“Bedlam”: Film Shows How Decades of Healthcare Underfunding Made Jails “De Facto Mental Asylums”
“Bedlam”: Film Shows How Decades of Healthcare Underfunding Made Jails “De Facto Mental Asylums”.
Mental Health
“Bedlam”: Film Shows How Decades of Healthcare Underfunding Made Jails “De Facto Mental Asylums”
“Bedlam”: Film Shows How Decades of Healthcare Underfunding Made Jails “De Facto Mental Asylums”.
One of the tools often used by psychotherapists is mindfulness meditation, a technique adapted from Buddhism. Research shows that mindfulness-based therapies are effective for treating depression, anxiety, and even physical pain. But, apart from this technique, Buddhism contains a detailed view of the mind that, in many ways, is different from the Western view. Host … Continued
When someone we love passes away, it can cause us to examine our own lives: How can we live our lives better? How can we be ready when our own time comes? Our guest today offers simple, yet profound advice for how to live better: Live like you’re dying. As a palliative care physician, he … Continued
It’s self-evident that unequal societies like ours are bad for the poor. However, as epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson argues, they’re also bad for everyone else, including the affluent, not only because inequality affects schools and healthcare, but because it also makes us anxious and unhappy. Wilkinson reflects on our psychological well-being in wealthy but unequal countries. … Continued
What’s America’s largest public healthcare system? It’s not Medicare, which isn’t a provider of healthcare, just a payer. It’s the Veterans Health Administration, which looks after nine million ex-service members. Healthcare journalist Suzanne Gordon discusses why we should care about the Veterans Health Administration – and the push to privatize it. Resources: Suzanne Gordon, Wounds … Continued
For National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in July, we speak with Charlotte Redden Hamilton, PhD about the Mental Illness, Suicide and the Mental Health Conditions that Affect The African American Community. Charlotte Redden Hamilton, PhD, LPC/S, NCC, ACS. Hamilton is the Department Chairperson and Program Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling at South University – Columbia. Hamilton is a … Continued
Election Strategies and Mental Health
We speak with Biko Baker about the election strategies and where the democrats are going wrong and Liz Brailze discusses the improper care that Black patient receives.
While Americans are dealing with anxiety and depression in greater numbers, and the suicide rate has increased by almost 25% since the turn of the 21st century, access to talk therapy is decreasing. Clinical psychologist Enrico Gnaulati considers the social implications of the decline of psychotherapy and the rise of pharmaceutical drugs like Prozac, cognitive … Continued
There are many ways to understand depression. Nurse Rona and her guests, David Frankel, PhD, and Dr. Teray Kunishi, will discuss traditional and alternative ways of helping people understand their moods and how lifestyle changes can be powerful medicine. Join us on “About Health.”