Grappling with Popular Belief grapplingpopularbelief
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- Salud y forma física
Grappling with Popular Belief is a podcast about popular and controversial ideas in society relating to human development and mental health. The author will be untangling some of the messages that we are sent daily through media and our communities.
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Is Addiction a Disease? With Dr. Mathias
In this month's episode, Alyssa discusses her own experience with shifting her perspective on addiction. Dr. Joseph Mathias, a board-certified psychiatrist in general psychiatry as well as addiction psychiatry, joins Alyssa to discuss the complexities of addiction.
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Ending Life Before it Begins: Adolescents and Suicide
In this month's episode, the overall increase of suicides and mental health challenges in the adolescent population is discussed.
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Understanding the Misunderstood in Mental Health
In this month's episode, Alyssa chats with a colleague about commonly misused mental health terminology while also illuminating important issues regarding caring for individuals suffering with mental health challenges.
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You told my child what?! Talking to Children About Mental Health
This month, Alyssa collected data to get a better understanding about how parents feel about their children learning about mental health in school. Tune in to hear how parents responded and for some insight around mental health and addiction prevention in schools.
GPB should never be used as a replacement for mental health treatment or psychotherapy.
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Crying it out - Attachment and Perinatal Mental Health with Sam Utz, LMHC
In this month's episode, the popular phrase "let them cry it out" is looked at in the context of attachment theory. Attachment theory is briefly illustrated as a way to contest with the expression.
Later in the episode, a mental health therapist who is trained in Perinatal mental health talks about what perinatal mental health is and important facets of it.
Note: GPB should not be used as a replacement for traditional psychotherapy.
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Can I do this on my own? The importance of relationships
In this episode, Alyssa discusses the importance of relationships and connection and the ideas in society that push us towards isolation.
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