may Mental Health Month 2025
Join Call to Mind for five new specials. Each public radio broadcast hour shares deep and thoughtful explorations of the vital mental health issues that shape our lives. Through expert interviews, first-person stories of people living with mental illness, and immersive sound-rich reporting – each episode brings deeper awareness and understanding to mental health and well-being.
Listen to these programs on your public radio station or stream on the program pages below.
If you are a public radio station interested in airing these specials, please contact your American Public Media station relations representative.
Beyond the Mirror: The Challenge of Eating Disorders
An estimated 29 million Americans will suffer from an eating disorder in their lifetime. These mental illnesses can be profoundly disruptive to a person’s life and psychological wellbeing. And eating disorders can be deadly. Anorexia nervosa has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric condition. Eating disorders strike a wide range of people, but deep-rooted assumptions about who suffers from these diseases often complicate the road to recovery.
The Aging Mind
Studies show that one in four older adults live with a mental illness, such as depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. But many older people don’t get the help they need. And America’s aging population is expected to double by 2050.
Promise & Peril: Technology and Mental Health
Technology is ever-present in modern life, from remote work to communities on social media, from dating apps to telemedicine. We live with an ever-expanding array of online options and an ever-growing list of new questions about how healthy it is to spend so much time online with our devices.
Treating the Young Mind
Schizophrenia affects about 24 million people worldwide. It can be a disruptive illness, making it difficult to find a meaningful job, attend school or manage relationships. People with schizophrenia require lifelong treatment, but there is hope. A growing body of research shows that with new interventions it’s possible to live well with the illness.
Silent Battles: Mental Health & Military Service
Mental illness is the leading cause of hospitalization for America’s military service members. Anxiety conditions and post-traumatic stress disorders lead the list of diagnoses.