How can a “community of care” model be the future of mental health? Dr. Jill Bennett, a Scientia Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow at the University of New South Wales advocates for demedicalizing mental health by emphasizing cultural and community-based solutions. She shares immersive media projects from her book, “The Big Anxiety: Taking Care of Mental Health in a Time of Crisis” that empower individuals through creative approaches to working with trauma and mental health with Health2049 co-host Bisi Williams. Her vision of the future includes an inclusive experience that provides solutions for those marginalized by conventional approaches.

Dr. Jill Bennett

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Timestamps:

• Dr. Jill Bennett’s background. [03:04]
• Mental health arts festival, The Big Anxiety. [04:50]
• "The Big Anxiety: Taking Care of Mental Health in a Time of Crisis." [06:56]
• Treating people based on their experience. [08:58]
• Virtual reality, The Edge of the Present. [12:50]
• Why demedicalize mental health treatments? [18:04]
• Peer-led mental health trauma support. [20:21]
• Benefits of not imposing diagnostic criteria. [24:20]
• Downsides to demedicalizing mental health? [29:15]
• Changing the way we think about time. [33:25]

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