(2-8-18) I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for a podcast by Psych Central hosts, Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales, that was posted today. Our conversation has been broken into two segments. The second podcast will be available February 15th.
During today’s podcast, we talk about arguments inside the mental health community about the “worried well” versus “serious mental illnesses.” We discuss how difficult it was for me as a father to spend ten months inside the Miami Dade County jail as a reporter following seriously mentally ill prisoners out into the community for my book, and the importance of parents and those with lived experiences to tell their personal stories. (Tomorrow, I will post a blog by John Snook, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center, rebutting an earlier blog on my page by Dr. Dinah Miller, about differentiating the “worried well” from the seriously mentally ill, a controversial subject of great concern to my readers, many of whom are parents of adult children with untreated serious mental illnesses who do not accept their illness, have not recovered and are homeless or incarcerated.)
Thanks for having me as a guest. You can listen to a recent acceptance speech by Gabe here where he speaks briefly about his illness.
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Hosted by Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales, The Psych Central Show is a weekly podcast that offers an interesting, in-depth look into all things mental health and psychology. Mr. Howard is an award-winning writer, mental health activist, and sought-after speaker and educator who lives with bipolar and anxiety disorders. Mr. Wales is an award-winning novelist and former suicide prevention crisis counselor who lives with persistent depressive disorder. Episodes of The Psych Central Show are typically around 20 minutes in length and frequently feature guests. If you enjoy The Psych Central Show, please let Gabe and Vincent know!
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