The Bell by Mental Health America of Kentucky

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/ Thanks to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Dept of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for funding for this programming. Thanks Joanne Conger for our audio editing. Thanks Adam Sovkoplas for the intro and outro music.

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/ Thanks to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Dept of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for funding for this programming. Thanks Joanne Conger for our audio editing. Thanks Adam Sovkoplas for the intro and outro music.

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/ Thanks to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Dept of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for funding for this programming. Thanks Joanne Conger for our audio editing. Thanks Adam Sovkoplas for the intro and outro music.

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/ Thanks to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Dept of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for funding for this programming. Thanks Joanne Conger for our audio editing. Thanks Adam Sovkoplas for the intro and outro music.

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/ Thanks to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Dept of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for funding for this programming. Thanks Joanne Conger for our audio editing. Thanks Adam Sovkoplas for the intro and outro music.

In this special edition, we're reading the informational pieces from MHA National's 2024 Mental Health Month toolkit entitled "Where to Start". You can download the entire toolkit at: www.mhanational.org/may. As an affiliate of MHA, we are allowed to publish this content with appropriate citation. To access flyers with the Kentucky affiliate information, you may go to: https://mhaky.org/programs/mental-health-month/ Thanks to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Dept of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for funding for this programming. Thanks Joanne Conger for our audio editing. Thanks Adam Sovkoplas for the intro and outro music.

This piece is from the Back2School toolkit produced by MHA National which is available here. For printed versions of this information, please contact MHA Kentucky here. Thank you to Kentucky DBHDID and SAMHSA for partial funding of this podcast series. Thank you to Adam Sovkoplas for composing and performing the The Bell Theme. Thank you to Joanne Conger for audio editing.

This piece is from the Back2School toolkit produced by MHA National which is available here. For printed versions of this information, please contact MHA Kentucky here. Thank you to Kentucky DBHDID and SAMHSA for partial funding of this podcast series. Thank you to Adam Sovkoplas for composing and performing the The Bell Theme. Thank you to Joanne Conger for audio editing.

Information shared in this podcast is from the 2023 Back2School Toolkit produced by MHA National and shared here by MHA Kentucky. Printed versions of this toolkit are available for Kentucky here and at national here. Thank you to Kentucky DBHDID and SAMHSA for partial funding of this podcast. Thanks to Adam Sovkoplas for composing and performing the Bell Theme. Thanks to Joanne Conger for audio editing.

Dr. Mary Sciaraffa joins us to discuss gender fluid children, youth and their families. She references several important topics in her webinar, which we have the audio recording for in this podcast episode. Please email us at mhaky@mhaky.org if you have questions or would like to see the glossaries and other items she shares here. For LGBTQ+ youth information and mental health support, please reach out to The Trevor Project Please visit our website at www.mhaky.org for more information on LGBTQ+ mental health and wellness Thank you to Kentucky DHBDID and SAMHSA for sponsoring this information. Thank you to Adam Sovkoplas for the Bell Theme and Joanne Conger for audio editing.

We had the privilege of interviewing Cate Osborn aka Catieosaurus this Spring, but held onto this file to kick off our new series of podcasts for 2023. She has reassured us she's recovered from the sinus infection, so please don't ask her about it! You can find Ms. Osborn and all of her platforms here: https://catieosaurus.com/ For more information on ADHD, check out information here. Take a screening for ADHD here. Bell Theme by Adam Sovkoplas Sponsored by Kentucky DBDHDID and SAMHSA

We talk all things from substance use disorder recovery, harm reduction, and mental wellness. Technical difficulties were experienced with the conversation, but we did our best to iron them out for the podcast!

Audio is from our webinar. Video is here: https://youtu.be/SHR2bs-sPVM Dr. Debra Lindh has a website as well: https://drdeblindh.com/ She also has a very active Twitter account: https://twitter.com/DebraLindh Thanks to Joanne Conger for editing our podcast, and to Adam Sovkoplas for creating The Bell Theme Song. This webinar and podcast episode is possible because of funding from Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities via a SAMHSA grant funds. If you'd like to sponsor future episodes or share ideas of things we should discuss, please contact us at mhaky@mhaky.org.

Bipolar Awareness, Florence Y'all, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Advocacy, and 988 are all covered in this high-energy interview with Gabe Howard, a recognized speaker and advocate from nearby Ohio. Book Title: _Mental Illness Is An Asshole_ Where to find Gabe: https://www.gabehoward.com/ We're always at www.mhaky.org Want to be a guest? Email mtimmerman@mhaky.org and we'll talk! Thanks to Joanne Conger for podcast editing and to Adam Sovkoplas for composing our theme music!

2022 Interview with Mike Barry of People Advocating Recovery, recorded just before he passed the torch of leadership at PAR, but he's not retiring - he's "re-directing my energies!" We talk about substance use recovery in his many years of sobriety and how the movement has changed over time. People Advocating Recovery: https://peopleadvocatingrecovery.org/ Faces & Voices of Recovery: https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/ This podcast made possible in part by a SAMHSA grant distributed to us by Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Thanks to Adam Sovkoplas for creating the Bell theme song. Thanks to Joanne Conger for the excellent podcast editing. www.mhaky.org to make a donation or learn more about our organization

Thanks to our guests Darcy Miller of New Vista (www.newvista.org), Gerrimy Kieffer of River Valley Behavioral Health (www.rvbh.org), and Audra Hall of Pennyroyal Center (https://pennyroyalcenter.org/). Resources: Mental Health America of Kentucky's "Get Help" Page: https://www.mhaky.org/gethelp.html 988 Information: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988 Thanks to Joanne Conger for editing the sound and to Adam Sovkoplas for composing the Bell Theme.

Amanda Hall of Dreamcorps Inc joins us to discuss Second Chance Month which is April. DreamCorps "closes prison doors and opens doors of opportunity". https://www.thedreamcorps.org/ We talk about Peer Specialists in the show, and if you'd like to learn more, here's a good resource for getting started: http://kystars.org/peer-education.html This piece was made possible in part through SAMHSA funding from the Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Thanks to Adam Sovkoplas for the theme music and Joanne Conger for editing this episode.

Rebecca Taylor, MSW concludes her sessions on COVID-19 and mental health with discussion of brain fog and an overview of what we've learned so far. Sound editing by Joanne Conger Theme music by Adam Sovkoplas

Before school began in Kentucky, we were joined by Becky Hill and Monica Stewart to talk about school-related anxiety during COVID19. They give a number of tips and tricks that are good not just for the first day, but for the entire schoolyear! Becky Hill, LCSW from Wilson Pediatrics https://wilsonpediatric.com/ Monica Stewart, LCSW at Southland Child, Adult, and Family Counseling https://www.southlandcounseling.com/home For more information on COVID-19 and Child Mental Health, please check out www.mhaky.org. As always, thanks to Adam Sovkoplas for the "Bell Podcast Theme" composition. Adam can be reached at http://www.societyofcomposers.org/members/AdamSovkoplas/ For sponsorship opportunities with our podcast, you can reach us at www.mhaky.org/sponsorship.html

Rebecca Taylor, MSW Practicum student takes over the podcast today to talk about resilience and overcoming challenges related to the COVID19 pandemic. Tips and tricks, and what to do next are all included in this discussion. Sound editing: Joanne Conger Theme music: Adam Sovkoplas