Mind On Mental Health
The Mind On Mental Health Podcast explores a variety of mental health and substance use related topics in under thirty minutes. Topics such as how to utilize positive coping skills, manage triggers and how to change your thought process are discussed. Each podcast features interviews with therapists and psychiatrists from Penn Medicine - Princeton House Behavioral Health in Central New Jersey.
Episodes

Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Parents, teachers, and mental health professionals suspected kids might have a hard time with the transition back to in-person school. In this episode, we’ll learn about three different ways parents can improve their child’s mental health in this season of change.
Andy continues his conversation with Dr. Madhurani Khare who is the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Heath as well as the Medical Director of Princeton House Behavioral Health’s Hamilton outpatient site.
1:45 Establishing a routine and the importance of a sleep schedule
9:25 Addressing mental health and academic issues as soon as possible
17:32 The importance of validating your child’s feelings and experience and how to do it
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Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Going back to in-person school is a huge step for kids who have been learning at home for more than a year. How can you tell if your child is having trouble with the transition? What are some of the obstacles kids are confronting now, and how is are they affecting kids’ mental health?
In this episode, Andy interviews Dr. Madhurani Khare who is the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Heath as well as the Medical Director of Princeton House Behavioral Health’s Hamilton outpatient site.
1:34 How to tell if your child is having difficulty adjusting to in-person learning
4:08 Why the change to in-person learning is impacting adolescents’ mental health
7:00 Why in-person peer interactions could be Impacting adolescents’ mental health
8:55 Changes in school work expectations and their relation to anxiety
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Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Have you ever thought about your self-esteem? In this episode guest Pete Maclearie, LCSW, discusses self-esteem and how it relates to mental health.
Peter Maclearie, LCSW is Clinical Manager for Adult Programming at Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health in Eatontown, New Jersey.
6:12 What is “optimal” self-esteem
13:27 The definition of self-esteem
14:56 Why Therapy is a great place to address your self-esteem
20:10 Why individuals oftentimes are unaware that they have low self-esteem
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Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
In this episode Andy interviews Nicole Orro, LPC, LCADC (Site Director of Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health – Hamilton) and Christine Isaac, LCSW, LCADC (Community Liaison with Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health) Since the start of the pandemic, Nicole and Christine have been volunteering to meet with frontline healthcare workers at multiple hospitals within the Penn system for ongoing counseling sessions. They discuss different mental health tools they have been encouraging Penn's healthcare professionals to use to cope with the stressors of the pandemic.
The importance of creating predictability and self-compassion (1:25)
The power of fellowship with co-workers and peer support (5:18)
How to manage the anxiety that might come up when preparing to go into work (14:57)
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