depression

Adolescent psychiatrist and parent Meredith Gansner’s new book is “Teen Depression Gone Viral Why Kids Are More Vulnerable Than Ever and How You Can Protect Your Child's Health and Happiness.” It is a guide that provides the latest information about depression in teens, with a special focus on digital media use.

"Feh" is the Yiddish word for an expression of disapproval or disgust. It is also the title of Shalom Auslander’s new memoir which is a quest to understand how this concept became an internalized theme of his life.

Anthony Chin-Quee, M.D., is a board-certified otolaryngologist with degrees from Harvard University and Emory University School of Medicine. At first glance, Anthony Chin-Quee looks like a traditional success story: a smart, ambitious kid who grew up to become a board-certified otolaryngologist—an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. Yet the truth is more complicated.

Bill Konigsberg is the author of six books for young adults, which have won awards including the Stonewall Book Award, the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor,…

Roy Richard Grinker is professor of anthropology and international affairs at the George Washington University. He is the author of several books,…

Sarah LaDuke: May is Mental Health Awareness Month - and it seems like the topic of mental health and mental health treatment is surging to the forefront…

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. The author of forty-three books and more than six hundred…

One of America’s greatest lawyers, judges and public servants was Charles Evans Hughes.He was a giant in American life during the first half of the 20th…

Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a…

We’re about to talk to a person whose work is heard multiple times a day on WAMC — but rarely his voice. Until now. BJ Leiderman, the composer behind…