MyNDTALK with Dr. Pamela Brewer MyNDTALK with Dr Pamela Brewer

One in ten Americans suffers from chronic insomnia. Many receive sleeping pills and over-the-counter sleep aids at an annual cost of over $40 billion. What are we buying? How is it working? Is it working? Do we have options? 

In Sick to Death!filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West exposes her own disturbing, yet determined, thirty-year struggle to regain her spiraling health. After seeing hundreds of doctors who either disregarded her symptoms, misdiagnosed or under treated her, Maggie discovers that her life-long thyroid problem was a fully understood medical issue as early as 1914, yet, she says, it’s been obscured by systemic medical corruption, pharmaceutical greed and physician negligence, leaving more than 750 million people sick and suffering world-wide.

Meet Chuck Green of Alpha-Maxx Healthcare Inc. Keenly aware of the importance and impact of the emotional, social, and physical health of pregnant moms on the delivery of healthy babies, Chuck has spent much of his lifetime working to save lives of the tiniest among us.  

The word "loss" contains only four letters, but its size belies the amount of fear it produces at even its mere mention. ... Whether the loss is brand new or decades old, it can leave indelible wounds.  Carole discusses her loss of a spouse experience as she shares advice framed with compassion and humor.

Meet Dr. May Benatar who spent 20 years of her life experiencing a long-term psychotherapeutic relationship with a woman who lived with multiple identities, someone diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Dr. Benatar shares some of her own process as a therapist discovering the ubiquity of trauma in both the general population and in clinical populations. 

From her personal experience as both a recipient and a provider of mental health services, Dr. Noonan explains how to obtain care from professionals, outlines what medical options are available, and lists everyday things people can do to feel better. Integrating medicine, psychology, and holistic care while exploring the basics of mental health, Noonan touches on diet, sleep habits, physical activity, and mindfulness techniques.