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Public Radio Programmers: 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. (CD's are available for those stations not connected to the Public Radio Satellite System. Please contact LCM at 212-967-1200.) Additionally, custom promos and press releases are available for your station. Please contact Devorah Klahr at 212-967-1200 x.19 or e-mail her at Devorah@LCMedia.com. Our special The Infinite Mind State of Mind: America 2004 broadcast will feed over the Public Radio Satellite System as follows: Our
special The Infinite Mind State of Mind: America 2004
broadcast feeds weekly over the Public Radio
Satellite System as follows: REPEAT FEED is on Thursday, June 10th, 1900-2015 (7:00 pm-8:15 pm) ET Frequency: A71.5 Please watch your fax and DACS for additional feed dates in June. Local Programming in Your Community The Infinite Mind's State of Mind: America 2004 is ideal for local follow-up programming which can be developed with mental health groups in your community. You can localize your broadcast of the special with interviews, panel discussions and/or telephone call-ins following the program with mental health advocates and professionals from your community. For the names of mental health groups in your area, you can contact the several major national mental health organizations listed on this site. (Click here for more information). In planning companion local programming, here are some questions you may want to address, as they relate to your own community: 1) Transforming the nation's mental health care system: 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 local programming, 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":
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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." 
