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Therapeutic consultant and mental health professional, Todd Weatherly, hosts this weekly radio show and podcast interviewing doctors and therapists, treatment professionals and organizational leaders about the world of mental health treatment. Todd discusses how to support mental health in our communities from the hospital to the workplace to the dinner table.

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EP15: Psychiatric Advance Directives with Bebe Smith, LCSW

EP15: Psychiatric Advance Directives with Bebe Smith, LCSW

Episode 15 of the Mental Horizons Podcast was with Bebe Smith, MSW, LCSW and the topic is Psychiatric Advance Directives. Listen to the episode on Stitcher, iTunes, or SoundCloud. Bebe is director of mental health and coordinator of the North Carolina Evidence Based...

Virgil reflects on the mental health crisis in America

Virgil reflects on the mental health crisis in America

In the following post, I amble through a forest of wisdom I have recently observed in others. While observing their differences I have also seen that most are woven into a common theme: restoring a sense of community, belonging, connectivity, engagement, and...

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

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...

Reflections on the Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare conference

Reflections on the Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare conference

On October 18th and 19th, 2019 I attended the Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare conference in Boston, Massachusetts. This conference is offered by the McLean Hospital Continuing Education department and the Institute of Coaching (IOC). Special thanks to the...

Nutritional Psychiatry: a brief introduction.

Nutritional Psychiatry: a brief introduction.

We recently published the 10th episode of our Mental Horizons Podcast and that conversation was with Chris Palmer, MD, Harvard Medical School assistant professor of psychiatry, director of continuing education at McLean Hospital, and pioneering researcher in the area...

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

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...

What is your dream? Serious Mental Illness and Humanity

Respecting the humanity of a person with serious mental illness Hmmm, your dream?…unfortunately, the predominant question in the mental recovery experience is, “What is your diagnosis?” Clinicians generally focus on symptom reduction and management. That’s...

A Warrior Mom does what it takes.

It is an understatement for me to say that I am in awe of the 30 mothers (soon to be 50) who are becoming the Warrior Moms Community. Mostly I am in awe of their willingness to “do whatever it takes” to help their adult child with serious mental illness to live a...

You are not alone.

“I am no longer climbing an unknown and dangerous mountain all by myself”  Reflections from a Warrior Moms Community Member  Sandy D. June 23, 2023 Each Wednesday afternoon nine women get together over Zoom to share their weeks, their stories, resources for...

The Warrior Moms Story – Reducing Isolation, Increasing Empowerment

A little over 2 years ago, a mother of an adult child with serious mental illness asked, “Virgil, are there any other mothers like me with whom I could have a conversation?” As I pondered her question, I could sense her isolation. Having worked with a few thousand...

Guest Post – Pete Earley’s blog: “Recovery Colleges”

Dear Colleagues and Families, As the pandemic tsunami overwhelms the mental health of so many, we struggle to feel hopeful. The attached blog we were invited to write by Pete Earley hopefully inspires a path forward for some, with two key ideas: Imagine a ‘Mental...

Blog Post: On Being 68… and becoming an Elder

February 3, 2021 Being an elder does not mean that I am retired, but it is time for me to focus less on human doing and more on human being. I am more introspective and reflective; I realize that I can’t “do it all.” I also spend more time looking for others who are...

Season 3 Episode 3

Creative Psychiatry - Learn about the benefits of oxytocin for psychosis Season 3, Episode 3 Mental Horizons Podcast Guest: ROCCO MAROTTA, M.D., Ph.D., Silver Hill Hospital, New Canaan CT. Dr. Marotta - “Rocky” - is one of the most compassionate, committed, and...

Season 3 Episode 4: Achieving Excellence in Treatment of Co-Occurring Mental Health & Substance Use

World renowned Delia Cimpean Hendrick, M.D. joins Virgil Stucker on a Mental Horizons podcast to discuss how to achieve excellence in the treatment of co-occurring mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Triple Boarded in psychiatry, addictions and internal...

Season 3 Episode 2 of Mental Horizons Podcast: Pandemic-Adapted Legal Remedies

This is the second episode of season 3 of Mental Horizons Podcast. Virgil spoke with Lisa Cukier, Partner at Burns & Levinson in Boston. Lisa is well-known for her ability to handle the toughest of cases and is particularly skilled at handling sensitive matters...

Season 3 of Mental Horizons Podcast: How Organizations Persevere During COVID-19 Crisis.

This is the first episode of season 3 of Mental Horizons Podcast. In this episode, we learn how residential therapeutic communities may be some of the safest, most effective places for mental health recovery during this fearful time of the COVID-19 crisis and civil...

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