Mental Health: How to Remove the Stigma and Instill Hope with Jason Wilcox, PMHNP-BC

Marked Medicine

This episode explains how the stigma associated with seeking care for mental health needs is being removed, and also shares the good news that there IS hope for those suffering with mental health conditions!

In today’s episode, we are joined by Jason Wilcox, PMHNP-BC. He is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who provides care to patients with mental health needs. He shares with us how providers like him are working to remove barriers associated with seeking care for mental health needs. He is passionate about educating the public and encouraging others NOT to allow the stigma associated with mental health issues be a barrier for seeking care. He does an excellent job of sharing the good news for those experiencing mental health issues, which is that there IS hope for the future! He discusses the importance of treating patients as if they are members of his own family so that no stone is left unturned when providing excellent patient care.

December is also Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness Month. After our time with Jason, Amanda and I discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder. In this segment of the show, you will hear the following information:

1. What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

2. The symptoms of SAD

3. The risk factors for developing SAD

4. How to prevent SAD

5. The treatments for SAD

OTHER RESOURCES FOR SAD

1. Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness Month

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

1. What is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, the types of patients they serve, and how they can help patients with a mental health need

2. The 3 types of mental health disorders including thought disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders

3. Barriers to seeking mental health care

4. How Telehealth is now being utilized to privately and conveniently provide care to patients with mental health needs

5. How Telehealth is helping remove stigma as a barrier for seeking mental health care

6. How Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners can help fill the need for a lack of mental health providers in rural areas

7. The importance of coping mechanisms

8. How to find a mental health provider

FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, YOU WILL LEARN:

1. The challenges that healthcare providers face when caring for patients with a mental health need

2. How to provide hope to patients with a mental health need

3. When to refer patients to a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

4. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

5. Information about the relatively new medication Aristada

6. The importance of nurse practitioners knowing when to collaborate with their supervising physician

7. How to rule out medical conditions prior to making a mental health referral

8. The benefits of treating patients as if they are members of your own family

9. The importance and benefits of providing patients with real experiences to help them through their personal situations

10. The importance of building rapport with patients

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

1. GeneSight- Personalized Genetic Testing for Mental Health Medications

2. Starting Point Behavioral Health Unit at Jeff Davis Hospital
3. Dr. Kwaku Oppong, MD
4. Find a Community Service Board
5. Georgia Department of Behavorial Health and Developmental Disabilities
6. Jeff Davis Hospital
7. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

If you have not yet listened to our other episodes about mental health resources, you can find them HERE!

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