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WQED-TV: Building a Future of Strong Mental Health
Dr. Spyridaki-Dodd explains how treating psychosis early, can help an individual lead a productive life. WQED Multimedia's "Living With Mental Illness" campaign is an ongoing commitment to explore various aspects of mental health, by examining specific diseases, interviewing experts and sharing...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Agencies help teens, families in behavioral health crisis
When parents discover their teenager is using drugs, or they find that a change in behavior is caused by depression, it's a crisis in the family. But there are often gaps in finding treatment that will lead to the young person being safe and in a stable condition. Problems can occur every step of...
WQED-TV: Medication & Treatment for FEP
In this webisode, Dr. Spyridaki-Dodd talks about why dealing with FEP involves a careful combination of medication and other forms of treatment. WQED Multimedia's "Living With Mental Illness" campaign is an ongoing commitment to explore various aspects of mental health, by examining specific...
WQED-TV: Access to Care for FEP
Dr. Spyridaki-Dodd describes how people involved in the FEP program help clients live more fulfilling lives. Tina and Brice talk about how his care team is helping him work to achieve his goals. WQED Multimedia's "Living With Mental Illness" campaign is an ongoing commitment to explore various...
WQED-TV: What is First-Episode Psychosis (FEP)?
Dr. Melina Spyridaki-Dodd of Family Services of Western Pennsylvania explains "First-Episode Psychosis" and the process of diagnosing the illness...
Annual NAMI Walk Seeks to Change Perception of Mental Illness
Even though one in four people will experience a mental illness this year, more than half of them will not seek treatment because of what they perceive others will think. This Sunday, Oct. 4, thousands of people will come together to change that perception....
One Conversation Counts: NAMI Offers Resources to Help for Suicide Prevention Month
Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or background and are often the result of mental health conditions. But suicide is preventable. One conversation with a person who cares can make a difference. To honor National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September...
Out of the Darkness
I experienced social anxiety when I was only five years old. I couldn't speak to anyone, especially girls, all of my elementary school years. In 1958 there was NO awareness or understanding of Mental Health so I was just considered shy and told by many to "just snap out of it and get some guts."...
NAMI Southwestern PA 16th Annual Education Conference, "Call to Action: Creating A Movement to Change Lives."
Promising, new intervention programs for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) have shown to offer real hope for recovery to the hundreds of thousands of adolescents and young adults who experience their first psychotic episode each year....