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EP13: Mental Illness & Faith Communities with Matthew Stanford, PhD

Stephanie McMahon

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

EP13: Mental Illness & Faith Communities with Matthew Stanford, PhD

Episode 13 of our Mental Horizons Podcast is with Matthew Stanford, PhD, the CEO of the Hope and Healing Center and Institute in Houston, Texas and adjunct professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital Institute for Academic Medicine. This episode is about the ways faith communities support (or don't) their members with a mental illness. Listen Now iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Dr. Stanford’s research on the interplay between psychology and

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EP12: Legal Remedies for Long-Term Mental Health Planning with Debra Rahmin Silberstein, Esq, PhD

Stephanie McMahon

Sep 30, 2019
2 min

EP12: Legal Remedies for Long-Term Mental Health Planning with Debra Rahmin Silberstein, Esq, PhD

Episode 12 of our Mental Horizons Podcast is with Attorney Debra Rahmin Silberstein, Partner at Burns & Levinson LLP in Boston. In this episode, Virgil and Debra discuss Legal Remedies for Long-Term Mental Health Planning. Listen Now iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Attorney Silberstein specializes in trusts and estates, tax-related matters and elder law planning. Debra has extensive experience working with families where mental health planning is a priority and uses creative techn

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EP11: Legal Remedies to Mitigate Mental Health Crises with Lisa Cukier, JD

Stephanie McMahon

Sep 19, 2019
2 min

EP11: Legal Remedies to Mitigate Mental Health Crises with Lisa Cukier, JD

Episode 11 of the Mental Horizons Podcast is with Lisa Cukier, Partner at Burns & Levinson in Boston where Lisa is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. This show is part one of a 2-part podcast series. In part 1, Lisa talks to us about legal remedies in mental health crises and in part two, episode 12, Debra Rahmin Silberstein, also a partner at Burns & Levinson, talks about legal remedies in long term mental health planning. Listen to the Show iTunes Stitcher Sou

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EP10: Nutritional Psychiatry, Metabolic Disorders, and the Ketogenic Diet as Medical Intervention

Stephanie McMahon

Sep 6, 2019
2 min

EP10: Nutritional Psychiatry, Metabolic Disorders, and the Ketogenic Diet as Medical Intervention

In episode 10 of our Mental Horizons Podcast, Dr. Chris Palmer of McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School introduces us to the growing field of nutritional psychiatry. Find the episode on: SoundCloud iTunes Stitcher Dr. Palmer is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine and completed his internship and psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. He is currently the director of the Department of Postgrad

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EP9: The Fear of Hope with Ross Ellenhorn, Ph.D.

Stephanie McMahon

Sep 1, 2019
2 min

EP9: The Fear of Hope with Ross Ellenhorn, Ph.D.

Episode 9 of our Mental Horizons Podcast is with Dr. Ross Ellenhorn and is about a fascinating topic: the fear of hope. Listen to the Episode iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Ross is trained as a sociologist, psychotherapist, and social worker and specializes in the integration of psychology and sociology. These two disciplines are typically rigidly separated in academia and as such, psychiatric problems are usually understood -- and treated -- only as psychological phenomena. In c

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EP8: Authentic Relationship in Therapy with Eric Plakun, MD, of Austen Riggs Center

Stephanie McMahon

Aug 1, 2019
2 min

EP8: Authentic Relationship in Therapy with Eric Plakun, MD, of Austen Riggs Center

In the 8th episode of our Mental Horizons Podcast, Virgil had the the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Eric Plakun. During this hour-long conversation, Virgil spoke with Eric about how he came to this work, his thoughts on the role of authentic relationship in mental health treatment, the role of environmentally impacted genes on one’s mental health, and where he sees the field of mental health treatment headed. Listen to the Episode iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Dr. Plakun is the

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EP7: Vocation & Vulnerability: Lisanne Finston, Executive Director of Gould Farm

Stephanie McMahon

Jul 24, 2019
2 min

EP7: Vocation & Vulnerability: Lisanne Finston, Executive Director of Gould Farm

In episode 7 of our Mental Horizons Podcast, Virgil spoke with Lisanne Finston about vocation, vulnerability, and leadership. Lisanne is the Executive Director of Gould Farm, the oldest therapeutic farm community in the U.S., founded in 1913. She has been in this role for nearly 6 years. Listen to this Episode iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Prior to her current leadership role at Gould Farm, Lisanne spent 20 years serving as Executive Director of the innovative anti-hunger organi

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EP6: A candid conversation with Elyn Saks, PhD.

Stephanie McMahon

Jul 20, 2019
2 min

EP6: A candid conversation with Elyn Saks, PhD.

"In solidarity, with pride, and without shame" - Elyn Saks speaking about her passion for mental health advocacy. In episode 6 of our Mental Horizons Podcast, Virgil had the pleasure of speaking with Elyn Saks, PhD. Among many things, Elyn is a scholar, a mental health lawyer, an author, a Macarthur Fellow, a professor, and a life-long advocate for improving mental health care. Listen to the episode here: iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud She is a graduate of Oxford University, wher

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EP5: Integrated Psychiatric Care with guest Dominic Sisti, Ph. D.

Stephanie McMahon

Jul 19, 2019
2 min

EP5: Integrated Psychiatric Care with guest Dominic Sisti, Ph. D.

Episode 5 of our Mental Horizons Podcast is with Dr. Dominic Sisti, Ph.D. In this episode Dominic and and Virgil discuss conceptual parity in healthcare. What is conceptual parity? It is the idea that there is no health without mental health - that in order to treat illness, you need to treat the whole person: body as well as mind… and that the two are not separate entities as we have long thought. Listen to the episode: SoundCloud iTunes Stitcher Dr. Sisti is a medical ethic

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Episode 4: The history of the Moral Treatment Movement and how it impacts psychiatry today.

Stephanie McMahon

Jul 12, 2019
1 min

Episode 4: The history of the Moral Treatment Movement and how it impacts psychiatry today.

In this episode, Virgil had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Steve Sharfstein about the history of the moral treatment movement. Dr. Sharfstein is the former longtime CEO and President of the Sheppard Pratt Health Systems and former president of the American Psychiatric Association. Virgil asked Dr. Sharfstein questions such as, “What was the moral treatment movement, in what ways did it succeed, why did it fail, and how does it still impact the treatment field today?” LISTE

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Episode 3: Health Insurance and Residential Treatment - With Guest Scott Leshin

Stephanie McMahon

Mar 1, 2019
2 min

Episode 3: Health Insurance and Residential Treatment - With Guest Scott Leshin

The question, "Why won't health insurance cover residential treatment?" is a question many families are asking, and getting no answer for. Scott Leshin, Founder and CEO of SJ Health Insurance Advocates, has experienced firsthand the exhausting process of fighting health insurance denials. It was out of his own personal experience that he started SJ Health Insurance Advocates, where every day he and his staff help dozens of families doggedly pursue reimbursement for life-savin

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Episode 2: national advocacy organizations and their role in providing support for those with seriou

Stephanie McMahon

Feb 13, 2019
2 min

Episode 2: national advocacy organizations and their role in providing support for those with seriou

In this episode, Virgil speaks with Tom Starling, president and CEO of middle-Tennessee MHA since 2009 and board chair of Mental Health America. LISTEN HERE SHOW NOTES Originally from Texas, 26 years ago Tom received an MDiv in Theology and since then has acquired a Masters in medical ethics and a Doctorate in education administration. Tom has been recognized for 6 consecutive years among Nashville’s “In Charge” Health Leaders and was selected as the “Health Care Hero” by the

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Episode 1: Multidisciplinary Support for People with Mental Illness - with Chloe Pedalino, LICSW

Stephanie McMahon

Feb 6, 2019
2 min

Episode 1: Multidisciplinary Support for People with Mental Illness - with Chloe Pedalino, LICSW

The first guest on our podcast, Mental Horizons, is Chloe Pedalino, a licensed clinical social worker and the program director of the PACT program at McLean Hospital in Boston. LISTEN HERE SHOW NOTES Chloe is also director of the Collaboration and Community Liaison activities for their Psychotic Disorders Division. Chloe, a recipient of a McLean Hospital Vision of Excellence Award in 2016 and was awarded a placement in the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute mentorshi

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