How We Are FAILING the Mentally Ill with Carolyn Gorman

In this livestream, Carolyn Gorman and I discuss the current state of mental health and mental illness in the US. The conversation includes how we are getting it wrong, how to better treat the mentally ill, and partisanship around this topic.

Carolyn D. Gorman is a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute where her research examines how policy changes in the U.S. impact individuals with mental illness. Previously, Gorman was a data science and policy associate at the JPMorgan Chase Institute, an associate research scientist at the Coleridge Initiative, and the senior project manager for mental illness policy at Manhattan Institute. She served as vice chair of the board of the former Mental Illness Policy Org., a nonprofit founded by the late DJ Jaffe, and as staff on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

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Chapters
0:10 What’s wrong with mental health in the US
5:10 Homelessness & mental health issues
12:40 Kid’s mental health services
15:20 Is mental health partisan?
23:55 Mental health treatment
34:30 SAMHSA
38:00 Early treatment
46:45 Cases of severe mental illness
55:15 Personal anecdotes

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