“People Aren’t Social Problems” with Neil Gong
Unapologetically Black Unicorns
English - April 16, 2024 17:50 - 35 minutes - 80.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Society & Culture Documentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Neil Gong (he/him) is an assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego, where he does research on psychiatric services, homelessness, and how communities seek to maintain social order and he is an Unapologetically Black Unicorn. Neil explains the genesis of his book “Sons, Daughters and Sidewalk Psychotics” which focuses on mental illness and homelessness in Los Angeles. They talk about the complexities around quality of care and harm reduction, the benefits of using ethnography and covering the three broad problems for US mental health policy from the book.
“Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics: Mental Illness and Homelessness in Los Angeles”: https://a.co/d/iOHrgWB
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline