Inside Mental Health

In the US, fewer than 100 kids per year are diagnosed with very early onset schizophrenia. Chrisa Hickey, founder of the Parents Like US Club, walked this road with her son, Tim, who is now 25 years old. Listen in as Chrisa describes her family’s journey through childhood schizophrenia and how she became an advocate for other parents like herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone complains about work. Having to go to work every day, working too much, not getting paid enough- working can be challenging for so many reasons. Today's episode of Inside Schizophrenia focuses on working while having schizophrenia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contrary to media hype, most mass shooters do not have mental illness. Rather, many of these offenders hold heavy grievances against people or situations in their lives they feel are out of their control. Listen as Dr. John Grohol, founder of PsychCentral.com, discusses the difference between mental illness and mental health issues and explains why using mental illness as a scapegoat for this critical issue will not resolve it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When did you last step out of your comfort zone? And why would you want to anyway? Listen in as psychologist Lucia Giovannini shares easy, practical tips to help you emerge from your ‘safe’ space and reach for the stars. Lucia Giovannini is a former Italian supermodel-turned-transformational speaker and author of 13 books. Her newest book, A Whole New Life, has been translated into 8 languages, and is available in English from Post Hill Press, a Simon & Schuster imprint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes someone an introvert? Is it just shyness? What is the difference between extroverts and introverts? How is the workplace skewed to favor extroverts? What can introverts do to make up for that imbalance? Learn all this and more – Listen Now! Chelsey Brooke is a professional counselor, published writer, blogger, Pathfinder Coach and internationally known figure helping introverted women live passionate and purposeful lives. Learn more about her at https://www.thepathfinderforyou.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you enjoy watching YouTube videos about mental health and psychology? But are you tired of wading through all the mindless fluff, meaningless new-age jargon and overly pedantic lectures? There is a better option out there – The Psych Show, created by Dr. Ali Mattu. Dr. Mattu is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. Watch him on The Psych Show at https://www.YouTube.com/thepsychshow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Schizophrenia does not just affect the person with schizophrenia, but their families, also. This episode of Inside Schizophrenia explores the family relationships impacted by schizophrenia, both immediate and extended. Two guests join us, Chrisa Hickey, who is the mother of an adult son with schizophrenia and Janel Star Withers, mother of host Rachel Star Withers. Janel shares her experiences with raising a schizophrenic daughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When death is approaching, you don’t have to welcome it, but you also don’t have to fight it. Learn how planning for your own (or a loved one’s) death doesn’t have to be an existential crisis, but can instead provide a degree of safety and comfort. Listen in as Dr. John Grohol explains that there is a degree of wisdom in realizing that everything must pass, and your time will come. John M. Grohol, Psy.D. is the founder and editor in chief of Psychcentral.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is Okpara Rice, CEO of Tanager Place, a mental health facility for children. Unlike adults, children are not in control of their own environment, and anything that affects a child will affect their families, and vice versa. So, what is the best way to help these kids? Okpara joined Tanager Place of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in July 2013, and became CEO in July 2015. Okpara is the first African American to hold executive office at Tanager Place in its more than 140-year history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police officers are often the first responders when someone is having a mental illness crisis.  But are members of law enforcement properly equipped for this job?  There are plenty of horrifying stories that would indicate that the answer is “no.” Join us as Gabe speaks with Officer Rebecca Skillern from the Huston, Texas, Police Department about how Houston is training its officers to respond to these difficult calls.   Learn more by visiting www.citinternational.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices