What is bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression)? How common is it? Can it be cured, treated or controlled?

Dick’s guest is Tina Willits. She has a masters degree in social work and currently manages senior living communities and home healthcare for seniors. Tina was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after manic episodes in her teens/early twenties. She has made two documentaries about her experience living with bipolar disorder.

How do you know when it’s time to leave an unfulfilling relationship? Is this issue any different for a man than a woman?

Dick’s guest, Sandra Wood is a life coach, speaker and co-author of Transforming Your Life.

Can hypnotherapy be a simpler and more effective method to treat some psychological problems? What is the process? Who is a good candidate?

Dick’s guest, Dr. John McGrail is a clinical hypnotherapist and the author of The Synthesis Effect: Your Direct Path to Personal Power and Transformation.

Dick’s guests, divorce attorney Allan Koritzinsky and psychologist Dr. Kenneth Waldron share 5 myths about marriage and the 7 essential ingredients of a successful marriage from their book “The Road to Marital Success is Unpaved.”

Dr. Kenneth Waldron

Allan Koritzinsky

Other than price, what are the advantages for some of choosing junior college rather than a traditional four year college?

Dick’s guest, Turina Bakken, is the provost at Madison College. She has served as vice provost, associate vice president, dean, associate dean, program director and faculty member.

The life expectancy for Americans has gone down due to deaths from drug use and overdoses, killing more people than suicide or accidents. What are the recent changes in drug use and treatment?

Dick’s guest is Dr. Michael Miller, a psychiatrist and past President and Board Chair of the American Society of Addiction Medicine as well as a current clinical instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Addiction Fellowship Program.

What can be done now to stay vital, energetic and young well into old age?

Dick’s guest, George Bentley is a nationally recognized aging-in-place specialist, speaker and author of “How to Die Young…At Any Age”.

As baby boomers become seniors in large numbers, more therapists are trying to respond to their needs. What are these unique issues and how can therapists apply their knowledge and skills to help seniors?

Dick’s guest, Donna Swanson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has 27 years of experience specializing in seniors and their issues.

20% of patients who have been in the intensive care unit suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Why is that the case? Can improving protocols reduce that percentage?

Dick’s guest, Barbara Perkins, LCSW, has over 12 years experience working with patients in large hospitals both during their stays and in aftercare. She is also in private practice in Madison, Wisconsin.

Encore: Everyone has some shame. It can diminish our happiness. How do we understand and better deal with our own sense of shame?

Dick’s guest, Darald Hanusa, is Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the UW-Madison School of Social Work and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 40 years of counseling experience.