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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The episode highlights the importance of policy advocacy, culturally responsive therapy, and practicing cultural humility in mental health care. She served on the National Institute of Mental Health Advisory Council and the APA’s Council for Research. Dr. Kevin M.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

It was also the time that in 2015, that people who were trans and famous really put being trans on the map at that time, too. Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity. And I remember I was actually featured at the time for, like, the Pride celebration up at Sinai.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

The MAID issue then came on the table in Canada after the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Carter v. There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times. Eric: And now is it including mental health, psychiatric disorders?

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

And then the second one in 2015. I moved to Baltimore in 2015 and did clinical fellowship in geriatrics. And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. Many people starting to talk about loneliness epidemic. Eric: How about you, Thomas?

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We leveraged data collected as part of the national survey on drug use and health, which examines people substance use behaviors and whether they meet diagnostic criteria for substance use disorder, based on how they describe their substance use in the past 12 months. I think- Eric: I was going to say that. Katie: Yeah. Jessie: Right.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

And we have gone from 250 members at the end of 2015 to about 26,000 right now across the United States and a number of chapters that have grown. So it’s just every single part of our life is affected and mental health issues. Why is it up to the healthcare system? And then access to those. So we could go on.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

I think the big one for me, it was in 2015. 2015, 2016. So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. What we didn’t have was the payment model to deliver the comprehensive dementia care. That’s what Malaz is going to talk about. Malaz: Yeah.