Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! OPLM (Other Parents Like Me) interview the 3 Moms! - Mimi Feldman, Mindy Greiling, Randye Kaye - Together, we'll explore how to hold both grief and hope, care for yourself while supporting your child, navigate overwhelming systems, set healthy boundaries, and support your entire family through the challenges. Most importantly, we want you to know that you are not alone—there is connection, u...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: , Melissa Dalhoe, Social Worker, Asst Professor, University of Minnesota Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences For parents of loved ones with serious mental illness, one question often lingers beneath the surface: Will they ever find love? Will they date, build relationships, or have a partner to share life with? Dating and Mental Illness Discussion The podcast team welcomed Melissa Dalhoe...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Fortescue Filmmaker / Rebeccah Love About Rebeccah Love: This Toronto-based filmmaker, writer, and community organizer debuts her debut feature film, “Fortescue,” a drama exploring the complexities of mental health, female friendships, and societal expectations. “Fortescue” delves into the protagonist’s struggle with psychosis, a condition Love herself has navigated, offering a raw ...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Vince Granada discussed his book "Everything is Fine," which tells the story of his family's experience with schizophrenia following his sibling's deteriorating mental health condition and tragic outcome. To support the podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1604296/supporters/new Vince explained that he wrote the book not to instill fear but to help others understand how such terrible situations ca...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Laura Stack, founder and CEO of Johnny's Ambassadors, a non-profit focused on youth THC prevention, discussing the tragic story of her son Johnny who died by suicide at age 19 after experiencing cannabis-induced psychosis. Scroll to the bottom of show notes for a link to join our family of supporters! The discussion covered: the significant differences between today's high-potency THC...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! For families and those living with Schizophrenia, words matter. Today, we look at what’s behind the diagnosis, why experts are rethinking it as a neurodevelopmental syndrome—and whether changing the name could change lives. This podcast episode focused on rethinking and potentially renaming schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental syndrome. Dr. Matcheri Keshavan (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical C...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! ​Creating a Mentally Healthy Nation for All: the APA Foundation (Ep. 137) A discussion with Dr. Vedrana Hodzic, Director of Fellowships and Medical Education for the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, and Dr. Brendan Ross a psychiatry resident at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. The conversation focused on: the APA Foundation's mission to create a mentally healt...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: (returning) Jerri Niebaum Clark (Episodes 85 and 32 - Ambiguous Loss and Advocacy) In Gone Before Gone, Clark describes her son’s “death by degrees” during a young adulthood wrecked by severe mental illness. Surviving a parent’s nightmare led to Clark’s memoir of self-help—a toolkit for living with “ambiguous loss,” a term coined by Pauline Boss, PhD, an academic, author, and long-time family the...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! We’ve discussed FDA barriers to clozapine and side effects of all antipsychotics. Tonight we’ll zero in on Risperdal its producer, Johnson and Johnson, and the FDA. First, we’d like to say that for those listeners who are benefitting from Risperdal, the best antipsychotic is one that’s working for you. We’ll be talking about people for whom it’s not working so well. Our guest for this discussion i...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! KETO has been in the news - with RFK Jr. claiming it can “cure” schizophrenia. We have questions and concerns - so we brought in an expert . Guest: Dr. Matt Bernstein is a highly respected clinical psychiatrist and a leading voice in metabolic psychiatry, with 25 years of experience helping individuals achieve full mental health and functional recovery. He also serves as chief medical officer at Ellenho...