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- Episode Eight - The Art of Mental IllnessIn this episode our host Angela again interviews Danica Brown, a membership and training manager for Workman Arts. Danica, through Workman Arts, is helping create positive changes in the area of mental health and addiction through art.30 min
- Episode Seven - The Power of ArtIn this episode, we speak to an artist and a very inspiring individual, Danica. She works for Workman Arts in Toronto, where she is the membership manager and hospital liaison. She and many of her associates are creating positive changes in the area of mental health and addiction through art. The tagline of Workman Arts is ‘Artists With Extraordinary Minds’.Workman Arts has been around since the 1980s. It34 min
- Episode Six - Dealing with Intolerance and How I got through itJacquie opens up about the trouble her son had in the education system. She and Angela provide a deeper look at the emotions and mental strength it takes to care for a child with a mental illness. As well, they share some advice on how approach a school system that is failing to support your child.30 min
- Episode Five - Tough LoveIn this episode, we continue our talk with Jacquie about the hardships she faced, and continues to face, with her son and his mental illness. Jacquie expresses many of the issues she encountered with different support systems, and offers some great advice from a well-informed perspective.31 min
- Episode Four - What I Gained from Losing EverythingThis episode discusses the tragic loss of Jacquie’s daughter and how this affected her and her family’s life. Jacquie’s story pulls on everyone’s heart strings while she reveals her motivations for helping others and gives an honest critique of society’s lack of effort towards helping those with mental illness and addiction.Jacquie works as a mental health youth justice social worker. She is also the mother of two adult children. Her oldest son, who is now twenty-seven, has struggled with mental health issues for most of his life. His formal diagnosis was Tourette Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Learning Disorders (LDs), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and rage disorder. He has struggled since his teens and continues to, with serious addiction issues.27 min
- Episode Three - Never a Victim, But Forever a FighterIn this episode, we see a more personal side to Angela, as she interviews her daughter Christina about her bipolar disorder. Christina tells us about her own techniques that help her stay balanced in everyday life.27 min
- Episode Two - Breaking Up is Hard to DoIn this episode, Angela interviews her daughter Christina about her second big bipolar episode. She discusses the triggers that caused the episode, with both of their sides of the story and how they handled the situation. They get really in-depth into what goes on in the mind of a person with bipolar disorder during such a traumatic time.24 min
- Different from the Other Kids - IntroductionParents of mentally ill children live in a parallel universe where overcoming obstacles needs to be second nature. Through the interview process, we hope to add dimension to the stories of children affected by mental illness. The interviews provide a one-on-one candid conversation about what parents face in raising a child more challenging than most.8 min
About Different from the Other Kids
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I want to talk about what no one else wants to talk about... Children with mental illness.Raising a child who is ‘different’ from the other kids takes a great mental and emotional toll on the parents.…
They are worn out and pushed to the brink, totally exhausted. Many are tapped out financially and in some cases, they have had to quit their jobs or take lesser ones to be there for the next episode when their child can’t cope. There is little or no support from a system caught up in process and willfully lacking in parental resources.As a parent of a challenging child, you can also brace yourself for the stigma of a lifetime. We look like the accomplice to this very badly behaved, poorly mannered and emotionally unstable child. If you don’t have a diagnosis it’s worse. If you don’t have money it’s worse still. So much of what we require to help our children isn’t covered by extended health insurance.The general parent community is unsupportive at best; hostile and judgmental at its worst. This compounds the pain and stress we live through every day. We go through things very few parents can relate to.This podcast is a collection of my interviews with kids affected by challenges, parents of those kids, and even medical professionals from the mental health community. In many cases, the name of the child has been changed or last names of the contributors omitted to maintain privacy for themselves and their children.