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State of Mind: America 2004 Educational Outreach and Community Engagement
Here's how you can work with your local public radio station to create innovative, relevant and cost-effective follow-up local programming. State of Mind: America 2004 is The Infinite Mind's third annual examination of the state of the nation's mental health care system, hosted by Dr. Fred Goodwin. This special one-hour public radio broadcast, taped before a live audience of 3,500 at New York's Radio City Music Hall, features discussions about the state of the nation's mental health care system, performances from smash Broadway musicals, and groundbreaking research and developments in the treatment of manic-depressive illness from world-leading researchers. (Click here for more on the program and guests). Starting June 9, 2004, State of Mind: America 2004 will be available to public radio stations across the country, for unlimited airing free of charge. It will air as part of the weekly public radio series, The Infinite Mind. Public radio stations that do not normally air The Infinite Mind are free to record the program off the public radio satellite and broadcast it without cost. Here is how you can use this opportunity to work with your local public radio station to examine the local impact of the national issues examined in the program: Visit www.LCMedia.com/stations.htm to find the public radio stations in your area that broadcast The Infinite Mind. If your local public radio station is not listed, click here for a printable list of all public radio stations, or click here to visit NPR's web site (with contact information). When contacting public radio stations, ask to speak with or direct your email, fax, or letter to the program director or program manager. For more information about how to work with your local public radio station, contact Devorah Klahr at LCM at 212-967-1200 (x. 19) or e-mail her at Devorah@LCMedia.com. If
your local public radio station does not air the series,
you can suggest that they run State of Mind: America
2004 as a one-time special. (CD's are available for
those stations not connected to the Public Radio Satellite System.
Please contact LCM at 212-967-1200.)
The Infinite Mind's State of Mind: America 2004 is ideal for local follow-up programming which can be developed with the public radio stations in your community. The national broadcast
examines the President’s New Freedom Commission
which The report sets six goals for the mental health care system. They are that:
Here are some questions to consider when creating your educational outreach efforts, including dicsussion of how these issues impact your community: Most Americans agree that the mental health care system is in dire need of major change or transformation. What would this transformation entail? And what would a transformed mental health system look like? How would everyone become involved, including those with illnesses, their families, mental health professionals, advocates and policymakers? The report found that stigmatizing attitudes about mental illness discourage many people with mental illnesses from seeking care. How is this stigma reflected in your community? What can you do to help dispel it? The New Freedom Commission also found that a person with mental illness will get better care when he or she is involved in developing a treatment plan and relating that plan to his or her life. Evaluate how well this is done in your community. What would it take to make sure that everyone with mental illness in your community is involved in planning his or her own care? Another critical issue identified is a lack of care for children. What resources are there in your community and schools for children who need mental health services and their families? Are they sufficient? How might your community attract or develop additional services for children and families? In what ways might technology be applied to help people in this community access the latest and best information about mental health and mental illness? How can we be sure that patients, families and mental health providers have access to the latest information about evidence-based treatments? How can we encourage them to use these forms of treatment as their first choice? In many communities, it is difficult for members of ethnic minorities to access care that takes into consideration cultural differences. Is that an issue in your community? What can be done to help? What will a transformed mental health system look like in your community? The commission’s
report provides many helpful suggestions, including models of
community treatment and communities that have transformed the
way they look at mental health. 2. Bipolar Disorder Spectrum Debate There is debate over the increasing number of diagnoses for manic depression or "bipolar disorder" (e.g. Bipolar One, Bipolar Two, "sunnyside," "dark side," Bipolar Three). Is there a true spectrum in levels of bipolar disorder or are the increasing number of sub-categories a response to the growing popular interest in the illness? Is this situation helping get more people diagnosed and treated for manic depression, or is the subdefinition of the illness diluting medical care to the point where many people who do not have the illness are wrongly being diagnosed ("everybody's a little bipolar...")? More About This Special Program Joining The Infinite Mind's host Dr. Fred Goodwin on stage at Radio City Music Hall for this special broadcast are: Actress and writer Carrie Fisher, reads from and discusses her newest novel, “The Best Awful.” Robert Post, M.D., Chief, Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health. His work on the “kindling model” of bipolar disorder is widely recognized as a foundation of current understanding and treatment of the illness. Dominic Lam, Ph.D., Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, who pioneered research into the use of cognitive techniques to help bipolar patients identify the early signs of potential relapses and improve their quality of life. Joel Paris, M.D., University of Montreal, is the author of over 100 publications on personality disorders and past president of the Association for Research on Personality Disorders. Stephan Heckers, M.D., Director, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts. And special commentary from The Infinite Mind’s John Hockenberry. Special performances by the casts of the hit Broadway shows performing "The Musical Mind on Broadway":
This program is a special broadcast event of The Infinite Mind, the award-winning weekly public radio series that focuses on all aspects of the art and science of the human mind currently heard in 200 public radio markets around the country.
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The Infinite Mind is a non-profit production of Lichtenstein Creative Media, in association with the New York Foundation for the Arts and WNYC/FM. Underwriting for The Infinite Mind's State of Mind: America 2004 has been provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; the Center for Mental Health Services; and in the form of an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Additional funding was provided by the National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., Distance Learning Network, M-3 Information, and listeners like you. Lichtenstein Creative Media Creating Media that
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called for sweeping changes in the mental health care system
in the United States. The report has been supported by a broad
spectrum of mental health organizations, activists and lawmakers,
both liberal and conservative, and even by groups normally critical
of the federal government's role in providing mental health
care, such as the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the
leading national legal advocate for people with mental disabilities,
which called the report's mandate "courageous." 
