On this episode of the Future of Mental Health, Marjorie Morrison is ending the season with a special live episode joined by Jessica DiVento, YouTube’s Global Head of Mental Health. Jessica shares a behind-the-scenes look into how YouTube is partnering with companies that create psychoeducation content to better inform consumers and how they are using longform and short form content to appeal to all generations. “Users are going to TikTok and Instagram for medical information. Well, at YouTube we are trying to help users make an informed decision about the content that they are consuming.” - J ..read more

In this episode of Future of Mental Health, Marjorie Morrison is joined by Dr. Steven Hyman, MD. Dr. Hyman is a mental health and genetics expert. He is leading research into how our genes might be the key to unlocking what mental health challenges people are predisposed to.   “Many forms of mental illness share risk genes. So between bipolar and schizophrenia, there's about 65 to 70 percent sharing of risk genes” - Dr. Steven E. Hyman   Dr. Hyman and Marjorie discuss the biology of the brain and how new research is exploring what different mental health diseases look like on a cellu ..read more

In this episode of the Future of Mental Health podcast, Marjorie Morrison is joined by Craig Kramer and his son, Peter Lee-Kramer. Craig and Peter dive into their families experience navigating the mental health system and discuss the challenges they have faced both individually and as a family.     “Part of what I hope for everybody is that we can be proactive and not have to respond to tragedy. Because I feel like that's such a common way for families to get into this space” -Peter Lee-Kramer      It is rare for a father and a son to open up about these difficult top ..read more

Bill Smith has had a successful political career working in campaign management, messaging research and communications, and movement building. When a family tragedy occurred, he became aware of the lack of accessible mental health care for children, teenagers, and their families. Bill decided to use his experience in politics to fight for the future of mental health through a coalition called Inseparable.    “There ought to be no wrong door and no wrong place to talk about mental health and what's going on in your life. If we can create that kind of environment, I am convinced we can ..read more

It is not common to find a psychiatrist with an MBA, but Gary Gottlieb took it upon himself to diversify his career and become involved in the policy making aspects of healthcare. In this episode, Patrick, Marjorie, and Dr. Gottlieb discuss the history and policies that impact our current healthcare system, as well as what can be done to incentivise providers to improve behavioral healthcare services.  “I think we can't rest in the circumstances we're in now. We can't rest with people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, who are living in the street or in undignified housing–or being shu ..read more

This week, we are resharing one of our favorite episodes from this series—one that Psych Hub's own Co-Founder and CEO, Marjorie Morrison, in the hot seat. How do warriors cope after the enduring traumas of war? What can we learn from the military about mental health? In the second of three ‘Pillar Episodes’, Patrick J. Kennedy turns the tables on his co-host Marjorie Morrison, to ask her about her past life working with the U.S. Marines.      “There's a lot of progress that's been made, but it's a really broken system. So I sound like you [Patrick] when I say this, but it c ..read more

In this episode of the Future of Mental Health podcast, Marjorie Morrison and Patrick J. Kennedy speak with Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).   “The stigma is tremendous…. And it's no different than, heart disease, or diabetes, or any of the other diseases of our bodies. It's above our shoulders and we need to examine it differently than what we've been doing. And I do think that we're seeing a change in being open and discussing it. And, it's a moment in time and we got to take advantage of it.” - Daniel H. Gillison, Jr.   Dan Gillison b ..read more

Did you know that 80% of the 30 million Americans with eating disorders don’t receive treatment? Since recovering from anorexia as a teenager--and learning about that statistic--Kristina Saffran has been on a mission to ensure that all families have access to high quality treatment.    “After years of kind of plugging holes in a broken system… I said, you know, I think we need to start working with the payers to develop a better model of care, because actually when you treat people with holistic evidence-based outpatient care, not only is it better for patients and families and getti ..read more

Listen to a wide-ranging conversation on mental health with the 69th Governor of Ohio, John Kasich.    Gov. Kasich has had quite the career. He ran for President during the 2016 GOP primary. He was the last candidate to leave the race and finished third in the total delegate count. His message focused on unifying Americans rather than dividing them, championing the great potential of our citizens to make positive impacts in their own communities, a strong national defense and the importance of our international alliances.   When he served in Congress (1982-2000), John was Chairm ..read more

In this special live episode of the Future of Mental Health podcast, Marjorie Morrison and Patrick J. Kennedy speak with Dr. Kyu Rhee, Senior Vice President and Aetna Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health.   “I'm a big believer that as we evolve from evidence based medicine–you know, we need to move towards values based care. And what are those values we have? And the people in this room have values of prevention, resiliency, mental health, and equity and community. And so, how are we gonna make sure the data, the analytics, the workforce, and the commitments that the different P’s have del ..read more