Podcast 85 – 6 Key Points from Harry & Oprah’s town hall for their Apple+ TV Mental Health Series

I watched the town hall follow-up to Harry's and Oprah's  Apple+ TV Series,  The Me You Can't See - A Path Forward.  This free to watch episode features members from the advisory board behind the series,  as well some of the people who stories feature in the actual series, and Harry and Oprah talk about what comes next.

These are 6 of the many things that I learned from the town hall episode:

1.  The Me We Can’t See series was two years in the making. Harry and Oprah said that their advisory board reviewed each episode for accuracy, appropriate language and to ensure that best practices were used.  Harry and Oprah wanted to get it right. Harry also felt it was important to have a global perspective.

2. Oprah and Harry expressed their hopes from the series as including.

Empowering people to talk about their mental health and their emotional well being.A recognition that physical health and mental health should be seen as equally important – as part of our general Health.To try and create a more supportive culture where people are more understanding and compassionate to one another.To let people with mental heath issues know they are not alone. That mental health is not a 'they' problem but a 'we' issue.To try and remove stigma around mental health. 

3.  Stigma and its effects, was discussed at various points during this episode.

4.  A good deal of time was spent discussing how best to service people with mental health    conditions and the services or lack of services available. 

5. There was a lengthy discussion on suicide and suicidal ideation,  the prevalence of which has increased during the pandemic.

6.  We were told that being diagnosed with a mental health illness should not be seen as the end of the world. 

There was a general sense of hope.

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