Leave everything you thought you knew about mental illness at the door.
This trailblazing series captures the inside stories of those who live with mental illness and the people who support them. Get ready for radical insight.
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Join us as we reflect on lessons learned from the first 12 episodes and then sit down with Dr. Steven Siegel, scientist and the Vice President for Behavioral Health for the University of Southern California. He led the team that pioneered a mental health program never before seen on college campuses...with the potential to bring all mental health care into the 21st century.Episode 13 — Brain Stories: Good Ideas - A Radical New Model for Mental Health Care
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We sit down with Gail Freedman to talk about her new documentary, "No One Cares About Crazy People," a film that follows several people with serious mental illness and their families in their day to day lives. In her interview, Gail shares surprising insights and opens up around her own experience of growing up with a mom who lived with borderline personality disorder. Episode 14 — Brain Stories Connections: Inside Conversation About Gail Freedman's New Film on Mental Illness
With interviewer Myles Constable, Dr. Xavier Amador explains why it won't work to tell someone their reality is false & describes the value of his technique Listening, Empathizing, Agreeing and Partnering (LEAP). Then a short conversation about the importance of telling stories about serious mental illness with Brain Stories EP, Frank Kosa!Episode 15 — Feed Swap | Look Again Podcast - LEAP, Schizophrenia & Anosognosia w/Dr. Xavier Amador
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