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<p>This weekend, Sept. 20 and 21, Sound Medicine, the award-winning weekly public radio program hosted by Barbara Lewis, will discuss antidepressants, Asperger&#8217;s Syndrome and visit with a stroke survivor.</p>

This Week on Sound Medicine — Sept. 21

Sound Medicine reporter Colleen Iudice will report on her personal experience with the increase in the prescription of antidepressants, even among people who have not been diagnosed with clinical depression.

John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s will join Sound Medicine to discuss living his life with Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism, which wasn’t diagnosed until he was 40 years old. Robinson was featured in the book Running With Scissors, written by his younger brother Augusten Burroughs.

Kathy Miller, M.D. will visit with Jill Bolte Taylor, an IU School of Medicine neuroanatomist, whose experiences recovering from a stroke have brought worldwide attention including being name one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People.”

Archived editions of Sound Medicine as well as other helpful information can be found at http://www.soundmedicine.iu.edu.

Sound Medicine is underwritten by Clarian Health and IU Medical Group. Jeremy Shere’s “Check-Up” is underwritten by IUPUI.