State of Mind: America 2004 - United States
Produced by the USA-based Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM), "State of Mind: America 2004" is a radio examination of the United States's mental health care system. Taped before a live audience in May 2004, the 1-hour public radio broadcast features discussions, musical performances, and expert commentary on research and developments in the treatment of manic-depressive illness.
Communication Strategies
This programme uses an entertaining medium to provide information and foster interaction around the topic of mental health. Recorded at New York's historic Radio City Music Hall before a live audience of 3,000 public radio listeners, the show featured a segment entitled "The Musical Mind on Broadway" that involved performances by cast members from highly popular broadway shows. Interviews were also a key aspect of the programme. Host Dr. Fred Goodwin talked with actress Carrie Fisher ("Star Wars," "When Harry Met Sally," "Hannah and her Sisters"), who read from and discussed her novel "The Best Awful" and reflected on her own struggle to acknowledge and find treatment for bipolar disorder.
"State of Mind" also featured leading mental health policymakers and scientists on new federal efforts to transform the nation's mental health care system (please see "Key Points", below) and research on bipolar disorder. Guests included A. Kathryn Power, Director of the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services; Robert Post, M.D., Director of the Biological Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health; Dominic Lam, Ph.D., of the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London; and Stephan Heckers, M.D., Director of the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Following the live taping and its nationwide broadcast, LCM has been drawing on the Internet to disseminate information and inspire discussion. A dedicated page on the LCM website provides relevant resources and ideas for how to use the broadcast to create local follow-up programming at the community level. A 5-page programme guide [PDF] and chat board are designed to help members of the public share their ideas and experiences with others.
"State of Mind" also featured leading mental health policymakers and scientists on new federal efforts to transform the nation's mental health care system (please see "Key Points", below) and research on bipolar disorder. Guests included A. Kathryn Power, Director of the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services; Robert Post, M.D., Director of the Biological Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health; Dominic Lam, Ph.D., of the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London; and Stephan Heckers, M.D., Director of the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Following the live taping and its nationwide broadcast, LCM has been drawing on the Internet to disseminate information and inspire discussion. A dedicated page on the LCM website provides relevant resources and ideas for how to use the broadcast to create local follow-up programming at the community level. A 5-page programme guide [PDF] and chat board are designed to help members of the public share their ideas and experiences with others.
Development Issues
Mental Health.
Key Points
Highlighted on "State of Mind" was the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health report, released in July 2003. The report aims to transform health care for those with mental illness through the implementation of 6 goals, one of which is explicitly communication-oriented: "Technology is used to access mental health care and information, allowing Internet technology to make mental information and care more widely available to all Americans."
"State of Mind" is a special presentation of The Infinite Mind, a national weekly public radio series exploring the art and science of the human mind. The Infinite Mind is heard weekly in more than 200 public radio markets across the USA, with more than one million listeners. For more information, click here.
Click here for details on how to order "State of Mind" as a CD or printed transcript.
After mental illness impeded his career in network news, LCM founder and president Bill Lichtenstein created his own media company to focus on issues of social justice, human rights, and mental health.
"State of Mind" is a special presentation of The Infinite Mind, a national weekly public radio series exploring the art and science of the human mind. The Infinite Mind is heard weekly in more than 200 public radio markets across the USA, with more than one million listeners. For more information, click here.
Click here for details on how to order "State of Mind" as a CD or printed transcript.
After mental illness impeded his career in network news, LCM founder and president Bill Lichtenstein created his own media company to focus on issues of social justice, human rights, and mental health.
Partners
Funding provided by: the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Center for Mental Health Services, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., the National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., Distance Learning Network, M-3 Information.
Sources
Brown Alumni Magazine January/February 2004 and the LCM website.
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