Latest Trieste Podcast Episodes

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Beyond Treatment. How Clubhouses for People Living with Serious Mental Illness Transform Lives and Save Money: A Conversation with Fountain House

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - March 29, 2024 02:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this episode, we visit with two representatives from Fountain House in New York.  Our primary intent was to provide a platform to share the results of a recent research report issued by Fountain House:  Beyond Treatment: How Clubhouses for People Living with Serious Mental Illness Transform L...

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From radical hospitality in LA County Twin Towers to the reality of state prison: A conversation with former inmate Mental Health Assistant Adrian Berumen (Part Two)

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - February 13, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
In Part II of this interview with Adrian Berumen, an inmate at Calipatria State Prison,  we track his journey from serving as an inmate Mental Health Assistant (MHA) at LA County Twin Towers to being sentenced to serve a 25-year to life sentence.  Adrian’s story resonates with Heart Forward bec...

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From radical hospitality in LA County Twin Towers to the reality of state prison: A conversation with former inmate Mental Health Assistant Adrian Berumen (Part One)

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - February 05, 2024 23:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
 In this 2 -part interview with Adrian Berumen, an inmate at Calipatria State Prison,  we track his journey from serving as an inmate Mental Health Assistant (MHA) at LA County Twin Towers to being sentenced to serve a 25-year to life sentence.  Adrian’s story resonates with Heart Forward becau...

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Finding meaning in daily living: A conversation with Dr. Deborah Pitts on the untapped promise of integrating occupational therapy in mental health settings

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - January 04, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Dr. Deborah Pitts is a Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy.   Her practice expertise includes community-based mental health and psychiatric rehabilitation, particularly in the permanent supportive housing (PSH) con...

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Ten (10) recommendations to shore up fragile LA County licensed residential facilities. Part Two of our conversation with The Future Organization

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - October 27, 2023 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
 This is Part Two of a conversation with Leila Towry and Aimery Thomas of The Future Organization (TFO) about their recent year-long research study into Los Angeles County ARFs and RCFEs.  These are commonly referred to as “board and care” homes, but the researchers make a case that the communit...

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Long-awaited research findings signal need to pay attention to our fragile system of licensed facilities serving people with mental illness: A conversation with The Future Organization (Part One)

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - October 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
This is Part One of a two-part podcast interview. A long-awaited research study and report prepared by The Future Organization (TFO) helps to shine a light on an important, but fragile segment of our housing continuum for people with mental health conditions, many formerly homeless.  Colloquial...

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Conservatorship: Inside California's System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness. (Part Two) A Conversation with author and NYU professor Dr. Alex Barnard

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - October 06, 2023 02:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Is involuntary psychiatric treatment a solution to the intertwined crises of untreated mental illness, homelessness, and addiction? In recent years, elected officials and advocates have sought to expand the use of conservatorships, a legal tool used to require someone deemed “gravely disabled" (...

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Conservatorship: Inside California's System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness. Part Two. A Conversation with author and NYU professor Dr. Alex Barnard

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - October 06, 2023 02:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Is involuntary psychiatric treatment a solution to the intertwined crises of untreated mental illness, homelessness, and addiction? In recent years, elected officials and advocates have sought to expand the use of conservatorships, a legal tool used to require someone deemed “gravely disabled" (...

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The Importance of Work to Identity and Recovery: A Conversation with Paul Barry

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - August 18, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
What we do each day and how we define ourselves to others is critical to our identify and sense of self worth.  In this interview, we will explore the importance of identity as a foundational component of mental health recovery.   For those who are involved in designing social enterprise busine...

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"Suffering in Silence." Operating a Los Angeles board and care home today

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - July 17, 2023 15:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
This interview with an amazing couple – Rhoda and Gochin – who have operated a small family-style board and care home in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles) for the last 22 years, will leave you feeling anxious at the end.  And that is the objective:  to stimulate not just a sense of urgency, ...

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Season Four Trailer

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - July 14, 2023 23:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Wow - it's been 10 months since we uploaded the final episode of Season Three! This podcast is a labor of love -- and is not something that is casually produced on the fly.  So, the time is right to jump back in and resume these interviews!  We are excited to provide a platform for some compel...

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The tragic intersection of mental illness with our criminal justice system. Making sense with Mark Gale.

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - September 26, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Mark Gale’s credentials for this interview are unparalleled.   He serves as the Criminal Justice Chair of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Greater Los Angeles County.  Mark also represents NAMI on the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Criminal Justice Mental Health Advisory Board...

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M. Bergant Marušič - Human papillomaviruses interfere with host cell processes during infection

Virology - August 04, 2022 13:32 - 47 minutes - Video ★★★ - 1 rating
Martina Bergant Marušič, Laboratory for Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, SLOVENIA speaks on "Human papillomaviruses interfere with host cell processes during infection".

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Does the American mental health system stand the test of a human rights framework? A Conversation with Dr. Soumitra Pathare

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - July 19, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Soumitra Pathare trained as a psychiatrist at Seth G S Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He has a doctoral degree from VU University, Amsterdam and is a Member of The Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom.     Dr. Pathare is based in Pune, India and ...

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Does the American mental health system stand the test of a human rights framework? A Conversation with Dr. Soumitra Pathare

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - July 19, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Soumitra Pathare trained as a psychiatrist at Seth G S Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He has a doctoral degree from VU University, Amsterdam and is a Member of The Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom.     Dr. Pathare is based in Pune, India and ...

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What does it take to provide housing that heals? A conversation with Michael Weinstein and Lynda Kaufmann of Psynergy

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - June 28, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
 Psynergy operates four facilities or campuses – Morgan Hill is the first one, which is discussed in the interview.  In addition, they operate Greenfield Monterey County, Tres Vista supported living at the Morgan Hill campus and Nueva Vista in Sacramento.  On deck is the proposed Vista de Robles...

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Jian-feng CHEN - Regulation of Immune Cell trafficking by adhesion signaling

Molecular and Cellular Biology - June 24, 2022 09:24 - 38 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 13 ratings
Jian-feng Chen, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, CHINA speaks on "Regulation of Immune Cell trafficking by adhesion signaling.

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S. Casola - B cell receptor influence on lymphoma immune surveillance in preclinical models of aggressive B cell lymphomas

Cancer - May 24, 2022 11:45 - 57 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Stefano Casola, IFOM the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan ITALY speaks on "B cell receptor influence on lymphoma immune surveillance in preclinical models of aggressive B cell lymphomas".

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My week in Los Angeles. A conversation with Dr. Roberto Mezzina: shadowing LASD’s Homeless Outreach Services Team, visiting LA County jail and an update on the situation in Trieste.

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - May 23, 2022 02:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Dr. Roberto Mezzina headed the Dipartimento di Salute Mentale in Trieste until his retirement in late 2019.  Both of the California delegations that visited Trieste (in 2017 and 2019) were graciously welcomed by Dr. Mezzina and his staff in our quest to understand the culture and principles that...

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Lessons learned from the mid-90's Village Integrated Services Pilot and why they're even more relevant today: A history lesson with Dr. Mark Ragins and Dr. Dave Pilon

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - May 14, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
 This interview will regale the history of a mental health pilot from the early 90’s that remains as relevant today as the day it was started.   Back in the day, the Wright-Bronzan-McCorquodale Act of 1988 (known as AB 3777) funded – from the state’s general fund -- three Integrated Service Agen...

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A. De Biasio - Human DNA replication under the microscope: Visualizing the lagging strand replisome at high-resolution using cryo-EM

Cancer - April 21, 2022 11:14 - 34 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Alfredo De Biasio, Assistant Professor, Bioscience, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, SAUDI ARABIA speaks on "Human DNA replication under the microscope: Visualizing the lagging strand replisome at high-resolution us...

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N. Locker - Friends or Foes? The Many Routes Caliciviruses Use to Manipulate RNA Granules

Virology - April 21, 2022 10:55 - 42 minutes - Video ★★★ - 1 rating
Nicolas Locker, Professor of Virology, School of Biosciences and Medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK speaks on "Friends or Foes? The Many Routes Caliciviruses Use to Manipulate RNA Granules.

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D. Prattichizzo - Robotics and Haptics: a Wearable Perspective

Cardiovascular - April 21, 2022 10:22 - 50 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 2 ratings
Domenico Prattichizzo, University of Siena and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Siena, Italy speaks on "Robotics and Haptics: a Wearable Perspective".

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Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia: his life, his impact, his legacy. A conversation with Professor John Foot.

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - April 18, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
 John Foot is a professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Bristol in the U.K.  He is an expert on the life of Dr. Franco Basaglia, the visionary psychiatrist whose lasting impact on the Italian mental health system continues to inspire the world. We will explore Professor Foot’s ...

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A. Acar - Developing quantitative experimental model systems to study drug resistance

Cancer - April 06, 2022 09:34 - 42 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ahmet Acar, Team Leader/Assistant Professor, CEO & Founder HistoCan Precision Medicine and Drug Resistance Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY speaks on "Developing quantitative experimental model systems to study drug resistance".

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M. Giovanetti - Tracking the spread of emerging and re-emerging viral pathogens

Virology - April 06, 2022 08:56 - 42 minutes - Video ★★★ - 1 rating
Marta Giovanetti, Reference Laboratory of Flavivirus, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL speaks on "Tracking the spread of emerging and re-emerging viral pathogens".

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S. Vukicevic - Bone Morphogenetic Proteins: Growth and differentiation factors in regeneration of organs

Cardiovascular - April 06, 2022 08:16 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★ - 2 ratings
Slobodan Vukicevic, Laboratory for Mineralized Tissues, Center of Excellence for Regenerative Medicine, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, CROATIA speaks on "Bone Morphogenetic Proteins: Growth and differentiation factors in regeneration of or...

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What is Peer Respite and why don't we have more of these crisis beds available? A conversation with Guyton Colantuono of Project Return Peer Support Network

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - April 06, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Guyton Colantuono is the executive director of Project Return Peer Support Network, a position he has held since 2014.  He has spent more than 25 years working in the field of mental health and has led a multitude of programs including those addressing homeless outreach and shelter, transition-a...

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Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health. A conversation with the author, Dr. Tom Insel

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - March 28, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Dr. Tom Insel is a psychiatrist, a neuroscientist and an influential voice in the national conversation that is gaining momentum around the failures of the American mental health system and the need to do better for the humans that are suffering as a result.  His new book, released in February 2...

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Understanding California's 50-year old conservatorship law:  is there room for improvement?  An interview with gifted law student Savanah Walseth.

Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart - March 20, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Savanah Walseth is a student at Loyola Law School and was most recently a program manager for the L.A. County Department of Health “Housing for Health” Program.  At a young age, she is guided by both lessons learned “in the trenches” given her experience in homeless outreach and engagement for P...