The Bell by Mental Health America of Kentucky

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/

Thanks to Kentu...

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/

Thanks to Kentu...

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/

Thanks to Kentu...

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/

Thanks to Kentu...

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/

Thanks to Kentu...

Dr. Mary Sciaraffa joins us to discuss gender fluid children, youth and their families.

She references several important topics in her webinar, which we have the audio recording for in this podcast episode. Please email us at mhaky@mhaky.org if you have questions or would like to see the glossaries and other items she shares here.

For LGBTQ+ youth information and mental health support, please reach out to The Trevor Project

Please ...

We had the privilege of interviewing Cate Osborn aka Catieosaurus this Spring, but held onto this file to kick off our new series of podcasts for 2023. She has reassured us she's recovered from the sinus infection, so please don't ask her about it! 

You can find Ms. Osborn and all of her platforms here: https://catieosaurus.com/

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Bell Theme by ...

Audio is from our webinar. Video is here: https://youtu.be/SHR2bs-sPVM

Dr. Debra Lindh has a website as well: https://drdeblindh.com/

She also has a very active Twitter account: https://twitter.com/DebraLindh

Thanks to Joanne Conger for editing our podcast, and to Adam Sovkoplas for creating The Bell Theme Song.

This webinar and podcast episode is possible because of funding from Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health Develop...

Bipolar Awareness, Florence Y'all, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Advocacy, and 988 are all covered in this high-energy interview with Gabe Howard, a recognized speaker and advocate from nearby Ohio.

Book Title: _Mental Illness Is An Asshole_

Where to find Gabe: https://www.gabehoward.com/

We're always at www.mhaky.org

Want to be a guest? Email mtimmerman@mhaky.org and we'll talk!

Thanks to Joanne Conger for podcast editing and to ...

2022 Interview with Mike Barry of People Advocating Recovery, recorded just before he passed the torch of leadership at PAR, but he's not retiring  - he's "re-directing my energies!" We talk about substance use recovery in his many years of sobriety and how the movement has changed over time. 

People Advocating Recovery: https://peopleadvocatingrecovery.org/

Faces & Voices of Recovery: https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/

This...

Thanks to our guests Darcy Miller of New Vista (www.newvista.org), Gerrimy Kieffer of River Valley Behavioral Health (www.rvbh.org), and Audra Hall of Pennyroyal Center (https://pennyroyalcenter.org/). 

Resources:

Mental Health America of Kentucky's "Get Help" Page: https://www.mhaky.org/gethelp.html

988 Information: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988

Thanks to Joanne Conger for editing the sound and to Adam Sovkoplas for composi...

Amanda Hall of Dreamcorps Inc joins us to discuss Second Chance Month which is April. DreamCorps "closes prison doors and opens doors of opportunity". https://www.thedreamcorps.org/

We talk about Peer Specialists in the show, and if you'd like to learn more, here's a good resource for getting started: http://kystars.org/peer-education.html

This piece was made possible in part through SAMHSA funding from the Kentucky Department of B...

Before school began in Kentucky, we were joined by Becky Hill and Monica Stewart to talk about school-related anxiety during COVID19. They give a number of tips and tricks that are good not just for the first day, but for the entire schoolyear!

Becky Hill, LCSW from Wilson Pediatrics https://wilsonpediatric.com/

Monica Stewart, LCSW at Southland Child, Adult, and Family Counseling https://www.southlandcounseling.com/home 

For mor...