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LCM Bookstore: Order Tapes and Transcripts Check out The Infinite Mind's broadcast date and time in your area Archive:
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Dr. Thomas Bornemann, Director of the Mental Health Program at the Carter Center; Dr. David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States; Dr. David Pollack, Medical Director for Mental Health Services for the Oregon Department of Human Services; Rebecca Roberts, with a special report on the human impact of mental health cuts; Dr. Quentin Ted Smith, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine; Doris Smith, co-founder of the National Organization of People of Color Against Suicide; and Dr. Benjamin Druss, a psychiatrist and the Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. Special performances by Academy Award-nominee and three-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Aimee Mann and author Meri Nana-Ama Danquah.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. State of Mind: America 2003 is free for unlimited airplay and may be aired by all public radio stations, whether or not they normally schedule The Infinite Mind. (CD's are available for those stations not connected to the Public Radio Satellite System. Please contact LCM at 212-967-1200.) Custom promos and press releases are available for your station. Please contact Devorah Klahr at 212-967-1200 x.19.
State
of Mind: America 2003 is ideal for local follow-up programming
(How are these issues impacting our community?), which can be developed
with mental health groups in your community. Where do people with mental illness on the public care system end up if medical treatment and care is not available due to budget cuts? (In many cities, emergency rooms and jails have seen a dramatic rise in people with serious mental illness after public mental health funding budget cuts). Is the long term cost of major cuts in mental health programs greater than the short-term gains? Why or why not? How do people in your community who are African American or of other ethnic or minority groups access mental health care? What are the hurdles they face in getting care that are different than non-minorities? Are there ways that mental health care has to be provided differently to be effective (i.e. while standard mental health "therapy" involves the patient and the therapist, people from some cultures find it easier to speak with a health professional with their family present.) At a time when more and more people are bringing their mental health issues into their doctor's office, what do the general practitioners in your community say about the difficulties in treating mental health problems in a primary care setting?
To connect to the mental health organizations in your area to assist
you in developing local follow-up programming or to appear as part
of dicsussions to localize these issues following the national broadcast,
please contact:
Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law | ||
