Michelle goes back over twenty years to share her fight with anxiety, depression, and later, a diagnosis that changed the trajectory of her life, igniting a passion for a career in mental health care. But, all of this was not possible without the fierce advocacy of this week’s special guest, Michelle’s mother, Shelley-Ann John. Amid uncertainty and using her education as a behavioural therapist at the time, Shelley-Ann enlisted the help of co-workers, high school personnel, family, and her faith in God to give her child the best chance of braving this storm.

Resources from Episode 2:

The Mood Disorders Association of Ontario MDAO https://mooddisorders.ca/

Movie: In Our Mothers’ Gardens

Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI) www.ctrinstitute.com 

Intro and outro music: “Dismantle” by Peter Sandberg (2016). Licensed via Epidemic Sound.

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References:

Kann L, McManus T, Harris WA, et al: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2017. MMWR Surveill Summ 2018; 67:1–114

Sheftall AH, Vakil F, Ruch DA, et al: Black youth suicide: investigation of current trends and precipitating circumstances. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2021 (Epub ahead of print Sep 9, 2021)

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