Is it possible to use empathy as an intervention in educational settings?

Angel Kendall, a doctoral student at William James College, joins me on the podcast today to talk about Empathy in Educators.

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Black Mental Health Matters is a podcast that will educate and empower you as you work towards your mental wellness goals. Find us on YouTube at drkerryann6075

WJC graduate students - Lucy Andino and Natalia Vazquez - join me in this episode to talk about youth mobile crisis services in the state of MA.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/mobile-crisis-intervention

They have provided the following contact numbers for Massachusetts residents:

There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about ADHD. In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Alecia Greenlee - a psychiatrist who specializes in how to diagnose and treat ADHD in women.

Dr. Alecia Greenlee is a board-certified psychiatrist dedicated to centering the mental wellness of
women through comprehensive integrative care. Dr. Greenlee specializes in reproductive and lifestyle psychiatry, with particular expertise in how hormonal fluctuations can influence ADHD symptoms in women—from premenstrual periods to perimenopause. She understands how cultural expectations, workplace dynamics, and historical medical trauma can impact both help-seeking behaviors and treatment experiences for women with ADHD. As one of only 2% of psychiatrists in the U.S. who are Black, Dr. Greenlee brings both lived experience and clinical expertise to understanding the unique challenges women face with ADHD diagnosis and treatment. Her work addresses the intersection of ADHD with perfectionism, emotional overwhelm, and the sociocultural pressures that many high-achieving women navigate daily.

Go to her website: https://www.bloomandbuild.com/

Black Mental Health Matters is a podcast that will educate and empower you as you work towards your mental wellness goals. Find us on YouTube at drkerryann6075

What happens when the rise of psychiatry occurs at the same time as the height of slavery?

In her new book - From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Impacts of Racial Trauma in Black communities from the Colonial Era to the Present – Dr. Ingrid Waldron presents one of the best, research-backed, summaries that I have ever read on the history of racial trauma, psychiatry, and the current state of Black mental health.

Dr. Waldron is a professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health in the Global Peace and Social Justice program at McMaster University in Toronto, Canada. She is the founder and director of the Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities, and Community Health Project (ENRICH project) and author of the book, "There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities", which was turned into a Netflix documentary in 2020.

Dr. Waldron joined me for the podcast today, to talk about how race has historically influenced the psychiatric assessment, the need to look at structural competency, and next steps for how we can all make a difference.

Purchase her book here: https://a.co/d/8FYmUXP

Learn more about Dr. Waldron:

https://experts.mcmaster.ca/people/waldroni

https://www.enrichproject.org/

Black Mental Health Matters is a podcast that will educate and empower you as you work towards your mental wellness goals. Find us on YouTube @drkerryann6075

In this vintage episode, I talk about five supplemental interventions to boost your wellness routine. Enjoy!

Untether dysphoria and self-doubt with mindset coach, Hailima Yates, as she joins us for this episode to talk about her book, "Dissolving the Anchor."

Black Mental Health Matters is a podcast that will educate and empower you as you work towards your mental wellness goals. Find us on YouTube @drkerryann6075

What are neuropsychological assessments? Are you trying to find one in the Boston area? In this episode, two graduate students from William James College - Ellie Deveaux and Sonia Cordero - talk about cultural disparities in neuropsychological assessments and provide resources for accessing these assessments in the Boston area.

Here are some resources provided by today's guests, including two Spanish-speaking psychologists:

#1 Boston Children's Hospital-Department of Psychiatry

#2 The Massachusetts General Hospital-Pediatric Neuropsychology

#3 The learning and emotional assessment program (LEAP)-Boston

College.

#4 Butler Hospital

#5 Dr. Juan E. Rosario Jr. Psy.D.

#6 Dr. Frank Hernandez

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