Women, mental health, and hormones

If you're interested in the brain, both neurologically and psychologically, ABC Radio National's program All in the Mind is worth podcasting.  Recent programs have included narcissism and domestic abuse, the use and addictive qualities of benzodiazepines, music for dementia sufferers and the science of self.

In the program, Women, mental health and hormones, guest psychiatrists, endocrinologists and women's health experts discuss why women experience twice as much depression and four times as much anxiety as men.  Biological, social and psychological factors mean that men and women experience mental illness differently and a new hormonal therapy is described as one way gender issues can be more targeted.