CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION
兒童抑鬱病
4-8 percent of American children experience bouts of major depression. For teenage girls, the rate is as high as 16 percent. Early treatment makes a big difference for these children, interrupting potential patterns of repeated depression later in life, improving school performance and socialization, and preventing substance abuse and suicide. This program will look at depression among children, with special attention to what the children themselves say about coping with this disease. It includes interviews with David G. Fassler, MD, a child psychiatrist and author of Help Me, I'm Sad, and Steven Atkins, Psy. D., a psychologist at Dartmouth Medical School.

美國兒童患上抑鬱病的比例隨年紀而增長。及早治療康復機會越大。原版英文發音。

28 mins.
English version

EQ: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
情緒智能
Emotional intelligence is a term that covers a person's ability to handle emotions and social skills. Up until recently, most of us expected to learn those kinds of skills like listening, sharing, being kind at home, and not find them in any organized class at school. But this is changing because of research showing that school age children stay healthier, and learn better, when they know how to handle the ups and downs of growing up.

隨著生活水平不斷上升，新一代的小朋友受到社會經濟或科技各方面轉變的影響，性格變得比較反叛、孤獨、容易憂慮和情緒起伏不定。本節目由權威學者丹尼爾高曼博士親自介紹其著作「情緒智能」，提出改變學校授課形式迎合現今學童的需要，幫助他們處理情緒上的問題。粵語及國語配音。

28 mins
Cantonese & Mandarin versions

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
親密伴侶的暴力侵犯
The most common form of domestic violence is abuse by an intimate partner-the person who is supposed to be your life companion, protector, and friend. Intimate partner abuse can occur in same-sex couples and can affect males as well as females, but 90 - 95% of the time, the abuser is a man and his target is a woman. Battering is the single major cause of injury to American women – more frequent than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. Buffalo, New York is profiled as a city where the medical community, social services, psychiatric services, police and the courts have come together in a coalition that takes a unified approach to reducing the incidence of partner violence and helps the victims find help and protection.

家庭暴力有很多形式，包括：虐兒與虐待老人，而虐待親密伴侶是最常見的。在美國有九成至九成半個案，施虐者是男性而女性是受虐目標。受虐的婦女來自社會各階層、各種族，沒有統一的生理特徵。本節目探討親密伴侶的暴力侵犯問題，其定義與防治措施。英文發音，配上中文字幕。

29 mins
English with Chinese Subtitles

PREVENTING TEENAGE VIOLENCE
防止青少年暴力問題
Violence among young people takes many forms, from homicide to suicide to self-mutilation. This show reviews the causes of violence among children and teenagers and what can be done to reduce it. The programme profiles innovative, proven programs that improve school climate and reduce the incidence of violence. Psychologist and writer Daniel Goleman, PhD, author of Emotional Intelligence, presents his view on improving school climate and teaching civility and empathy. James Garbarino, PhD, author of Lost Boys, talks about the forces that can lead to school violence. Much of his work is based on his interviews with children who commit extreme acts of violence like homicide.

青少年暴力有很多形式，如自殺、強姦、兇殺與騷擾。那麼為什麼一個人會變得暴戾？其實原因很多，被騷擾、欺負、遭父母拋棄、虐待或疏忽照顧都會影響青少年的成長。今天的青少年活在一個暴力社會，他們要面對上一代沒處理過的問題和危險。本節目探討青少年暴力及防止措施。英文發音，配上中文字幕。

28 mins
English with Chinese Subtitles