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conversations from Studio BWe are on WOUB AM 1340 at 1:00-1:30PM on the fourth Sunday of every month, and, some months, we have additional programs on other days.  You can listen to the live broadcast online or hear recently archived programs on the WOUB web site.

Program topics and broadcast dates are listed below, newest shows on top. If you have trouble playing the program, click here for tips.

Conversations: 2010, 2009, '08-'04

2010

 

March 28, 2010

Col Owens

Senior Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Southwestern Ohio, on "Living with Bipolar Disorder."

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February 22, 2010

Dr Paula Clayton

Medical Director of the American Foundation on Suicide Prevention, on "Suicide, Suicide Prevention, and Suicide Survival."
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January 31, 2010

AnneMarie Elderkin

on "Living with Schizoeffective Disorder and the Canadian Healthcare System."
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January 25, 2010

Julie Holland,MD

Author of:  Weekends at Bellvue:  Nine Years on the Night Shift of the Psych ER
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January 17, 2010

Damaris Abreu

Teacher, poet, artist, mom, wife, and activist on "Living with bipolar disorder."
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2009

 

December 27, 2009

Bruce Van Dusen

Bureau Chief, Office of Consumer and Family Affairs at the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction, author of Out of Darkness: The Journey of Hope, on "Surviving Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse and Building a New life of Service to
Others."
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November 22, 2009

Aaron Glantz

Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism and the author of The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans, on "This Country's Mistreatment of its PTSD-Wounded Veterans."

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October 25, 2009

Eric Jennings

Athens native, journalist and sportscaster, on "Living with Bipolar Disorder."

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September 27, 2009

Ted Smith

Producer Director at WBNS 10TV in Columbus (responsible for the Morning and Noon News), on "Living with Major Depression."

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September 18, 2009

Kevin Hines

Survivor of a suicide jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, on "Bipolar Disorder and Suicide Prevention."

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August 23, 2009

Carolyn S Spiro

Psychiatrist and Co-Author of Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and their Journey through Schizophrenia, on "Being the sister of an identical twin with schizophrenia."

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August 7, 2009

Pamela Spiro Wagner

Artist/Poet and Co-Author of Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and their Journey through Schizophrenia, on "Schizophrenia, recovery, and like as an artist/poet."

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July 26, 2009

Terry Russell

Former CEO of NAMI Ohio and current consultant with the Ohio Adult Care Facilities Association, on "Housing and the Mentally Ill."

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July 10, 2009

Dr. Roger Buck

Clinical Counselor at the Hocking College Health and Wellness Center, on "PTSD in Veterans and Accommodating Recent Veterans at US Colleges."

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June 26, 2009

Jim McGarrity

Vietnam Vet and Peer Specialist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, on "A Personal Story of War Trauma, Untreated PTSD, Eventual Treatment, and His Current Work with Other Vets"

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June 12, 2009
Shad Meshad
A Psych Officer in Vietnam, the author of the memoir Captain for Dark Mornings (1982), and the founder/head the National Veterans Foundation, on "The Vietnam War, PTSD, and the NVF's Work in Helping Traumatized Veterans."

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May 31, 2009

Tonya Fulwider

Executive Director and Co-founder of Perinatal Outreach and Encouragement for Moms (POEM), on "Experiencing Postpartum Disorder/The Services Provided by POEM"

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May 24, 2009

Katherine Stone

Member of the Board of Postpartum Support International on "Experiencing Postpartum Disorder/The Services Provided by PSI"

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April 26, 2009

Christina Bruni

Contributing Editor, SZ Magazine, on "Surviving Schizophrenia and Beyond"

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March 29, 2009

Mary Schreck

Local speaker for the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program, on "Depression and Suicide"

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March 22, 2009

Dr David A Karp

Professor of Sociology, Boston College and author of several books on Clinical Depression, On "Clinical Depression from both a Personal and Scholarly Perspective"

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February 22, 2009

Dr Brett Litz

Clinical Psychologist, Boston University, and Associate Director, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Health Care System, on "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Iraq/Afghanistan War Vets"

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January 25, 2009

Hilda Heady

West Virginia University Associate Vice President for Rural Health, on "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder & the West Virginia Returning Soldiers Study"

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Special story on WOUB: Viola Rapp

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ARCHIVES

 

Visit the Conversations from Studio B Archives for many interesting programs from 2004 through 2008.

 

 Topics include:

 

  • Schizophrenia

 

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

 

  • Police officer experience and Crisis Intervention Training

 

  • Family Member experience

 

  • Suicide

 

  • Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder

 

  • Tourette's Syndrome

 

  • Depression

 

  • Mental Health &  the Courts

 

  • Community resources & classes

 

And more!

 

 

You can also listen to some past programs on the WOUB Web site.

 

Contact NAMI - Athens
Appalachian Behavioral Health Care, 100 Hospital Drive, Athens OH 45701
Phone: 740-593-7424   e-mail: namiathens@gmail.com