Episode 1 | Aired November 1, 2021
Run time: 50:34
Your Fantastic Mind explores the human brain in love, trauma and grief and how research is being used to help people with social and emotional disorders. The episode also looks at topics including maternal mortality and PTSD among African-American mothers.
Episode Segments
Your Brain in Love
Episode 1 | Segment 1 | Aired November 1, 2021
Run time: 26:18
The human brain in various stages of love and loss is examined, as well as what researchers have learned from studying prairie voles and how they have helped us better understand what happens to the brain in love, separation and grief.
Civilian Trauma and PTSD in African American Women
Episode 1 | Segment 2 | Aired November 1, 2021
Run time: 14:01
The Grady Trauma Project studies civilian trauma, focusing on post-traumatic stress disorder and the clinical and physiological implications of trauma exposure.
PTSD in African American Women
Episode 1 | Segment 3 | Aired November 1, 2021
Run time: 8:06
The Nia Project is a research and treatment-based program empowering African-American women survivors of abuse experiencing suicidal thoughts.