How to be happier, with Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD

How to be happier, with Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD

Want to be happier? Some of our happiness level is due to genes or life circumstances, but research shows much of it is within our control. Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, talks about the habits and mindsets that lead to lasting happiness, the complex relationship between money and happiness, whether technology is making us less happy, and whether it’s possible to worry too much about being happy. Find Dr. Lyubomirsky's newsletter The Happiness Files at https://drsonja.kit.com/newsletter. Take our listener survey at http://at.apa.org/SoPSurvey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The ‘silent epidemic’ of eating disorders, with Cheri Levinson, PhD

The ‘silent epidemic’ of eating disorders, with Cheri Levinson, PhD

Researchers who study eating disorders sometimes call them the silent epidemic. Despite the stereotype that these disorders afflict only young white women, the truth is that they occur among people of...

3 Mai 202343min

The promise of brain stimulation treatments for depression, with Sarah Lisanby, MD, and Diana Daniele

The promise of brain stimulation treatments for depression, with Sarah Lisanby, MD, and Diana Daniele

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been a treatment option for people with major depression since it was approved by the FDA in 2008. Today, it is also used to treat obsessive compulsive diso...

26 Apr 202339min

How do you build a successful team? With Eduardo Salas, PhD

How do you build a successful team? With Eduardo Salas, PhD

Very few people do their jobs entirely on their own. For most of us, doing our job well means being part of a well-functioning team. Eduardo Salas, PhD, of Rice University, talks about the key ingredi...

19 Apr 202338min

What you know about aging is probably wrong, with Manfred Diehl, PhD

What you know about aging is probably wrong, with Manfred Diehl, PhD

While ageism may be one of the last socially acceptable biases, research shows that aging often comes with positive changes. And by believing in and propagating negative myths about aging, we can do o...

12 Apr 202333min

How early detection could change autism diagnosis and intervention, with Geraldine Dawson, PhD

How early detection could change autism diagnosis and intervention, with Geraldine Dawson, PhD

About one in 36 children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Geraldine Dawson, PhD, of Duke University, discusses why the number of diagnoses has risen so steeply in recent y...

5 Apr 202347min

What does modern retirement look like? With Mo Wang, PhD

What does modern retirement look like? With Mo Wang, PhD

Forget the stereotype of a good-bye party in the break room followed by endless days on the golf course. Today, workers are staying on the job longer and taking on more “bridge employment,” or post-re...

29 Mar 202332min

What’s behind the crisis in teen mental health? With Kathleen Ethier, PhD

What’s behind the crisis in teen mental health? With Kathleen Ethier, PhD

Recently released CDC data found that teen girls are experiencing startling levels of sadness and violence -- nearly 1 in 3 had seriously considered suicide and 57 percent felt persistently sad or hop...

22 Mar 202337min

Psychedelic therapy: Will it be a game changer for mental health treatment? with Albert Garcia-Romeu, PhD

Psychedelic therapy: Will it be a game changer for mental health treatment? with Albert Garcia-Romeu, PhD

In just a few years, psychedelics have gone from being a symbol of the 1960s counterculture to being touted as highly promising mental health treatments. Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu, PhD, of Johns Hopkins...

15 Mar 202339min

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