Doctors Arlis and Suzanne Wood host this program that explores issues related to mental health. Dr. Arlis Wood is a psychologist and chair of the public education committee of the Montana Psychological Association. Dr. Suzanne Wood is a speech language pathologist.
Here are past episodes of Health & Happiness:
Drs. Arlis & Suzanne Wood are joined by Stephen Trimble, the author of The Mike File and many other books.
The Drs. Wood talk with Carrie Krause, a violinist who is the first chair violin in the Bozeman Symphony and organizes performances for Baroque Music Montana. She and theorbo player John Lenti released an album titled Sonata Tramontana, and Carrie and John talk to the Woods about the album and the music.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk with Rick Gale of the Bozeman Elks about their drug abuse prevention and treatment programs.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk to a group of people about the situation on the ground in the Ukraine and about the relief effort.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood are joined by Dr. Carma Corcoran and Dr. Laurie Walker for a discussion about issues faced by indigenous women.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood are joined by Stacy Zinn, the agent in charge of the Montana division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who discusses some of the drug problems we are facing in the area.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk with Bobbi Geise, the director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at MSU and Jim Tuchscherer , a long-time OLLI member, about the OLLI program.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk with Perrin, community educator, and Mandy, development communications coordinator, from the Bozeman Help Center about the Help Center and its services, particularly in the area of suicide prevention.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk with Danielle Sather, the executive director of Suffer Out Loud, a nonprofit organization leading an effort to reduce suicide rates in Montana by changing the conversation around mental illness.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month – we hope that you will take some time to understand more about mental health issues and what you can do to help the people around you to get through these trying times.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood are joined by Randy Scarlett, a wildlife biologist with the USDA Forest Service, working in the west zone of the Custer Gallatin National Forest, who talks about bears and our interactions with them.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood interview Dr. David Baumbauer, Director of the Plant Growth Center at Montana State University about bees and their important role in the ecosystem.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk to Jessica Ahlstrom, Water Conservation Program Manager for the City of Bozeman, about water issues here in the Gallatin Valley.
or DownloadThe Doctors Wood are joined by Cami Armijo-Grover, Education Director at BridgerCare, Jonathan Elliot, an educator who works with BridgerCare on training, Dr. Katie Lowe, Pediatrician representing the Montana chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Ace, a non-binary student athlete at Montana State University to discuss health care issues and difficulties for transgender and LGBTQ people in Montana.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk to Elizabeth Wood and Jennifer Pomeroy about the writing process.
or DownloadOn Thursday, April 27, 2023, a panel of mental health experts presented “Mental Health Resources & Research — a Community Symposium” at Montana State University. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Bozeman area and MSU’s Department of Research & Economic Development, the event was be held on the MSU campus at Norm Asbjornson Hall.
The panelists spoke about mental health topics including such as current issues for college-aged students, rural mental health resources and workforce development, psychopathology, addiction, and neuropsychiatric medicine.
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After the panel discussion, there was a Q&A session. Drs. Arlis and Suzanne Wood and Rick Martinez from KGVM recorded the event – it is presented in two parts.
or Downloador DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk to Dr. Joseph Sofianek, MD, who has been a family practitioner at Bozeman Health Family Medicine Clinic since 1997. He works at the Family Medicine office at the Bozeman Health Cottonwood Clinic + Surgery Center. He discusses wellness practices that can help people make changes in their lives to achieve better health.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood are joined by Dee Metrick, the executive director of Reach, Inc., a local, private, non-profit organization that’s been providing services to adults with developmental disabilities since 1974.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk with Eamon Fahey, the state director of the International Rescue Committee, about the IRC’s work to provide relief in Syria and Turkey following the devastating earthquake there.
or DownloadOn Valentine’s Day eve, the Drs. Wood talk with Dr. Michele McKinnie and Dr. Bill Ryan, co-founders of the Big Sky Psychological Consortium about the health benefits of positive relationships.
or DownloadThe Drs. Wood talk with Dr. Brock LaMeres, a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Montana State University, about his work to develop a computing device that can withstand the radiation in space. NASA has been sponsoring the work and is planning to take the device to the moon.
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