SMI Spotlight
SMI Spotlight
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SMI Spotlight shares stories, research, and helpful information relating to severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder. SMI Spotlight is hosted by TAC's Scientific Officer, the renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Xavier Amador, author of "I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help!"
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The podcast centers on severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder, with episodes discussing critical concepts such as anosognosia and effective communication methods like the LEAP method. For example, it addresses how anosognosia affects treatment engagement and explores recent developments in SMI treatment.
SMI Spotlight shares stories, research, and helpful information relating to severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder. SMI Spotlight is hosted by TAC’s Scientific Officer, the renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Xavier Amador, author of “I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!”
In today's episode of SMI Spotlight, Dr. Xavier Amador is joined by Dr. Marketa Wills, CEO and Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Wills discusses her career journey, leading her to enter the field of psychiatry and administration. She covers her vision for the upcoming advocacy from the APA, emphasizing the need to decriminalize mental illness. To achieve this decriminalization, she discusses the need for more tools and legal mechanisms to provide treatment for individuals with severe mental illness who may be unable to see their own need for medical intervention. She also speaks to how the APA advocates to address the shortage of psychiatrists nationwide. #smi #apa #xavieramador Video Sections:
- (00:00) – Intro
- (01:54) – What got Dr Wills interested in psychiatry?
- (05:12) – Personal Connection
- (06:49) – First Woman BIPOC head of APA
- (08:11) – Dr. Wills' vision for the APA
- (09:56) – Policy changes Dr. Wills is focused on at the APA
- (12:14) – Clozaril REMS
- (16:05) – Encouraging new doctors to focus on psychiatry and SMI
- (18:58) – Addressing Burnout
- (21:27) – Peer support for psychiatrists
- (23:36) – Thoughts for families frustrated with psychiatrists
- (25:29) – AI and psychiatry
- (26:52) – How will APA reach people with anosognosia?
- (29:32) – Anosognosia in the DSM
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