [...]

2. Episode 35: Loneliness and Isolation
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Description: On this episode, we talk about the issue of loneliness and isolation that often accompanies depression. We talk to University of Chicago professor Dr. John Cacioppo about his new book “Loneliness: Isolation and the Need for Social Connectedness.”

3. Episode 34: Time Management
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Description: On this episode, discuss time management. We can’t go over all the different systems of time management out there, but we’ll try to hit as many of the major themes that run throughout the research on time management. Shira directs us to a website that helps academic time management and Gopi shares some [...]

4. Episode 33: Reforming the Media
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Description: On this episode, we continue our discussion on the mental health stigma and the media, this time focusing on what all of us can do to help make things better. We talk with Dr. Otto Wahl, author of Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness.” Also, a special message from Ally Sheedy.

5. Episode 32: Advocacy
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Description: On this episode, we talk about the issue of advocacy. We explore how advocating for the betterment of people with mood disorders, cannot only help you out if you have a mood disorder; but, also, moving towards helping others while helping yourself is one of the clear signs of good mental health. We [...]

6. Episode 31: Comorbidity
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Description: On this episode, we talk about comorbidity, ie. having more than one disorder at a time. We’ll define what it means and talk about the various other diagnosis that tend to overlap with mood disorders. As well, we’ll introduce a new co-host.

7. Episode 30: Media
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Description: In this episode, we discuss different kinds of media and how they tend to present issues associated with mood disorders and mental health in general. We cover radio, news, television, movies and more. The results? Negativity sells.

8. Episode 29: Ideas For Combatting Depression
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Description: On this episode we go over a few tips on what to do to deal with depression. Many of these ideas have been covered in greater detail on previous podcasts, but we give a quick hit version of quite a few ways to start battling depression. We make special note that these ideas, [...]

9. Episode 28: Depression
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Description: On this episode, we devote an entire episode specifically to the topic of depression. We hit on a number of themes about depression. We define it’s clinical usage and get a more everyday definition from our college roundtable. Also, we get a bit of trivia on depression in 20 Facts In 120 [...]

10. Episode 27: Stress
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Description: On this episode we discuss stress. We note that being human means living with stress. We go over the concepts of good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress). We also talk about the importance of making good choices and maintaining a regimented structured lifestyle to guard against possible stressors. Also, we [...]

11. Episode 26: Self-Injurious Behavior
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Description: On this week’s show, we talk about the prevalent problem of self-injurious behavior. Cutting, scratching, burning, pulling out hair, etc, are all ways of harming one’s self to relieve tension and recent research suggests that it’s more common than once believed to be. Also, best-selling author Marya Hornbacher stops by to discuss her new [...]

12. Episode 25: Anger
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Description: On this episode we discuss anger, that most horrid of secondary emotions. We discuss how anger can be an expression of depression. We’ll also talk about the rages often associated with younger people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. As well, we’ll listen in on an anger therapy session with a famous superhero. [...]

13. Episode 24: College Resources
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Description: On this episode, we talk about a slight few of the resources available at colleges and universities to people with mood disorders. We discuss the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and how it guarantees people with mood disorders’ rights to accommodations and freedom from discrimination. We also discuss the importance of finding [...]

14. Episode 23: College Quicksand
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Description: On this episode, we talk about the pitfalls of college, specifically, bad ways of dealing with stress. Partying, substance abuse, not getting sleep, spending sprees, etc…these are the things that will sink you into the murk fast in college. We talk to national speaker on mental health issues and teens, Ross Szabo. [...]

15. Episode 22 Supplemental: The Return of the News
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Description: It’s all news in this Denisse-filled supplemental. 1st week of April, 2008.

16. Episode 22: Transition to College
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Description: On this week’s show, we continue our college series by exploring issues surrounding the transition from high school to college life. We talk about the importance of good time management in guarding against all of the possible pitfalls. We go over a host of other factors that can trip up people during this [...]

17. Episode 21 Going to College!
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Description: Episode 21: We’re Going To College. On this episode, we begin our series on issues facing people with mood disorders while transitioning from high school to college. Time management, partying, getting good sleep, substance abuse…there are a lot of things that can throw someone off the straight and narrow in college. We’ll [...]

18. Episode 20: Back To The Beginning!
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Description: On this episode, we go all the way back to the beginning of the series to review the first 19 episodes. Who we are, what we’re doing, where we’ve been, and where we’re going: we cover it all. As well, make sure you check out our montage of some of the guests we’ve had [...]

19. Episode 19: Behavior Therapy
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Description: In this episode, we wrap up our series on types of therapy by talking about behavior therapy. Behavior therapy derives from behaviorism which is largely founded on the principles of operant conditioning and the work of BF Skinner. Behavioral therapists use these same principles to train you to be a better you. [...]

20. Episode 18: Family Therapy
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Description: Episode 18: Family Therapy. On this episode, we discuss what family therapy is and what to expect. We also go over fears people typically have about family therapy and challenge those fears. Denisse tells us about PETA wanting to take ice cream away from Britney Spears and Shira gives us a tech [...]