Mind On Mental Health

Mental Health Challenges Facing Kids as They Return to In-Person Learning

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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Why Therapy is a Great Place to Work on Self-Esteem - Part 1

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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Mental Health Strategies for Healthcare Professionals During the Pandemic

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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Healthcare Workers' Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic Part 1

In this episode Andy interviews Christine Isaac, LCSW, LCADC (Community Liaison with Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health) and Nicole Orro, LPC, LCADC (Site Director of Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health – Hamilton).  Since the start of the pandemic, Christine and Nicole have been volunteering to meet with frontline healthcare workers at multiple hospitals within the Penn system for ongoing counseling sessions.  They discuss what they have learned about what affect the coronavirus pandemic has had on healthcare workers’ mental health.
 
3:00 – A discussion of frontline healthcare workers’ experience during covid pandemic
 
4:45 – The effects of not having a break from the coronavirus pandemic
 
7:30 – Healthcare workers’ experience of living through the same trauma as their patients
 
14:00 – How the Covid crisis has affected the mental health of healthcare workers
 
18:58 – How the pandemic crept into every aspect of wellness for healthcare workers
 
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