Depression in Veterans

Depression in VeteransTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 83, Segment 1

Jun 17, 2015 • 21m

Guest: Raymond Novaco, Ph.D., UC Irvine professor of Psychology & Social behavior. Some two-and-a-half million American men and women fought in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade. Of those, more than a third were deployed more than once. With this new generation of veterans has come a stronger focus on helping returning service members deal with their mental and emotional wounds.

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Guests: Jeff Tessem, Ph.D., Assistant professor of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science at BYU. Ben Bitner, BYU student and research assistant at the Tessem Lab. Diabetes afflicts nearly 400 million people around the world, according to the International Diabetes Federation. It’s a staggering figure, and despite decades of research and billions of dollars, a cure remains elusive. Scientists and BYU and Duke University have just published research identifying a gene that appears key in triggering the cellular malfunction that leads to diabetes.

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Guest: Catherine Caska Wallace Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at the Seattle VA Hospital. The Department of Veteran’s affairs estimates as many as 20 percent of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychologist Catherine Caska Wallace has been studying the effects of a soldier’s PTSD on his or her partner and family.

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Guest: Grant Madsen, Ph.D., History professor at Brigham Young University BYU history professor Grant Madsen shares his insights from the introductory American History course he teaches. So, we’ll get a college history lesson, but we don’t have any homework or quizzes! Each week features a new topic and a deeper understanding of our past. This week Marcus Smith talks with Professor Madsen about the birth of consumerism—something alive and well today in American culture.

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