HealthyPlace Mental Health Video Show: Table of Contents
A compilation of videos on mental health disorders. HealthyPlace online TV shows on mental health and related issues.
Abuse, Self-Injury and Dissociative Disorders Videos
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Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunctional Living Guest: Dana Foman Dena had never been taught the skills of parenting or shown how to be loving. She says her son, later diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, got little in the way of nurturing, loving attention... and this, mixed with a mental illness, is deadly. |
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Difficult Issues Facing Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse Guest: Dr. Ana Lopez Dr. Lopez discusses the emotional issues as a consequence of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. She also discusses the impact of the abuse in the person and the family. Dr. Lopez is the founder of Guardian Angel, Inc. |
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Male Survivor of Rape Speaks Out Guest: Keith Smith, author of Men in My Town Author Keith Smith was a guest on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show. He talked about his abduction at 14 years of age by a stranger. He was beaten and raped, and identified the man and the car he was driving. After over 30 years of silence, Keith is speaking to bring public awareness to male sexual assault. |
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Dissociative Identity Disorder Video Interview Guest: Holly Gray, author of the Dissociative Living blog Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is an illness heavily laden with stigma and misconceptions. Holly discusses what it's like living with Dissociative Identity Disorder, her goals in treatment and more. |
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Why Is Self Injury so Addictive and Difficult to Stop? Guest: Christie Christie has been engaged in self-injury for 12 years and here she talks about the reason she started, her parents' reaction to it, and tools she uses to reduce the urge to self-injure. |
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Misconceptions about Dissociative Identity Disorder Guest: Maria Maria, shares her first-hand account of living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. For Maria, enduring a very traumatic childhood and even an unexplained medical procedure seems to have triggered her disorder. |
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Survivors of Childhood Abuse Guest: Diane Champe "I was so brutally traumatized that I was covered from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet with hives and the pupils in my eyes were usually dilated.". Diane talks about her story of 21 years being isolated by her parents and mentally, physically, emotionally and sexually abused. |
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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Dissociative Identity Disorder Guest: Maggie Claire Maggie Claire was sexually abused by her uncle. She was sometimes given drugs in order to shot pictures or her without clothes. If she or her cousin cried or refused to do what Maggie's uncle said, they where harshly punished. This is where her other personalities began to appear. |
ADHD Videos
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Unique Challenges Facing Women with ADHD |
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Video on What Is ADHD Coaching? Guest: Laura MacNiven An ADHD coach is a professional trained to guide and support a person in overcoming the challenges of living with ADHD at work, at school, and at home. Laura talks about her work as an ADHD coach. |
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Adult ADHD Video: Why Some ADHD Adults Get Poor Treatment Guest: Gina Pera Ms. Pera says some doctors as well as therapists, aren't using evidence-based ADHD treatments to the detriment of their patients and clients with ADHD. Watch this adult ADHD video interview with Ms. Pera to discover why this happens. |
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Adult ADHD and Depression Guest: Douglas Cootey, author of ADDaboy! blog Adults with ADHD continue to suffer from concentration problems, just like when they were ADHD kids. Facing ADHD symptoms in daily life can lead to low self-esteem and depression. Douglas Cootey, talks about his experience with ADHD and depression. |
Addictions Videos
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Sharing Your Mental Health Story – Band Back Together Guest: Becky Sherrick Harks Known as Aunt Becky to the Internet, Sherrick Harks created a website called bandbacktogether.com and invites everyone suffering from trauma, sickness, mental illness or abuse to share their story online. |
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Video on Fighting Alcohol Addiction Guest: Kendra Sebelius Kendra talks about how binge drinking during her college years did not seem to be out of the ordinary, even though she experienced black outs during this time. She realized she had a problem when she began experiencing extreme panic attacks that land her in the hospital. Kendra experienced a list of comorbid disorders due to her excessive drinking. |
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Realities of Sexual Addiction Video Guest: Robert Weiss Mr. Weiss, co-author of "Cybersex Exposed: Simple Fantasy to Obsession" was our guest on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show,; Mr. Weiss, an acknowledged professional in the assessment and treatment of persons with addictive sexual disorders and sexual offending, discussed these topics and more in this video interview. |
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Staying Sober During the Holidays Guest: Rachel Brownell, author of Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore A young mom talks about her struggle to stay sober while raising small children. She discusses tips to stay sober during the holidays or any other parties and gatherings. |
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Addiction to Video Games Guest: Laurie Oulett Find out how a video game addiction has negatively impacted a 14-year-old boy's life. Laurie's son has gone from being a MVP in football and in basketball teams and a honor roll student; into failinging a grade, and loosing interest in sports. All because of video games. |
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Video on Science-Based Addiction Recovery Guest: Dr. Harold Urschel Dr. Urschel talked about a new, revolutionary, science-based program to recover from addictions. Dr. Uschel will talk about his bestselling book on the program. Healing the Addicted Brain: The Revolutionary, Science-Based Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Program |
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Parents of Addicts and How They Can Best Help the Addict Guest: Catherine Patterson-Sterling What should parents do to help their child with their addiction. Our guest, Catherine Patterson-Sterling talked about the things that parents do right or do wrong, when trying to help their addicted child. |
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Sexual Addiction Recovery Guest: Jonathan Daugherty Watch a video on sexual addiction recovery. Jonathan Daugherty, talks about his experience with sexual addictions and the negative effects it had on his private life. He also gave tips on how to look for help for a sexual addiction. |
Alternative Mental Health Treatments Videos
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Feeling Alone in the World, What Would You Do? |
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How to Put Mindfulness to Work for You: Empowering Yourself to Heal |
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By Helping Others, You Help Yourself Guest: Stephen G. Post How giving other compassion and hope can get us through our own hard times. Stephen Post is the professor of preventive medicine and director of the center for medical humanities, compassionate care, and bioethics at Stony Brook University. |
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How to Cope with Life's Challenges Guest: Michele Howe Recognizing that life is often difficult may help people acquire the strength to embrace their daily challenges. Michele Howe, talks about how to cope and manage those difficult situations that life brings you. |
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Do Alternative Treatments Really Work for Mental Health? Guest: Dr. Patricia Gerbarg Dr. Gerbarg gives advice and information about, natural, alternative and complementary treatments for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and a wide range of mental health conditions. |
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Alternative Treatments for Mood Disorders Guest: Dr. Kathi J. Kemper Keeping a healthy mind and body in order to overcome mood disorders symptoms is what integrated medicine aims to. Dr. Kathi J. Kemper, talks about alternative treatments for treating mood disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder. |
Anxiety and Panic Attack Videos
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EMDR Therapy: Self-Help Techniques for Trauma Relief Guest: Dr. Francine Shapiro Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is primarily used as a treatment for PTSD. Discovered and developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., EMDR uses eye movements, taps or tones to reprogram trauma victims’ thinking. Dr. Shapiro joins us to discuss EMDR and these new EMDR self-help techniques as well as ways to deal with stress, negative thoughts and emotions, and understanding why you may over-react in relationships. |
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How Agoraphobia Affects My Life Guest: Kelly Brumbelow Kelly Brumbelow’s world began shrinking due to agoraphobia soon after college. Now he leaves his apartment once or twice a week, mostly for doctor appointments and household shopping. Kelly discusses his medical treatment and the effects agoraphobia has on his life and relationships on this edition of the Healthy Place Mental Health TV Show. |
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Managing the Effects of Anxiety Guest: Jodi Aman Jodi, who is the author of and anxiety blog at HealthyPlace, discusses the common beliefs underlying anxiety and gives examples of alternative and talk therapies that will help you put unhealthy anxiety behind you – permanently. Watch the video on anxiety and then visit Jodi at Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog. |
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Healing from Childhood Traumas in Midlife Guest: Dan Hays Dan Hays talks about his experience with PTSD. He suffered from PTSD symptoms for many years before being able to determine what was wrong, and it took even longer to recall the causes. |
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Surviving PTSD Guest: Michele Rosenthal Michele discusses the process she went through to recover from PTSD. In her experience, after a trauma and recovery a person can be very different from who they were before and many relationships can end in separation or divorce. |
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The Worst Anxiety in Indiana Guest: Justin Dobbs In this video, Justin talks about his experience with what his doctor called "the worst anxiety in the state of Indiana". Just talks about his frequent trips to the ER during a whole year. Justin stills suffers of anxiety but is now on recovery. |
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as an Effect of Childhood Abuse Guest: Melissa Melissa suffered from an abusive parent and remembers being abused from the age of 5 through 16. At 16, Melissa developed anorexia nervosa as a way to cope with her life. She was diagnosed with anorexia/bulimia, PTSD, anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder. |
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Anxiety and Treating Anxiety Disorders Guest: Kate White, author of the Treating Anxiety blog In this anxiety video Kate White shares what it's like living day-to-day with anxiety and depression, how therapy, medications and self-help techniques have improved her quality of life, and the difficulty in getting others to understand what she's going through. |
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Social Anxiety Disorder and the Fear of Eating in Public Guest: Aimée White, author of The Nitty Gritty of Anxiety blog Aimee's anxiety symptoms begin when she has to eat in public. Being chided for being a skinny girl and eating small portions of food resulted in Aimee developing eating anxiety, which makes her want to avoid eating in front of others. |
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How to Deal with Trauma in Your Life Guests: Drs. Rosemary Lichtman and Phyllis Goldberg The word "trauma" is used to describe experiences or situations that are emotionally painful and distressing, and that overwhelm a person's ability to cope, leaving them powerless. Drs. Rosemary Lichtman and Phyllis Goldberg talk about trauma, traumatic events, and PTSD. |
Bipolar Disorder Videos
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Gender, Race, and Mental Illness Guest: Shawn Maxam The biggest difference I see being a Black man and having Bipolar Disorder is the lack of male social workers, therapists and psychiatrists of color. Experiencing something as life-altering and traumatic as being diagnosed with a mental illness it might help to see some of the resource providers who look like you or may have shared your experience. |
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One Man, Many Disorders: Living with Psychiatric Comorbidity Guest: Craig First diagnosed with depression around the age of 18, Craig was additionally diagnosed with bipolar disorder, anxiety, and OCD over the years. Living with all of these conditions is, he says, very challenging. Watch the video interview and learn more about what living with psychiatric comorbidity is like for Craig. |
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Trip from Mental Illness to Advocacy Guest: Shannon Flynn No matter how it comes about, it is always remarkable when a person utilizes their challenges in life, like mental illness, to do good in the world. Our guest, Shannon Flynn, does just that. Shannon has struggled with bipolar disorder, self-injury and suicidality. Now she is decided to pitch in and help the mental health community. |
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The High Price Some Pay for Having A Mental Illness Guest: Mark Ellinger Mark Ellinger wasn't properly diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder until 2001. He struggled with drug addiction and was homeless for 6 years. He shared his experiences and what he learned from them. Watch this interesting video. |
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Video on Bipolar Disorder in the Workplace Guest: Peter Zawistowski, author of Work and Bipolar or Depression blog. Peter talks about the challenges of managing bipolar disorder symptoms and having a job. Tips on how to get organized and keep track of your mood fluctuations. |
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What it's Like Living with Bipolar Disorder Guest: Natasha Tracy, author of Breaking Bipolar blog Have you ever wondered what it's like to live with bipolar disorder or any other serious mental illness? Natasha Tracy, author of the HealthyPlace Blog, Breaking Bipolar, talks about her experience with bipolar type-II, rapid-cycling. |
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Living with Bipolar Disorder and the Stigma Endured Guest: Cristina Fender, author of Bipolar Vida blog Cristina Fender was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in 2006, she is a wife and a mother raising two young girls in Texas. Cristina talks about what it's like living with bipolar disorder, along with the shame she felt after receiving her initial diagnosis of bipolar disorder. |
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A Personal Experience with Bipolar Psychosis Guest: Julie Fast author of The Gold Standard of Treating Bipolar Disorder The most common symptoms of Bipolar Disorder are alternate episodes of mania and depression. But another symptom can be psychotic thinking, where the person is out of touch with reality and may experience auditory, visual or other sensory hallucinations.. |
Depression Videos
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Overcoming Depression: Why Some Find It Very Difficult Guest: Dr. Deborah Serani Dr. Serani is the author of the self help book, “Living with Depression”, about her lifetime struggles with major depression and suicidal thinking, and how finding the right combination of treatments can lead to health and healing. |
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Suicide In My Family Guest: Heather McCready Heather experienced days filled with “desperate sadness and intense darkness” and was diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder and then hospitalized for mania and suicidal depression. The interview discusses Heather’s treatment program, her desire to reach out to others, and ideas to help you overcome suicidal thoughts or support loved ones who have them. |
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Overcoming Depression: Why Some Find It Very Difficult Guest: Jack Smith Jack, who is the author of Coping with Depression Blog, is a man embroiled in a battle against a brain disease called Major Depressive Disorder. He joined us on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show to discuss the realities of living with major depression. |
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Post-Partum Depression: Worries Over Stopping Treatment Guest: Misty Matthews Misty Matthews is one mother who struggles with this issue. Misty is a successful blogger and she talks about life, parenting and coping with Post-Partum Depression. One of her goals is to help other women understand that PPD is nothing to be ashamed of. |
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I Didn't Recognize Depression Symptoms in Myself |
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Surviving a Long-Lasting Battle with Severe Depression Guest: Amy Kiel, author ofDepression Diaries Blog Can you imagine what would it be like to feel sad and depressed over decades? Amy Kiel, shares her experience with severe and long-lasting depression, she also talks about tools to manage depression symptoms and coping methods to fight major depression. |
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Chronic Illness and Mental Health Connection Guest: Dr. Becker-Schutte Living with a chronic, serious, or terminal illness is tough. It is life altering and with it often comes a lot of emotional stress. Dr. Becker-Schutte has a private practice in Kansas City, Missouri where she helps those living with chronic, serious and terminal illness and their caregivers to find a healthy and balanced life despite it all. |
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Unemployment and Depression: Men Who Lost Their Jobs Guest: Dr. Joe Diamond Dr. Diamond talked about how this economy and the loss of jobs is affecting men. How men express their depression, how they deal with it and why more depressed men commit suicide vs. depressed women. |
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Video on Treating Difficult Depression Guest: Dr. Ronald Fieve There are many different types of treatments for depression. The best treatment for depression is the one that works for you. Watch this video with Dr. Ronald Fieve, noted researcher, psychopharmacologist and author of MoodSwing and Bipolar Breakthrough will be talking about Treating Difficult-to-Treat Bipolar Disorder and Depression. |
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Video on Surviving Suicide Attempts: Back from the Brink Guest: Paula Harding Paula has lived a very difficult life, survived two suicide attempts, the first when she was young and the second in 2006. Watch this video and hear Paula telling us her amazing story of survival and how she's now living a happy life. |
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Video on Getting Things Done when You're Depressed Guest: Julie A. Fast Julie discusses how to: mentally prepare for working while depressed, structure your environment to make working easier, work with others, mitigate the impact of depression on productivity, and more. |
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Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Guest: Amanda Edgar Amanda is mother of 5 year-old twins and currently pregnant. After her first pregnancy she began struggling with depression and continues to suffer from it. Amanda will talk about her struggles with depression before and after pregnancy. |
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Coping with Suicide Attempts Guest: Patricia Gallagher About 32,000 people take their lives yearly in America. But what if a suicide attempt fails? This situation is not easy to deal with. Patricia Gallagher, talks about her experience when her husband attempted suicide, twice. |
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How to Survive Postpartum Depression Guest: Dr. Shoshana Bennett Isn't having a baby supposed to be the happiest time of your life? Could you be suffering from postpartum depression? Find out more with Dr. Shoshana Bennett, ("Dr. Shosh") who is a survivor of two life-threatening, undiagnosed postpartum depressions. |
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Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression (ECT) Guest: Carol Kivler Electroconvulsive Therapy or Shock Therapy (ECT), can be a positive experience. Carol suffers from periodic acute bouts of medication-resistant depression, responsive only to ECT ( electroconvulsive therapy). Listen how ECT helped with her hard to treat major (clinical) depression. |
Diabetes Videos
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Diabetes and Mental Health Issues Guest: Bill Woods Diabetes and mental health concerns are close related, since 1 out of 5 people with a mental illness also ends up with type 2 diabetes as a result of lack of exercise, poor eating choices, and antipsychotic medications that can cause serious weight gain. |
Eating Disorders Videos
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Choosing Health at Every Size (HAES) Guest: Kerry Beake As a Health at Every Size coach, Kerry’s goal is to support clients as they discover their own intuitive ability to take care of, nurture, and love their bodies. Kerry talks about self-acceptance, physical exercise, normalized eating, and other important topics related to loving your body. |
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Video on Changing Our View of Body Image Guest: Carol Bloom Carol Bloom, one of the co-founders of The Women's Therapy Centre Institute in New York City, joined us for a frank discussion about female body image issues and how exploring those issues can help women and girls honor their diversity and take back their bodies. |
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Exercise Addiction Video Guest: Susan Moore Program and Exercise Coordinator at the Renfrew Center on Philadelphia, talked about over-exercising and exercise addiction. How to know if you are overexercising and what steps must be taken about this. |
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Video on Binge Eating Disorder Guest: Chevese Turner Ms. Turner, founder of BEDA (Binge Eating Disorder Association). national organization focusing on increased prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for binge eating disorder, talks about her own disorder and why she founded BEDA. |
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Fully Recovered from Anorexia, Bulimia Guest: Nina Vucetic After almost 10 years of battling anorexia and bulimia, Nina now considers herself not only fully recovered, but a healthy, intuitive eater. Nina says: "I eat food that I actually like, I have a healthy body, and I exercise because it makes me feel amazing." |
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Video on De-romanticizing Anorexia Guest: Angela Gambrel Lackey Angela talks to us about anorexia from the perspective of a 40-year-old woman who's still struggling with eating disorders issues. She will talk about her story of how she fell in the trap of anorexia and not being able to stop. |
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Adult Women with Eating Disorders Guest: Joanna Popink from Triumphant Journey Women in their twenties, thirties and forties, can also face a constant pressure to be thin, they can be at risk of developing eating disorders too. Joanna Popink discussed adult eating disorders with us. |
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Parenting Kids with Eating Disorders Guest: Laura Collins, author of Eating Disorder Recovery: The Power of Parents blog Tips for parents of signs of eating disorders, treatment and recovery. Parents are often blamed for playing a role in their kids' eating disorders, Laura Collins has a message for them: "It ´s not the parents' fault!" |
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Body Dysmorphia Guest: Rebecca Body dysmorphia is where someone is excessively concerned and preoccupied by a perceived defect, real or imaginary, in the person's physical features. In this video, Rebecca talks about her experience with BDD. |
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Eating Disorders Recovery Guest: Shannon Cutts Recovering from an eating disorder like anorexia, bulimia or compulsive overeating can be a long and difficult process, than involves not only developing healthy eating habits, but living with a realistic sense of your body. |
Gender Videos
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Living Straight, Coming Out Gay Guest: Dr. Loren Olson The process of coming to terms with your sexual preferences can be challenging and difficult for some people. Dr. Loren Olson lived 18 years of heterosexual married life. After a time of great self-discovery he was able to determine that what was best for him and his family was to live true to his sexual preferences. |
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The Psychological Effects of Sex Reassignment Guest: Maxime Maxime was born and lived her childhood in a male's body while she desired to be female. She has now successfully transitioned to female and works to help others explore their gender identity issues. |
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Intersexuality, What's it Like to Grow up as an Intersexed Guest: Kailana Intersexed persons, may be neither all female or all male, but have anatomic features of both sexes. Kailana is intersexual (reconstructed male, reassigning female), she was raised as a boy, but parents and doctors didn ´t understand that she didn ´t feel like one. |
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Ex-Gay Therapy Guest: Daniel Gonzales Daniel is now 29 years old, he went trough ex-gay therapy for about eighteen months when he 18. He was taught by the Cristian church he attended to, that the gay life style wasn ´t compatible with his faith. |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Videos
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How OCD Affects a Teen's Social Live Guest: Casey "I had OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember, but I specifically remember it getting bad when I was in first grade, so I was 6. I was terrified of dying and I started checking locks and my window in my room. I never told anyone about it because I was embarrassed." Watch the video. |
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Video on Living with Dermatillomania Guest: Katie Rios Dermatillomania (also known as compulsive skin picking or CSP) is an impulse control disorder in which a person repeatedly picks own skin causing damage. Katie Rios gives her testimony as a sufferer of dermatillomania. |
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Video on What It's Like Living with OCD Guest: Rachel McCarthy James Rachel McCarthy James, also known as RMJ remembers facing her first obsessive-compulsive symptoms when she was 12 to 16 with what she calls " a new manifestation of trichotillomania" (pulling out hair), as she began pulling her eyebrows. |
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Scrupulosity Testimony Guest: Kenneth Everyone once and awhile, worry about doing something wrong, but most of us deal with it and move on. People who suffer from scrupulosity are obsessed with religious or moral issues and consequences. They experience intense, painful guilt. |
Parenting Videos
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My Child Has Autism Guest: Leah Kelley Ms. Kelley was a teacher before she became her son’s parent, and “sitting on the opposite side of the IEP table” came as a shock to her. Nevertheless, she’s spent the past years actively seeking the proper social, educational, emotional and governmental support for her students and her child and here, she shares her experiences. |
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Help for Families Raising Children with Mood Disorder Guest: Susan Resko Susan, Executive Director of The Balanced Mind Foundation, discuss the struggles families with children who suffer of mood disorders face and how the organization strives to help. Help for families raising children with mood disorders: childhood bipolar disorder, depression. |
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Parenting a Child with Autism Guest: Ginger Taylor Taking care of her son is Ginger's whole life, experiencing a lot of safety and medical issues. Watch the video and see how Ginger copes with all the challenges that she is presented as a parent of a child with special needs. |
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Successfully Parenting Your Adolescent Guest: Dr. David L. Dawson On the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show, we spoke with Dr. David Laing Dawson, the author of The Adolescent Owner's Manual, about parenting teenagers and how to turn teenagers into responsible, healthy, young adults. |
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Parents with a Child with Mental Illness Guest: Angela McClanahan author of Life with Bob blog How it is to raise a child with bipolar disorder? Angela talks to us about the challenges of raising a child with a mental disorder, in her blog, Angela relates the daily challenges that she has to face as a parent of a child with a mental illness such as stigma and discrimination. |
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Managing Behavior Problems in Children Guest: Dr. Steven Richfield from The Parent Coach Dr. Steven Richfield has successfully worked with countless children and parents for over two decades, focusing his work as a child psychologist on child development, parent education, and the emotional problems of childhood. |
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Suicide: How to Explain Suicide to Children Guest: Dr. Nancy Rappaport Talking to children about a family member committing suicide or suicide attempts is a difficult task. Dr. Nancy Rappaport, who lost her mother to suicide when she was four, explains how to talk to your child about suicide in the family. |
Personality Disorders Videos
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Publicly Living with a Mental Illness Guest: Dani Z Why would someone have to worry about sharing the details of their mental health? Stigma! Dani Z has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and is now on a campain to talk openly about her mental illness. |
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Narcissistic and Psychopathic Bullies at the Workplace Guest: Sam Vaknin from Malignant Self-Love Do you know someone at work who is a control freak? Does not work well in team? Always seeking to destroy popular co-workers? Someone who is pessimistic, immature and acts childish? You could be facing a narcissistic or a psychopathic bully. |
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Abusers, Narcissists and How to Cope with Them Guest: Sam Vaknin from Malignant Self-Love If you have been the victim of abuse, you understand why some people say "it's like living in hell". Abusers and narcissists are almost synonymous and Sam Vaknin talks about relationships with abusers and narcissists. |
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Avoidant Personality Disorder Guest: Trish Poce Lifelong pattern of extreme shyness, feelings of inadequacy and sensitivity to criticism are characteristics of a psychiatric condition called Avoidant Personality Disorder ( AvPD). Trish Poce, talks about her experience as an Avoidant Personality Disorder sufferer. |
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Coping with a Loved One with BPD in Your Life Guest: A.J. Mahari Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can be a devastating mental condition, both for the people who have it and for those around them. Fortunately help is available, and people diagnosed with BPD can live happier and healthier lives. |
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Women In Love With Psychopaths Guest: Sandra L. Brown Some women fall in love with men with severe psychopathologies like narcissism, sociopaths and psychopaths. Why? How? Expert Sandra L. Brown, explains the reasons and how to get out of a relationship with a psychopath. |
Relationships Videos
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Mental Illness and Relationships: It's Complicated |
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Why Mid-Life Men Turn Mean and What To Do About It Guest: Jed Diamond Dr. Diamond maintains that mid-life men have menopausal symptoms similar to women. Discover why some mid-life men turn mean. Video interview with Dr. Jed Diamond on male menopause, Irritable Male Syndrome, and how women and men can handle it. |
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Recovering after a Relationship with a Narcissist Guest: Sam Vaknin from Malignant Self-Love What makes recovering from a relationship with a narcissist so difficult? Self-proclaimed narcissist, Sam Vaknin, talks about relationships with a narcissist and how they look for co-dependant people who are abuse addicts. |
Schizophrenia / Thought Disorders Videos
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Successful Despite Schizophrenia Guest: Billl MacPhee Mr. MacPhee, CEO and founder of Magpie Media Inc., was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 24. Bill struggled with his illness, was in and out of hospitals and group homes, and even survived a suicide attempt. Bill is living proof that schizophrenia can be controlled, and those with the disorder can live productive, loving lives. |
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Life in a False World of Schizophrenic Delusions Guest: Dan Hoeweler Dan Hoeweler is the author of the Creative Schizophrenia blog. He knows firsthand what it’s like to live in your own personal psychological thriller and survive to tell the tale. He joined us on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show to describe his schizophrenia symptoms and their impact on his life. |
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A Family Faced with Schizophrenia Finds Hope and Recovery Guest: Randye Kaye Randye is a single mother to her son, Ben, who is now successfully attending college and living a "normal" sort of life. But for the past several years, life has been anything but normal as Ben started to develop early onset schizophrenia at a young age, but it took years and multiple hospitalizations before a correct diagnosis was finally made. |
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The Challenges of Living with Schizoaffective Disorder Guest: Sandra MacKay Sandra was first diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was 15-years old, her current diagnosis is schizoaffective disorder. She has struggled for a long time, both with the symptoms of her disease, and the side-effects of her medication. |
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Sane and Living with Schizophrenia Guest: Dr. Fredrick J. Frese Dr. Fredrick J. Frese was has been living with schizophrenia for 40+ years. In this schizophenia video, he shares anecdotes about his diagnosis and how he's managed to be successful despite it. |
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Living My Life with Schizophrenia Guest: Kristin Bell Hallucinations and delusions can be present in the daily life of people with schizophrenia, unfortunately many can't afford to get treatment so that they can maintain a stable, productive life. Kristin Bell was able to get treatment for schizophrenia. |
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Schizoaffective Disorder in My Family Guest: Susan Inman If someone in your family suffers of schizoaffective disorder, you and your family, no doubt, are facing challenges, emotions and concerns about schizoaffective disorder. Susan Inman, talks about her own experience with her daughter ´s schizoaffective disorder. |
Sex Issues Videos
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Sex After Sexual Abuse Guest: Wendy Maltz Licensed sex therapist, Wendy Maltz, talks about common consequences after being a victim of sexual abuse like: negative reactions to touch, unwanted sexual fantasies, and being troubled with sexual functioning difficulties. She also provides some healing techniques. |
Sleep Disorders
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Sleep Disorders and Mental Health Guest: Dr. Harry Croft, HealthyPlace.com Medical Director Sleep disorders are common, and they can turn so serious as to interfere with one's physical, mental and emotional health. Also, some mental or emotional disorders can interfere with sleep patterns. Dr. Harry Croft, talks about how sleep disorders are related to mental health. |
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Harry Croft, MD (Psychiatrist)
Medical Director, HealthyPlace.com
Created on 28 April 2010 Last Updated on 30 January 2013
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