Open Excellence Podcast

In this episode, Dartmouth child psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer McLaren and child psychologist Dr. Erin Barnett talk about their hope to test an urgently needed deprescribing protocol for the many thousands of children who are on psychotropic drugs against FDA recommendations.

In this episode, filmmaker Lucy Winer talks about the timely topic of forced treatment and what history has to tell us about the consequences of making what she insists is a false choice between neglecting people in need and taking away their freedom and agency. "Those are not the two choices. We know how to support people. We know how to create relationships, provide resources, provide treatment, provide care."

In this episode, community psychiatrist and leader in the slow psychiatry movement, Dr. Sandra Steingard, talks about why it's time to deindustrialize the practice of mental health care.

In this episode, Hearing Voices group facilitator and trainer Reggie Lee talks in sometimes graphic detail about his journey to the Hearing Voices movement and the healing that authentic connection brings.

In this episode, Colorado State University researcher Shannon Hughes talks about a new open-source program for young adults experiencing moderate to severe depression and anxiety. It was very popular with participants who continued to improve even after completing the 4-month program.

In this episode, Keris Jän Myrick, MBA, MS, PhDc talks about rejecting false expectations and creating a life and a society of freedom and healing for people in distress. Keris recently returned from a fact finding mission in Trieste, Italy, where people in psychiatric wards are free to come and go from the hospital while they are in treatment.

In this episode, medical pioneer and family doctor Dee Mangin talks about the dangers that older adults face when taking multiple medications and how you can work with your doctor to minimize them. This is one you will want to share and talk about with your elderly loved ones.

In this episode, Shaiheed Days and Steven Jackson, alumni of Yale University's Lived Experience Transformational Leadership Academy and currently mentoring partners at Youth MOVE Philadelphia, talk about helping young people grow through adversity to become leaders in their community. 

 The Lived Experience Transformational Leadership Academy was launched in partnership with the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care as an international collaborative with MindAustralia and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership.

In this episode, Gina Nikkel, PhD, President & CEO of the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care talks about how it's revolutionizing mental health care from the inside out, matching private philanthropy to independent research and innovative program development to bring the tools for mental health recovery to every community.

In this episode, former Oregon state mental health commissioner Bob Nikkel talks about the Mad In America Continuing Education project "whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for remaking mental health in the United States and abroad."