Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health! This week our guest is Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle. Dr. Ronsisvalle is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, speaker, and founder of LiveWell Behavioral Health.  Find out more about Dr. Ronsisvalle's work here: https://www.livewellbehavioralhealth.com/ and check out his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Stress-Relief-Life-Practical-Solutions/dp/1616383577  All our upcoming continuing education events can be found at www.cbicenterforeducation.com  You can watch or listen to The Barrier Breakdown on any of the following stre ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health! This week our guest is Rakshika Aphale, a writer based in India. Her focus lies in human-interest stories that create awareness about less-discussed topics. Find out more about her work here: https://linktr.ee/RakshikaAphale  All our upcoming continuing education events can be found at www.cbicenterforeducation.com You can watch or listen to The Barrier Breakdown on any of the following streaming services: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyc6xZzY7ra3L5pI2g5GKrw  Podbean - https://cbi.podbean.com  Spotify - ht ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health! This week our guest is Dr. Fabrizio Didonna, an internationally known Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Didonna is a Professor at the Institute for Lifelong Learning of the University of Barcelona, Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Scientific Director of the One-Year Master Program in Mindfulness-Based Therapy in Italy. He is the developer of the therapeutic model, and author of the related manual, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He has been practicing and teaching meditation for m ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health! This week our guest is Tatyana Frost, a mental health advocate and writer. She runs an Instagram account centered around mental health, with a particular focus on bipolar disorder awareness, education, and community.  You can find Tatyana's Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/havingbipolar/ All our upcoming continuing education events can be found at www.cbicenterforeducation.com You can watch or listen to The Barrier Breakdown on any of the following streaming services: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health! This week our guest is Dr. Anya Topiwala, who qualified in Medicine from the University of Oxford. She pursued specialist training in older adult psychiatry and has a particular interest in the association of alcohol consumption with adverse brain outcomes, including dementia. You can find out more about Dr. Topiwala and her work here: https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/anya-topiwala All our upcoming continuing education events can be found at www.cbicenterforeducation.com  You can watch or listen to The Barrier Breakdown on any of ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health! This week we are joined by Kristie Poole, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo. She completed her PhD in Developmental Psychology in 2020 and her MSc in Health Research Methodology in 2016, both at McMaster University. Kristie studies children's socio-emotional development, with a particular focus on the origins and outcomes of temperamental shyness. You can find out more about Kristie's research in her article in the Journal of Research and Personality here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009265 ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health!  This week our guest is Dr. David Gamble, a medical doctor and British Heart Foundation cardiology research fellow based in Aberdeen. He has a particular interest in cardiovascular disease in women and a condition called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, better known as "Broken Heart Syndrome".  You can read Dr. Gamble's bio here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/david.gamble Find out more about his publications here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Gamble And check out an article covering his work on Broken Heart Syndrome h ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health!  This week our guest is Kelsey Weekman, a reporter for BuzzFeed News covering all things internet culture. Her goal is to tap into every genre of influencers and look at how they impact our everyday lives. You can read more of Kelsey's work here: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/author/kelseyweekman All our upcoming continuing education events can be found at www.cbicenterforeducation.com You can watch or listen to The Barrier Breakdown on any of the following streaming services: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyc6xZzY7ra ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health!   This week our guest is Dr. Maggie Mulqueen. A psychologist in Brookline, Massachusetts where she has maintained a private practice for over thirty years. She is the author of, On Our Own Terms: Redefining Competence and Femininity. More of her work can be found at drmaggiemulqueen.com.  All our upcoming continuing education events can be found at www.cbicenterforeducation.com  You can watch or listen to The Barrier Breakdown on any of the following streaming services:  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC ..read more

Welcome to The Barrier Breakdown: Disrupting Mental Health!  This week our guest is Dr. Sandra Comer, a Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. She is the Director of the Opioid Laboratory in the Division on Substance Use Disorders, and her current research focus is on the clinical testing of medications for treating opioid use disorder, methods to maximize the use of naloxone by opioid users, and evaluations of the comparative abuse liability of prescribed pain medications. You can find out more about Dr. Comer's work and research here: https://w ..read more