Mad Journeys Into Mental Health (for stations)
Making Contact
English - March 02, 2011 04:30 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Documentary news makingcontact politics publicmedia racialjustice socialjustice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Mad Journeys Into Mental Health
About one in four adults in the United States suffers from a “diagnosable mental disorder” in any given year, according to the National Institute for Mental Health.
But some Americans don’t find it useful to label their psychological experiences as ‘disorders.’
On this edition, we hear from people who say they have ‘dangerous gifts.’ They tell us about their experience with mainstream mental health care, and how they say they are navigating the space between brilliance and madness. We also look at some alternative models for care.