Mental Health Expert Says YOU are a Mental Health Expert

You Are Not Alone: the NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental
Health is a deep and thorough look at mental health and
mental illness as they are experienced by people from all walks
of life. The book’s author, Dr. Ken Duckworth, medical director
of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, interviewed 130
people who have dealt with trauma, depression, psychosis, OCD,
and just about any other mental disorder you can think of. He
hadn’t intended to talk to so many but it was all too fascinating
to stop. He says it was only a book deadline that prevented him
from talking to 130 more. Ken contends that there are two kinds
of experts: the ones who get advanced degrees and career
achievements in psychiatry and psychology and the ones who become
experts by living through mental health situations.


In this interview with Depresh Mode, Ken talks about the vast
knowledge and wisdom we can gain from one another and how the new
societal openness about mental health is creating a better world.


We also talk about Bigfoot.


Get your copy of You Are Not Alone: the NAMI Guide to
Navigating Mental Health wherever books are sold. Learn more
about the National Alliance on Mental Illness by visiting
nami.org.


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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255,
1-800-273-TALK


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