Podcasts about healthright

In the late 1960s, as young people flocked to San Francisco, Dr. David Smith responded by opening Haight Ashbury Medical Clinics (HAMC)—the first free medical clinic in the U.S., built on the belief that health care should be a right, not a privilege. Two years later, Walter Latrall founded Walden House in the same neighborhood to support homeless youth facing substance use challenges. Today, Walden House provides mental health and addiction treatment across California, including programs within prisons and reentry services. In 2011, David and Walter combined their missions, merging HAMC and Walden House to create HealthRIGHT 360, a national model for accessible community healthcare. Tune in to hear David and Walter's powerful stories and the impactful work their organizations have done for their communities. Meet Walt Latrell and Dr. David Smith!

Rachel Kinder from Mission WV on the ongoing issues with foster care in the state, Dr. Angie Settle from HealthRight on their expansion and the opening of their new wing, Robby Queen and Kelly Gilbert from CAMC Foundation on their fundraiser this weekend.

In his latest article for The Atlantic, Sam Quinones writes that America's shift toward treatment instead of jail time for drug abuse “is both well intentioned and out of date, given the massive street supplies of fentanyl and meth. It is failing just about everyone.” He argues that instead of waiting for addicts to voluntarily enter rehab, the legal system should force them to go. Quinones is a journalist who has covered the drug trade for over a decade and published two books on the subject: “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth” and “Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic.” We'll talk about how to address the nation's ever-more challenging drug crisis that we see playing out on our streets and in our families. Guests: Sam Quinones, journalist and author. His recent piece in The Atlantic is titled "America's Approach to Addiction Has Gone Off the Rails.” His books include "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth" and "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic." Vitka Eisen, president and CEO, HealthRIGHT 360, San Francisco's largest drug treatment provider

In this episode we talk to Dr. Theresa Castillo, Chief Program Officer at HealthRight International, a non-profit partner of NYU GPH that has worked to improve critical public health systems in Ukraine since 2005. Even after Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, HealthRight continued its HIV, mental health, violence prevention and maternal and child health programs in-country. But it has also had to pivot to key humanitarian services, creating mobile crisis teams to reunite families, arranging safe passage, managing supply chains and providing counseling. And though media interest in Ukraine's plight has ebbed and flowed, the need for donations to support resilience and rebuilding continues. Hear Dr. Castillo's compelling description of how HealthRight has helped more than a million people despite the ongoing war, including a new initiative to “care for the carers” -- the first responders -- and efforts to find opportunities for people to plan for the future. For more information about HealthRight International and its programs visit http://www.healthright.org. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit http://www.publichealth.nyu.edu.

To watch the video of this episode, please go to: https://youtu.be/NdaFuJuggxE   What is really happening with addiction and what does recovery actually entail?   How do psychedelics work with addiction, trauma, and mental disorders?   What is the future of addiction treatment and recovery?   Discover these fascinating insights into addiction and trauma and so much more in this powerful episode of Kaleidoscope of Possibilities: Alternative Perspectives on Mental Health in which Dr. Adriana Popescu is joined by addiction treatment pioneer Dr. David Smith. Dr. Smith brings his lifetime of leadership in the field of addiction and recovery and shares his wisdom, experience, strength, and hope.   In this episode: Dr. Smith's history Developing a free medical clinic LSD and psychedelic medicine Psychedelic revolution How psychedelics work Trauma capsule Bad trips Integration of treatment Avery Lane The disease and dysfunctional behaviors of addiction Relapse The neurology of addiction Self-medication TJ Woodward Brainspotting The addictive process Psychedelic-assisted therapies Psilocybin MAT or Medication Assisted Therapies A vision for the future   Resources mentioned in this episode: Dr. Smith's website: http://www.drdave.org/index.html Avery Lane: https://www.averylanewomensrehab.com/ TJ Woodward: https://www.tjwoodward.com/   About Dr. Smith: Dr. David E. Smith is recognized as a national leader in the areas of the treatment of addictive disease, the psychopharmacology of drugs, new research strategies in the management of drug abuse problems, and appropriate prescribing practices for physicians. He is the Founder of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics in San Francisco, which merged with Walden House in mid-2011 to form HealthRIGHT 360, which provides services at multiple sites throughout California. Dr. Smith is currently the Chair of Addiction Medicine for Muir Wood Adolescent and Family Services, a gender-specific residential program for teenagers suffering from substance abuse and co-occurring issues in Petaluma, California. He is also the Medical Director for Center Point, a 6-month residential therapeutic community in San Rafael, California, which provides comprehensive, integrated services to at-risk individuals and families. He also serves as Chief of Addiction Medicine for Alta Mira Recovery Programs in Sausalito, California, a private residential chemical dependency program, and is the Medical Director at Avery Lane in Novato, California, a holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for women with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders and trauma. Dr. Smith has also served as Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Francisco; as Medical Director of the California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs; and as Medical Director of the California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse Policy Research. He is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and of the California Society of Addiction Medicine. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the University of California, San Francisco Medal, the Peter E. Haas Public Service Award from the University of California, Berkeley, the Robert D. Sparks, MD, Leadership Achievement Award of the California Medical Association, and the Annual Award of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Smith is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs and an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. In addition, he has authored or co-authored 26 books, written over 350 journal articles, edited 28 journals, and has been the technical consultant for 28 drug abuse-related films. He is the co-author, with Dr. Daniel G. Amen, of Unchain Your Brain: 10 Steps to Breaking the Addictions that Steal Your Life.   “We are in the midst of the biggest drug epidemic in US history and the things that we have learned about how to treat addiction should be available to all people who have addictive disorders.” – Dr. Smith   Would you like to continue this conversation and connect with other people who are interested in exploring these topics? Please join us on our Facebook group! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/kaleidoscopeofpossibilitiespodcast/)   About your host: Dr. Adriana Popescu is a clinical psychologist, addiction and trauma specialist, author, speaker and empowerment coach who is based in San Francisco, California and practices worldwide.   For more information on Dr. Adriana, her sessions and classes, please visit: https://adrianapopescu.org/   To learn about her new trauma treatment program Firebird Healing, please visit the website: https://www.firebird-healing.com/   You can also follow her on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAdrianaPopescu/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dradrianapopescu/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrAdrianaP Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriana-popescu-ph-d-03793 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dradrianapopescu Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflL0zScRAZI3mEnzb6viVA Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/kaleidoscopepossibilities TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dradrianapopescu?   Disclaimer: This podcast represents the opinions of Dr. Adriana Popescu and her guests. The content expressed therein should not be taken as psychological or medical advice. The content here is for informational or entertainment purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any medical or treatment questions.   This website or podcast is not to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in any legal sense or as a basis for legal proceedings or expert witness testimony. Listening, reading, emailing, or interacting on social media with our content in no way establishes a client-therapist relationship.

This week on the Way of Champions Podcast, we welcome Bill Kerig, founder and CEO of GreatCoach.com. Bill Kerig was a collegiate ice hockey player as well as a professional skier. In addition to Great Coach, he founded the sports fundraising platform RallyMe and was the COO of the extreme sports portal LevelRed as well as the medical informatics platform HealthRight. He has produced network television at two Olympics and commentated the ESPN X Games. He has written, produced and directed feature films and documentaries and written three books. He currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he coaches multiple ice hockey teams every season.   You can find him on Twitter @billkerig or email him at bill.kerig@greatcoach.com   Highlights from the Podcast: How Bill originally built the platform of “RallyMe” to raise money for sports participation Bill shares a pivotal moment for him at a young student-athlete’s funeral Have you ever googled your kid’s coach? How to message an athlete and be in compliance with Safe Sport? What does compliance mean in a post-pandemic world? How do we keep kids safe upon return to play? Bill explains why he believes this is such an important topic   Resources Mentioned GreatCoach.com Sports Fundraising Platform    Help Support the Podcast! Become a Podcast Champion! …and get FREE access to ALL of our online courses.    If you love the podcast, we would love for you to become a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions) for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK, its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including:  Downloadable transcripts of the podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A monthly discussion with John, James, Jerry, and other special guests talking about the previous month's episodes and answering some of the FAQs we received that month A code to get free access to our online course called "Coaching Mastery," usually a $97 course, but yours for free for becoming a patron. Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences.   Thank you for all your support these past two years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions

Talia Markowitz, MPH, from the Human Rights Clinic at HealthRight International speaks about her organization's mission to empower marginalized communities to live healthy lives and the services it provides.

HealthRight and I AM GPH have partnered to bring you this 4-part podcast series profiling four different Frontline health workers (FHWs) and their work in four different countries. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has identified men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) and sex workers as priority populations for HIV prevention, care and treatment services given their heightened risk. Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP as it's more commonly known, is a medicine that prevents HIV infection and holds significant potential for reducing HIV incidence, particularly among groups that are at high risk of infection. In this episode we speak with Salim Furaha, who is a sex worker and peer educator in eastern Kenya, working on a HealthRight-sponsored PrEP project in order to assess its impact on the local sex worker community. Salim discusses his view from the front lines of the HIV response: how and why he became a peer educator, what a peer educator does, and why PrEP is an important HIV prevention tool in his community. As a global health NGO focused on health system strengthening for marginalized populations, much of HealthRight's work is devoted to building the capacity of FHWs to better meet the needs of the communities they serve. These are some of those stories. This podcast series is hosted by Dr. Peter Navario, Executive Director of HealthRight and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU's College of Global Public Health. Frontline health workers play an essential role in the prevention, identification and response to ill-health globally. For marginalized communities in particular, FHWs are the only link between them and the health system. Investment in FHWs has been shown to be a highly cost-effective way to ensure healthier, safer communities around the world. For more information about HealthRight and its programs please visit: www.healthright.org or visit them on Twitter or Instagram. To learn more about the NYU College of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

HealthRight and I AM GPH have partnered to bring you this 4-part podcast series profiling four different Frontline health workers (FHWs) and their work in four different countries.  Northern Uganda is home to one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. The majority of refugees residing there are South Sudanese women and children who have fled conflict and violence. While there are limited data on the mental health needs in this population, HealthRight has observed high rates of depression, anxiety and PTSD among refugees residing in these settlements. In this episode, we speak with Safina Yusuf, a Ugandan HealthRight interventionist who is working to implement an intervention called, Self-Help Plus (SH+), which is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that addresses psychological distress resulting from significant adversity without relying on trained mental health professionals. Safina discusses her view from the front lines of the global mental health response: life in the settlement, her work building mental health capacity, and Self-Help Plus (SH+). As a global health NGO focused on health system strengthening for marginalized populations, much of HealthRight's work is devoted to building the capacity of FHWs to better meet the needs of the communities they serve. These are some of those stories. This podcast series is hosted by Dr. Peter Navario, Executive Director of HealthRight and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU's College of Global Public Health. Frontline health workers play an essential role in the prevention, identification and response to ill-health globally. For marginalized communities in particular, FHWs are the only link between them and the health system. Investment in FHWs has been shown to be a highly cost-effective way to ensure healthier, safer communities around the world. For more information about HealthRight and its programs please visit: www.healthright.org or visit them on Twitter or Instagram. To learn more about the NYU College of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

HealthRight and I AM GPH have partnered to bring you this 4-part podcast series profiling four different Frontline health workers (FHWs) and their work in four different countries. There has been a spike in the number of women and children fleeing violence and seeking asylum in the United States. HealthRight's Human Rights Clinic, based in NYC, assists asylum seekers who have survived violence and human rights violations by providing forensic examinations, which document the physical and psychological signs of violence. Dr. Silverman is a clinical psychologist and volunteer with the Human Rights Clinic who conducts forensic exams for child and adolescent survivors of violence. He is a FHW and this is his story.  As a global health NGO focused on health system strengthening for marginalized populations, much of HealthRight's work is devoted to building the capacity of FHWs to better meet the needs of the communities they serve. These are some of those stories. This podcast series is hosted by Dr. Peter Navario, Executive Director of HealthRight and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU's College of Global Public Health.  Frontline health workers play an essential role in the prevention, identification and response to ill-health globally. For marginalized communities in particular, FHWs are the only link between them and the health system. Investment in FHWs has been shown to be a highly cost-effective way to ensure healthier, safer communities around the world.  For more information about HealthRight and its programs please visit: www.healthright.org or visit them on Twitter or Instagram. To learn more about the NYU College of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

HealthRight and I AM GPH have partnered to bring you this 4-part podcast series profiling four different Frontline health workers (FHWs) and their work in four different countries. One of the many consequences of the long simmering conflict in Ukraine is an increased incidence of gender-based violence (GBV). Anna is a psychologist who leads one of HealthRight's GBV mobile teams (there are 46 across Ukraine) in the Odessa region that identifies, treats, triages and documents cases of GBV. Anna is an FHW and this is her story. As a global health NGO focused on health system strengthening for marginalized populations, much of HealthRight's work is devoted to building the capacity of FHWs to better meet the needs of the communities they serve. These are some of those stories. This podcast series is hosted by Dr. Peter Navario, Executive Director of HealthRight and Clinical Associate Professor at NYU's College pf Global Public Health.  Frontline health workers play an essential role in the prevention, identification and response to ill-health globally. For marginalized communities in particular, FHWs are the only link between them and the health system. Investment in FHWs has been shown to be a highly cost-effective way to ensure healthier, safer communities around the world.  For more information about HealthRight and its programs please visit: www.healthright.org or visit them on Twitter or Instagram. To learn more about the NYU College of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

The holiday season is upon us and while those celebrations bring joy to many, for others it’s a difficult time. An estimated three million adults experience seasonal depression every year in the U.S. due to circumstances such as the loss of loved ones, a lack of family connections, financial hardships, and many other factors.  Christianne Kernes is a marriage and family therapist and director of clinical services at HealthRIGHT 360, a non-profit for those seeking treatment for mental health and substance abuse issues. She is also the co-founder of LARKR, a mobile platform that lets users have video therapy sessions in real time with licensed and highly vetted therapists. She talks with Woman Around Town’s Editor Charlene Giannetti about seasonal depression, who’s at risk, and what can be done to help. For more information, go to the website for LARKR. Top photo: Bigstock

In this episode we speak with Alex Bragg, a 2017 MPH alumni of NYU GPH. She talks about her experience working at HealthRight International, which is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) affiliated with NYU. As a program officer at HealthRight she discusses her current work, her role within the organization and sheds light on what the experience is like for interns at the HealthRight. To learn more about the NYU College of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

Dr. Vitka Eisen, CEO of HealthRIGHT 360, discusses the history of Bill Graham’s instrumental role in supporting the development of “Rock Med” and the early efforts of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. Dr. Eisen is the Chief Executive Officer of HealthRIGHT 360, and has over 24 years of experience in the human services field, and a lifelong commitment to supporting people and communities struggling with addiction and incarceration. For over four decades, the programs of Walden House have been providing behavioral health services to those in need. They work with clients to match them with effective treatment within a continuum of care that includes residential treatment, outpatient programs, and in-custody services.

Betsy Stubblefield Loucks of HealthRight offers an alternative view of health care reform

Betsy Stubblefield Loucks of HealthRight offers an alternative view of health care reform