Thrive Dispatches
Thrive Dispatches
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Welcome to Thrive Dispatches, a podcast that explores the stories behind helping children, families, and communities thrive. Join host Dr. Matt Biel, director of Georgetown University's Thrive Center, as he connects with researchers, clinicians, community leaders, and families who are reimagining mental health and well-being.
Each episode brings together diverse perspectives and innovative approaches that are transforming how we support child and family mental health.
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The podcast delves into topics related to child and family mental health, community support, and cultural competence. Episodes include discussions on the significance of thriving in mental health contexts and innovative strategies for supporting families, such as cultural and linguistic competence and systemic changes within education and health services.
Welcome to Thrive Dispatches, a podcast that explores the stories behind helping children, families, and communities thrive. Join host Dr. Matt Biel, director of Georgetown University’s Thrive Center, as he connects with researchers, clinicians, community leaders, and families who are reimagining mental health and well-being.
Each episode brings together diverse perspectives and innovative approaches that are transforming how we support child and family mental health.
In the first episode of season 2 we’re talking about video games. More specifically we’re speaking with Dr. Lynn Fiellin Play2Prevent Lab about how their video games are used as tools for substance use prevention in adolescents and health education.
Through five games developed with young people as co-designers, Dr. Fiellin's team creates virtual environments where teens can experience the consequences of their choices safely and develop an understanding of risk, build refusal skills while maintaining social standing, and recognize that one mistake doesn't define their path forward.
This episode explores how gaming combined with research and youth partnership, can transform prevention science—meeting young people where they are and speaking their language to promote not just survival, but thriving.
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