Mental Health and Addiction - Videos

Our country is unequipped to help families who have mentally ill children. How can we change the way that we treat these children and how we support their families? Community members Andy Sapp, Lon Woodbury, Christina Shaver, Steven Dickstein and Brian Lombrowski join Marc to discuss.

Christina Shaver, mother of an eight-year-old special needs child, speaks out on how difficult it is to find proper care, and why she doesn't want to put her child into a psychiatric facility.

Columbia University Department of Psychiatry Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman joins the News Hub to discuss what compels mentally ill people to commit acts of destruction and violence. Photo: Getty Images.

Dr. Phil asks Dr. Travis about his experience as a first responder dealing with tragedies that involve children.

Dr. John Walkup, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital, discusses how children may be dealing with traumatic events such as the school shooting in Connecticut.

James Garza, recovering meth addict, talks with HuffPost Live host Catherine Day about his methamphetamine addiction and recovery.

Dr. Roger Walsh of U.C. Irvine says health and happiness are right under baby boomers' noses with easy therapeutic lifestyle changes or TLCs. We can change for the better without medications or counseling, by eating a good diet, being active, appreciating nature, friends and by volunteering. Keep it simpleand keep it healthy.

Depression is a disorder affecting nearly 15 million of Americans. Pfizer's Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. discusses the physical and mental signs and how to get help. Plus, E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork explains what happens to your brain when you feel depressed.

Remember that because you care for another person, your own care matters so much. Events will occur that are simply out of your control, so be good to yourself when they do, says Forrest Hong, Ph.D., a spokesperson for the National Association of Social Workers.

When medication alone doesn't work, can adding cognitive behavioral therapy ease symptoms?

Optimism sparked by falling heroin use is short lived. Mephedrone and "legal highs" are causing a whole new set of problems for society, and a new group of addicts.

Full Segment: Optimism sparked by falling heroin use is short lived. Mephedrone and "legal highs" are causing a whole new set of problems for society, and a new set of addicts.

Until now, only anorexia & bulimia have been classified as legitimate eating disorders. This new label will provide help for those who struggle with food. Joining Nancy Redd to discuss are guests Rachel Kramer Bussel, Jennifer Smith and Carmine Famiglietti.

Full Segment: Until now, only anorexia & bulimia have been classified as legitimate eating disorders. This new label will provide help for those who struggle with food.

Barry Weinstein, business owner, tells Janet Varney about having to fire an employee that had an alcohol problem, and the moral, ethical, and business obligations that came with the situation, and Monica Bracht, chemical dependence interventionist, offers her take on the action he took.

Justin Hewitt tells Janet Varney about his time working in sales and how his drug abuse grew into a tragedy and his workplace stepped in and sent him to rehab and then eventually let him go. He learned from the experience, is fully recovered now, and helping those that may be experiencing similar issues.

Find out what Seasonal Affective Disorder is and what you can do to avoid getting it.

While moderate alcohol consumption can have health benefits, imbibing too much, too often can have an adverse effect. Discover the dangers of binge drinking and how it can cause a range of health problems.

Hookah bars are popular near college campuses, and many people think smoking the fruit-flavored tobacco through the water pipes is a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes.The Doctors explain that hookah smokers can inhale more tobacco than cigarette smokers.

A new synthetic drug similar to "bath salts" is being marketed to teenagers over the Internet and has been linked to several deaths.The drug 2C-I, nicknamed "smiles," is an amphetamine that is sold as a pill or powder, which often is added to chocolate or candy. It acts as a combination of LSD and ecstasy and interferes with serotonin in the brain.

Selling human urine is illegal in the United States; however, urine is being sold on the internet to substance users looking to pass drug tests, in a phenomenon some are calling the "yellow market."

Do you experience "uncomfortable feelings" or have extra time on your hands since retirement, have lost your job or are a stressed-out caregiver? If you're a baby boomer who needs emotional support, you reach for a bottle of alcohol or pills or are addicted to Internet pornography, you have company. As baby boomers continue to age, the number of people seeking treatment for substance abuse will double by 2020, Tricia Greaves of The Nelson Center for Emotional Healing told Mind Your Body TV.

Experts say nearly 36% of baby boomers are obese and emotional overeating may play a role. This behavior includes eating binges or grazing, preoccupation with reducing diets, starving, laxative or diuretic abuse, inducing vomiting after eating, chewing and spitting out food, fantasies about food and a constant preoccupation with food. Many emotional overeaters use food as a reward or comfort, says Tricia Greaves of The Nelson Center for Emotional Healing.

Learn about these 5 bizarre eating disorders. Here are 5 bizarre eating disorders:Number 5 - Number 5 - Coprophagia. The act of ingesting feces. Yes, you heard it right, feces. Many animals are known to practice this but it's also been observed in some humans who usually suffered from psychiatric illnesses. Consuming feces can lead to health issues such as intestinal parasites, diarrhea, and many blood-borne diseases.Number 4 - Trichophagia. It is a disorder in which a person ingests hair.

Full Segment: Meeting & praying is not a reimbursable treatment for any disorder but one: addiction. Should Medicare pay for a spiritual program?

After using AA to get sober, Clancy Martin criticized some of its methods. The violent response stunned him - is AA for everyone?

Full Segment: Could our pursuit of happiness actually be making us miserable? Would we be happier if we learned to enjoy uncertainty, embrace insecurity, and even value death?

Could our pursuit of happiness actually be making us miserable? Would we be happier if we learned to enjoy uncertainty, embrace insecurity, and even value death?

Seattle's Police Department posted a question and answer blog called: "Marijwhatnow? A Guide To Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle" which clarifies details surrounding the decriminalization of pot in the state of Washington.

Sharing her story with media for the first time, Heather Bowman, treated at a local center, opens up about the eating disorders and sexual abuse that haunts her past. By Ann Zevely and Deanne Goodman