John Read and Irving Kirsch – Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Does the Evidence From Clinical Trials Justify its Continued Use?
This week on MIA Radio we turn our attention to electroconvulsive therapy (known as electroshock in the US). It's fair to say that ECT remains a controversial subject with proponents and detractors re...
13 Juni 202038min
Scott Greenspan - Exercise for Youth Mental Health in the Lockdown
Scott Greenspan recently received his doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. As a mental health counselor, he works to create opportunities for schools to be "hub...
10 Juni 202025min
Dainius Pūras - Bringing Human Rights to Mental Health Care
Dainius Pūras is a medical doctor and human rights advocate. He is currently serving the final year of his term as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of th...
27 Maj 202040min
Sunil Bhatia - When Psychology Speaks for You, Without You
Sunil Bhatia is a professor and chair of the Department of Human Development at Connecticut College. He is the author of two books and over 50 articles and book chapters. He has received numerous awar...
15 Maj 202054min
Nicole Beurkens – What If This Pandemic Is the Best Thing to Happen to Children with Challenges?
This week on MIA Radio, we interview Nicole Beurkens, PhD, about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and "quarantine life" on children with different types of behavioral, emotional, and neurodevelopment...
9 Maj 202026min
MIA Town Hall 1 - Are We Living in the Most Dialogical Time Ever?
This week on MIA Radio we share the audio from our first Town Hall panel discussion. Mad in America, Open Excellence and the HOPEnDialogue project have collaborated to create an ongoing series of Town...
29 Apr 20201h 23min
Sam Himelstein - The Impact of COVID-19 and Social Distancing on Adolescents
This week on MIA Radio, we interview Sam Himelstein, PhD, about the impact of the Coronavirus crisis and "social distancing" policies on adolescents, taking a look at the unique needs teenagers and yo...
25 Apr 202047min
Ian Puppe - Where Western Medicine Meets Indigenous Healing
Ian Puppe is an instructor and research associate in anthropology at the University of Western Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Puppe's work focuses on the anthropology of First Nations peoples, global stu...
18 Apr 202030min
