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Voices In The Family March 200803/03/08 Do you dream of organized closets, a pristine living room, filing drawers where bills, important documents, and warranties are sorted in alphabetical order? You are not alone. Organizing is big business in America, and hundreds of self-help books are dedicated to this topic. Why is it so hard to get and stay organized? Why does this topic create so much anxiety in people? During the first half of the show, we'll take a look at clutter and organization. Our guests are Rachael Teacher, and Martin Franklin. Teacher is an organizing expert in Philadelphia. Franklin is Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Later on, we'll examine hoarding, where people collect so many items that their houses become uninhabitable. Our guest is Dr. David Tolin, Co- author of "Buried in Treasures: A Self-Help Guide for Compulsive Hoarding, Saving, and Collecting", and the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The Institute of Living in Connecticut. Rachael Teacher helped the Voices team organize their work area - click here for before and after pictures: 03/10/08 Americans love to gamble. According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, over 75% of US adults have gambled at least once in the past year generating $80 billion of legal income. These numbers have been rising annually primarily because of Internet gambling. For those who choose to gamble online, there are nearly 2000 sites. And no surprise, this form of gambling is especially attractive to young people between the ages of 18 and 25. This is precisely the group that is at the highest risk for Internet gambling addiction - something experts have compared to crack cocaine. Dan Gottlieb and his guests will discuss Internet gambling addiction. Who is at risk, why and what should be done. We'll be joined by Dr. Nancy Petry, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Gambling Treatment Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center, and Rick Ciurlino a New Jersey therapist in private practice who is a licensed addictions counselor. We'll also hear from Martha Frankel, in her new memoir "Hats and Eyeglasses" she describes how she almost lost everything because of her addiction to online gambling. 03/17/08 A new five-year analysis of the nation's death rates recently released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest year studied, far outpacing changes in nearly every other age group. For women 45 to 54, the rate leapt 31 percent. In addition, an international study found that midlife is the least happy time in the life cycle. Dan Gottlieb and his guests will discuss depression in midlife, and what help and treatments are available. We'll be joined by Dr. Eda Goldstein and Dr. Myrna Weissman. Goldstein is professor emeritus at New York University Silver School of Social work. She is the author of several books, most recently "When the Bubble Bursts: Clinical Perspectives on Midlife Issues". Weissman is Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry and Chief of the Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology at New York State Psychiatric Institute. 03/24/08 The media have mentioned sex addiction in connection with former NY governor Eliot Spitzer. While this is just speculation, sex addiction is real for thousands of families. Our guest is Cara Tripodi, director of STAR (Sexual Addiction and Recovery) in Wynnewood PA. She is a therapist and the co-author of "Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts." We will discuss who is at risk for sex addiction, what the treatment options are, and how it affects partners and children of sex addicts. 03/31/08 Getting a regular doctor's appointment can be tough, seeing a specialist is even more difficult, but imagine not being able to physically get to the doctor's office? Who cares for people who are too sick or too frail to leave their homes? Dan Gottlieb and his guests will discuss doctors and home visits. Our guest is Dr. Alfred Stillman, author of "Home Visits: A Return to the Classical Role of the Physician." He runs a home-visit practice in Philadelphia, which cares for about 600 patients in the City of Philadelphia. We'll also be joined by Constance Row, Executive Director of the American Academy of Home Health Care Physicians. And we'll hear a report from WHYY's health and science reporter Kerri Grens who accompanied Stillman on his rounds. |
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