Psychiatric Disorders

“Some people live day-in and day-out caring for family members who have really severe issues in living. If you’re one of those people, you know what I’m talking about. But most of us don’t know, and therefore we probably don’t do the best job of thinking about how to help the families of those who […]

“On today’s episode, we are back with part two of our series on obsessive-compulsive disorder. I hope part one whetted your appetite and left you wanting to know, ‘what do I do now that I know a little better what’s going on in the experience of OCD?’ If you haven’t listened to part one yet, […]

“Obsessive-compulsive disorder might be the most joked-about of all the psychiatric labels. ADD probably isn’t far behind. But OCD tends to get brought up a lot in conversation, but also tends to be quite poorly understood. I find that it sounds weird, very strange to most people when they hear about it or think about […]

In this podcast, Winston Smith and Myriam Hertzog talk with Dr. John Applegate, a board certified psychiatrist who currently practices in Philadelphia. Dr. Applegate shares how he balances living in the two worlds of Biblical Counseling and Psychiatry. Dr. Applegate addresses some of the typical questions that Christians face when approaching the topic of medication.