Refugees have a lot to teach us about resilience. Amid all the uncertainty, they work hard to maintain family and community ties, keep up their optimism, and look after their physical and mental health. Our guest for this episode, Dr. Sophia Banu, is a psychiatrist and founder of the Clinic for International Trauma Survivors in Houston, Texas. She has extensive experience working with torture survivors and refugees from countries all over the world.

Related links:

To Help Separated Families, Tap Mental Health Experts

http://hogg.utexas.edu/help-separated-families

Deportation Anxiety for Today’s Young Adults

http://hogg.utexas.edu/deportation-anxiety-young-adults-podcast

Supporting DACA Students

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-supporting-daca-students

Deportation Threat and the Children of the Undocumented

https://soundcloud.com/hoggfoundation/into-the-fold-episode-13

In June, as part of an ongoing effort to support people experiencing homelessness and strengthen conditions that aid well-being and recovery, the Austin City Council voted to decriminalize the act of sitting, laying or camping in public places. The policy, which altered three city ordinances and went into effect the following month, has earned its fair share of detractors who cite fears for public safety and potential violations of private property as reason for dissent.

Steve Adler is the 52nd Mayor of the city of Austin, Texas. In this episode, he discusses the new city ordinance that has divided public opinion.

Related links:

Episode 78: Mental Health and Housing: The Need for Alternatives

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-housing-alternatives

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Amid the growing conversation around men and mental health, there is also an increasing focus on the unique pressures facing men of color in our society. What should the mental health profession be keeping in mind about the well-being of this diverse population? What can these men do to help themselves, and how can they be better supported? Here to help us explore solutions is Dr. Calvin Kelly, dean of students at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.

Episode 10: The Threat of Stereotypes

http://hogg.utexas.edu/into-the-fold-episode-10-the-threat-of-stereotypes

Episode 6: The Past Does Matter: A Look at Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter

Episode 34: Mental Health and the Black Student Athlete

http://hogg.utexas.edu/black-student-athlete-mental-health

How to Make Real Mental Health Changes for Men of Color

http://hogg.utexas.edu/minority-men-mental-health

Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys

https://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/making-connections-mental-health-and-wellbeing-among-men-and-boys

In the midst of LGBTQ Pride Month, Shane Whalley, a genderqueer social worker, educator and facilitator in Austin, Texas, joined us to talk about the intersection of mental well-being and gender identity, as shown through the lens of hir own lived experience.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and allied (LGBTQIA) people have seen great progress in recent decades, but the recent change in the political and social climate of the U.S., combined with ongoing stigma and discrimination, is threatening this community's civil rights and mental health. A recent report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law ranks Texas in the bottom quarter of states in terms of social support for LGBTQIA people. Whalley is determined to change this. Listen to today's episode to hear Whalley's story, get educated about pronouns, and learn how to be an effective ally.

With record numbers of Americans now living to age 90 and beyond, the mental health, in addition to the physical health, of this population needs our focus. Even if an older adult makes monthly trips to their primary care provider, cases of depression and anxiety might be misdiagnosed or disregarded altogether due to age-based biases. In an older patient, telltale signs of depression — such as gaps in memory, loss of appetite and withdrawal from social circles — are too often conflated with symptoms of dementia, Alzheimer’s and other potentially co-occurring illnesses.

On this episode, Carly Bassett of Family Eldercare in Austin shares advice on how to support the mental health of older adults.

Wallace Award Winner Completes Doctoral Dissertation

http://hogg.utexas.edu/the-health-cost-of-aging-in-america

The Health Cost of Aging in America

http://hogg.utexas.edu/wallace-award-winner-completes-doctoral-dissertation

The State of Mental Health and Aging in America

https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/mental_health.pdf

For the 80th episode of our Into the Fold podcast, we are sharing key takeaways from last month’s Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar, which took place in Bastrop, Texas. For one special day, people from across Texas, from all walks of life and professions, converged to learn together and share inspiration around the timely theme of “Working Together for Rural Well-being.”

Beginning in 1978, the Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar is a biennial event of the Hogg Foundation—each year focusing on a different mental health topic. For this special episode, we caught up with some attendees to get their reflections about the topics discussed at the event. Two themes emerged: the need to strengthen connections and move upstream.

Seminar Slides:

http://hogg.utexas.edu/events-networks/rls-seminar/resources

5 Rural Counties on a Mental Health Mission:

http://hogg.utexas.edu/five-rural-counties

Perspectives: Collaborating for Community Change

http://hogg.utexas.edu/perspectives-speakers

Video: Robert Shankle on Impact Lufkin

https://youtu.be/FACOmmz8W54

3 Things to Know: Social Determinants of (Mental)Health

http://hogg.utexas.edu/3-things-to-know-social-determinants-of-mental-health

May is Children’s Mental Health Month. For children to thrive and be healthy, it’s important to provide supports for every aspect of child development—to nurture their environments and relationships as much as the children themselves. Maternal mental health has emerged as an important area of forward-thinking policy and person-centered practice that positively impacts children. On this episode Kaitlyn Doerge of Texas Pediatric Society and Adriana Kohler of Texans Care for Children provide valuable insight on the scope of the challenge and what it means for Texas children.

Related links:

The “Double Stigma” Faced by Adolescent Mothers with Depression

http://hogg.utexas.edu/double-stigma-faced-adolescent-mothers-depression

Postpartum Depression and Women’s Mental Health Literacy

http://hogg.utexas.edu/wallace-award-winner-postpartum-depression-and-womens-mental-health-literacy

Alone No More: How Texas Policymakers How Texas Policymakers Can Support Mothers with Perinatal Depression

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5728d34462cd94b84dc567ed/t/5a26fea6e4966b4e248d8d9b/1512505003628/Perinatal-Report-2017.pdf

A crucial part of mental health and substance use recovery is giving people the ability to live independently in the community. The availability of safe, stable, affordable housing is a vital index of community well-being, and an important point of focus for policy. For those with mental health and substance use conditions, living on one’s own with the right services and supports often marks the transition from stabilization of symptoms to a more meaningful sense of recovery. Tanya Lavelle, policy specialist for the Hogg Foundation, discusses the ins and outs of this often overlooked, but absolutely vital, piece of the mental health and well-being puzzle.

Related links:

Episode 74: First-episode Psychosis: A Path for Better Outcomes

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-first-episode-psychosis

Episode 75: Substance Use: A Public Health Approach

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-substance-use-policy

Episode 51: The Social Entrepreneurship Model

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-recovery-social-entrepreneurship

A Guide to Understanding Mental Health Systems and Services in Texas, 4th ed.

http://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/policy-engagement/mental-health-guide

2019 Hogg Policy Priorities

http://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-foundation-policy-priorities-2020-2021

The Hogg Foundation seeks to broaden the conversation around mental health to include the perspectives of mental health consumers, defined as people with lived experience of mental health issues who have often been poorly served by the mental health system. To reinforce this commitment, a little over a decade ago the foundation hired its first two consumer and family liaisons, Stephany Bryan and Tammy Heinz. In addition to their valuable work as program officers, Stephany and Tammy work to infuse the consumer perspective into the Hogg Foundation’s work and priorities.

After 10 years, Stephany Bryan and Tammy Heinz are still going strong at the Hogg Foundation. For this episode, we look back at some of the highpoints of their time with the foundation and discuss the connection between consumers and the current effort to transform how communities promote mental health in everyday life.

Related links:

Episode 2: On Coming Out

Episode 53: From Advocacy to Mobilization: the Role of the Marginalized

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-activism-mental-health

East Texas Coalition for Mental Health Recovery

http://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/east-texas-coalition-recovery

Via Hope

https://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/via-hope

Advancing Recovery in Texas

https://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/advancing-recovery-in-texas

Recovery to Practice

https://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/recovery-to-practice

Texas Recovery Movement pamphlet

http://hogg.utexas.edu/project/texas-recovery-movement

The impact of racism and other forms of inequity on the emotional development of children has been heavily studied over the decades. In recognition of Black History Month, this episode of Into the Fold takes us back into The Human Condition radio show archives with a 1974 broadcast featuring the late African American psychologist Dr. Kenneth Clark, whose innovative research in child psychology—conducted alongside his wife, Mamie Phipps Clark—played a pivotal role in winning the legal battle against segregation in schools. Today, we spotlight his  groundbreaking scholarship as well as his advocacy for civil and human rights.

About The Human Condition: From 1971 to 1983, former Hogg Foundation program officer Bert Kruger Smith hosted this radio show, engaging hundreds of notable guests in wide-ranging conversations on the things that make us human.

Related links:

The Human Condition on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-condition/id919554926?mt=2

Episode 13: Deportation Anxiety and the Children of the Undcoumented

https://soundcloud.com/hoggfoundation/into-the-fold-episode-13

Episode 56: Police Violence and Black Women's Health

http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-police-violence-black-women-health-part1

3 Things to Know blog series

http://hogg.utexas.edu/3-things-well-being

http://hogg.utexas.edu/3-things-resilience

http://hogg.utexas.edu/3-things-to-know-social-determinants-of-mental-health

http://hogg.utexas.edu/3-things-to-know-health-equity