Show 977: Fighting the Flu and Coping with Anxiety

The flu season started early this year and is now in full swing. What do you need to know about influenza to keep from becoming a sad statistic? Anti-Anxiety Medicines and the Alternatives Doctors prescribe anti-anxiety drugs in huge numbers. When does anxiety need treatment, and what can be done besides take a pill? What are the downsides of benzodiazepines like alprazolam? Call in your questions and comments at 888-472-3366 or email [email protected] between 7 and 8 am EDT. This Week’s Guest: Stephen S. Ilardi, PhD, is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Kansas and author of The Depression Cure: The 6 Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs. He joins us from the studio of KANU. Listen to the Podcast The podcast of this program will be available the Monday after the broadcast date. The show can be streamed online from this site and podcasts can be downloaded for free.  Download the mp3