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Motivated Behavior: Training Your Brain

The biology of behavior offers tools for a holistic approach to increase good habits and decrease bad habits including how talk therapy, exposure therapy, meditation and spirituality and more can impact the brain’s pre-frontal cortex to regulate emotion and decision making. Guest:Nii Addy, Ph.D, Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine.
Season 10 Episode 4 Length 25:46 Premiere: 09/01/25

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Season 10 Episodes

Treatment of Psychosis in Teens and Young Adults
S10 E13 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Growing Brain Cells in The Lab
S10 E12 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Autism (Part Two)
S10 E11 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Autism (Part One)
S10 E10 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Mental Illness and The Criminal Justice System
S10 E9 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Eating Disorders and Self-Control
S10 E8 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Hoarding Disorder
S10 E7 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Binge Drinking and Alcohol Misuse
S10 E6 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Borderline Personality Disorder
S10 E5 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Motivated Behavior: Training Your Brain
S10 E4 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 09/01/25

Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis & Treatment
S10 E3 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 09/01/25

New Psychiatric Medications (Part Two)
S10 E2 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/01/25

New Psychiatric Medications (Part One)
S10 E1 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 09/01/25

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Suicide Prevention, Part Two: What You and Your Family Need to Know - S8 E5

The grief of suicide loss, identifying risk factors and strategies for intervention; Dr. Christine Yu Moutier, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

  • Friday April 10, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
  • Friday April 10, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2

Wisdom and Healthy Aging - S8 E6

Self-reflection, social connections and more factors that improve neuroplasticity for healthy aging; Dr. Dilip V. Jeste, professor of psychiatry and neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego.

  • Friday April 17, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
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Childhood Anxiety and Depression: What Every Parent Needs to Know - S8 E7

Recognizing anxiety or depression in children as young as preschool age; how to distinguish between a behavioral phase and clinical concern; knowing when to seek medical evaluation and treatment; Joan L. Luby, M.D.

  • Friday April 24, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
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Eating Disorders: Early Detection and Intervention - S8 E8

Eating disorders have physical as well as psychological impacts; professor Cynthia M. Bulik, founding director of the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders.

  • Friday May 1, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
  • Friday May 1, 2026 6:30 am CT on KET2

Borderline Personality Disorder - S8 E9

Research in the role of environment and pre-existing risk factors in borderline personality disorder has resulted in new therapies; Professor Edward A. Selby, Ph.D., director of Clinical Training, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

  • Friday May 8, 2026 7:30 am ET on KET2
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Suicide Prevention, Part Two: What You and Your Family Need to Know - S8 E5

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Suicide Prevention, Part One: What You and Your Family Need to Know - S8 E4

  • Friday March 27, 2026 2:00 pm ET on KET2
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Schizophrenia: Understanding Diagnosis and Treatment - S8 E3

  • Friday March 20, 2026 2:00 pm ET on KET2
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Help for Veterans & Military Families - S8 E2

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