Podcast appearances and mentions of Benjamin F Miller

Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, is the President of Well Being Trust who oversees the implementation of the foundation's strategies, full portfolio of investments, and partnerships. Dr. Miller's previous role as Chief Strategy Officer of Well Being Trust ensured alignment across the foundation's grants, research, partnerships and policy recommendations. A clinical psychologist by training, Dr. Miller is a nationally recognized mental health and policy expert who has worked to advance mental health throughout his career. He oversees the foundation's portfolio alignment across grantees, overall strategy and direction, and connection of the work to advance policy. Previous roles include being the founding director of the Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center in the Department of Family Medicine and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Miller is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Stanford School of Medicine. He has published prolifically on the topic of mental health integration and public policy. He has been featured in CNN, NBC News, USA Today, NPR, PBS News Hour and many more.

Ep 300 - Covid - 19 Deaths of Despair Guest: Dr Benjamin F. Miller   In May in British Columbia, 170 people died from suspected illicit drug use: that’s more than five people a day.  That’s a 93 percent increase in death due to overdose over last May. Compare that to 52 deaths to COVID-19 in May and it is not unreasonable to ask if the spike in overdose deaths is related to the lockdown associated with C-19.   According to Well Being Trust, the number of additional deaths attributable to COVID-19, as a result of deaths of despair, could be as high as 150,000 people in the US. Death from alcoholism, drug overdoses and suicide, also known as deaths of despair, were already at record levels in the United States before COVID-19.   Dr Benjamin F Miller says, “We know the stressors that accompany this pandemic. They are job loss and financial instability, anxiety, grief, depression and other factors.  Add in social isolation, a loss of hope and many health care programs that weren’t accessible.” Miller follows up saying he is very worried about people who need help.    We invited Dr Benjamin F. Miller of Well Being Trust to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the desperate need to reopen assistance programs that can and will save lives.   Conversations That Matter is a partner program for the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. The production of this program is made possible thanks to the support of the following and viewers like you. Please become a Patreon subscriber and support the production of this program, with a $1 pledge https://goo.gl/ypXyDs

You’re listening to the Mental Health Download from the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma. I’m Matt Gleason. On today’s episode, our guest is Dr. Benjamin F. Miller, who serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for Well Being Trust. The Well Being Trust is a national foundation committed to advancing the mental, social and spiritual health of the nation. He’s also serves as a board member for Mental Health Colorado. And Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, who serves as Mental Health Association Oklahoma’s Director of Outreach, Prevention and Education, is joining me today to interview Dr. Miller. We asked Ben to be on the Mental Health Download because the Well Being Trust collaborated with the Kaiser Family Foundation on the fascinating research brief titled, “The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use.” Key takeaways from the research include: Recent data shows that significantly higher shares of people who were sheltering in place (47%) reported negative mental health effects resulting from worry or stress related to coronavirus than among those not sheltering in place (37%). Negative mental health effects due to social isolation may be particularly pronounced among older adults and households with adolescents, as these groups are already at risk for depression or suicidal ideation. And the research shows that job loss is associated with increased depression, anxiety, distress, and low self-esteem and may lead to higher rates of substance use disorder and suicide. Additionally, poor mental health due to burnout among front-line workers and increased anxiety or mental illness among those with poor physical health are also concerns. Those with mental illness and substance use disorders pre-pandemic, and those newly affected, will likely require mental health and substance use services. The pandemic spotlights both existing and new barriers to accessing mental health and substance use disorder services. READ THE RESEARCH BRIEF HERE: https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/the-implications-of-covid-19-for-mental-health-and-substance-use/

The CDC reports more than 45,000 Americans died from suicide in 2016. How health care organizations and policy makers can better address this epidemic is the focus of this discussion with Lisa Picker, the mother of a suicide victim and an advocate for better mental health care, and Benjamin F. Miller, chief strategy officer of the Well Being Trust. CHA Suicide Prevention resources Health Progress article, "His Name was Liam" * Live performance of "Winter" by Liam Picker and Gohei Nishikawa

  On the July 27th, 2011 broadcast at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern I am delighted to have the opportunity to chat with fellow 'healthtweep', Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, aka @miller7 on Twittter, who is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Family Medicine, and Associate Director of Primary Care Outreach and Research at the University of Colorado Depression Center in CU School of Medicine. Dr. Miller is also the Administrative Director of the Collaborative Care Research Network (CCRN) and a Senior Scientist at the AAFP National Research Network.   My chat with Ben today is a contiuning attestation of the power of the social medium known as Twitter. Ben and my path's have crossed as occaisional contributors to Twitter's prolific conversations centering on social media in healthcare, but more specifically primary care medical homes, accountable care, ACOs and health policy or reform globally speaking.   We'll discuss health policy issues associated with primary care medical homes, accountable care in general and ACOs in particular.Dr. Miller's perspectve as a clinician in an academic setting focused on family medicine are timely insights given the challenge of population management in a fee for services paradigm that traditional undervalues primary care, let alone the role of mental health services in health and wellness.   Join us for a fun and informative conversation.