Why It’s Hard to Get Care and Get Well: Breaking Barriers to Good Mental Health
Aired October 15, 2024
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What’s stopping your loved one from getting what they need to be mentally healthy? Is it the steep cost of treatment? The lack of nearby providers? The struggle to find somewhere to live? Or perhaps it’s the negative things they hear about mental health that keep them quiet? The long list of potential barriers to care can be discouraging. Stay hopeful! With the right information and support, you and your loved one can work through them together!
Our webinar covers these issues and equips you with practical tools to navigate the complex world of mental health care.
This program is supported by
Takeda
AbbVie
Johnson & Johnson
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Program
Corporate members
Sage Therapeutics and Biogen
Takeda
Alkermes
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Neurocrine Biosciences
Presenters
Margaret Guyer, PhD
Margaret Guyer, PhD, is a clinician, researcher and administrator who has worked with people with severe mental illness and their families for more than 30 years. Dr. Guyer’s work is characterized by a persistent commitment to understand and address systemic barriers to accessible, effective, compassionate behavioral health services across the system of care. She has served as principal investigator on several SAMHSA service grants to address suicide, intimate partner violence, and early psychosis. Dr. Guyer works closely with individuals with lived experience, families, community advocates and behavioral health providers to identify, adapt, and implement current best practices.
Charmain F. Jackman, PhD
Dr. Charmain Jackman, an award-winning psychologist, author, Tedx Speaker, and leadership coach. She is a leading voice on mental health and workplace wellbeing and CEO/founder of InnoPsych, a premier resource for impactful and inclusive mental health solutions. Dr. Charmain leverages her experiences with burnout and racial stress to elevate conversations about healthy soul-care practices and to inspire others to take daily actions to prioritize their mental health through joy and mindfulness. Dr. Charmain is the creator of the My Time To Thrive card deck, an interactive tool that reduces stress and fosters healthy coping patterns. She is an alum of the Goldman Sachs Black in Business, Babson Women and MassChallenge Health Tech. She has received several awards for her impactful work including City of Boston’s 2021 Black History Month’s Innovator of the Year and has been featured on prominent media outlets including New York Times, NPR, PBS, Oprah Daily, Essence, and the Boston Globe. She is mom to two wonderfully creative children.
Valerie Cordero, PhD
Valerie Cordero, PhD, Co-Executive Director, began her nonprofit career at Families for Depression Awareness (FFDA) in 2010. Before assuming her role as Co-Executive Director primarily responsible for fundraising and marketing, Valerie held positions in programs and development. Based in FFDA’s Nashville office, she utilizes her personal knowledge of how mood disorders affect families in dialogues with donors, partners, and the general public.
Valerie has advanced national discussions of mood disorders and been featured on major media outlets such as Reader’s Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, and New York Magazine’s vertical The Cut. In 2023, she presented at several conferences including the Suicide and the Black Church conference, Psych Congress, Black Mental Health Symposium, and the National Federation of Families annual conference. Valerie draws from her decades of experience to champion the role of the mental health family caregiver and advocate for culturally-responsive, affordable, and accessible mental health care.
She received her B.A. from Spelman College and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in ethnomusicology from UCLA. Her volunteer roles have included serving on advisory and nonprofit boards. Valerie utilizes her Spanish-speaking skills to make cross-cultural connections in her community.