Mental Health Highlights

Inevitably most of the focus on pregnancy and parenting is targeted at women, but what about the feelings of the father? A Clinical psychiatrist says fathers are just as likely to suffer postnatal depression as mothers.

Dr. Daniel Carlat explains whether depression, anxiety disorder and ADHD are genetic, stating that it is not clear whether these conditions are genetic when compared to psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia.

Patty Duke is a star of stage and screen, from her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker to playing Madam Morrible in San Francisco's Wicked. Duke is very involved in promoting awareness in the field of mental health, and in this talk she relays the hard times she had to deal with and her journey towards recuperation.

Postpartum depression is one problem new moms face after pregnancy. In this episode of The Lab, Daddy Clay and Daddy Brad talk with psychologist Jan Morris to get the facts on PPD. She explains the difference between postpartum depression and the baby blues in mothers. Learn what the symptoms are and if treatment with therapy or medications is helpful. Find out if dads experience PPD.

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In this video, we meet three women who have had depressed people close to their hearts. Alyssa's husband was depressed, though she at first wrote it off as an artistic temperament since he was a musician. Sometimes he would go so far as to avoid contact for several days. Thankfully, the prospect of parenthood lifted him out of his depression. Laura had to cope with her mother's depression while she was growing up. But her mother hid her depression by saying that she was just tired, not sad.

Dr. Lieberman describes what one can do if he/she thinks a loved one has schizophrenia.

Dr. Helen Blair Simpson introduces herself and explains obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD.

Dr. Daniel Carlat explains the best course of treatment for anxiety and panic disorder, usually being psychotherapy, medication, or a combination of both.

Dr. Helen Blair Simpson explains cognitive behavioral therapy and how this can be beneficial for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD.