Gail Saltz || The Gifts of Disability

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Over 50% of people will meet the criteria for a mental illness in their lifetime. On this episode of The Psychology Podcast, we want to do our part to encourage people to seek assistance, while celebrating some of the unique strengths of people with brain differences. I speak with expert Gail Saltz about some fascinating gifts that can come with with diagnoses such as ADHD, dyslexia, autism, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and more. We discuss achieving a balance between receiving proper treatment and cultivating strengths to optimize productivity and well-being. To learn more about Dr. Gail Saltz, visit her website drgailsaltz.com. For some really cool socks, go toBombas.com/tpp to get 20% of your first order. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give
0:04.4	you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity. Each episode will feature
0:09.1	a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.
0:14.4	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:17.6	Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. best. Right now we're really excited to be speaking with our guest Gail Salts.
0:43.0	Gail is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry, the New York Presbyterian Hospital
0:47.0	Wail Cornell Medical College and a cycle analyst with the New York
0:51.0	Psychoanalytic Institute.
0:53.0	A frequent contributor in the media, she is a columnist, best-selling author, podcast host, and television
0:58.4	commentator and one of the nation's foremost go-to experts on a variety of psychological and mental health issues,
1:04.0	especially those pertaining to women's emotional well-being, relationships, and the mental health
1:08.3	aspects of current news. Her latest book is The Power of Different, the link between Disorder and Genius.
1:14.4	Hey Gail, thanks so much for being on the show today.
1:17.5	Well, Scott, thanks for inviting me because, as you know, we both love this topic and you of course were a major expert for me in
1:26.6	constructing my book so I'm really delighted that I'm here.
1:30.9	Well that's really kind of you to say.
1:33.0	This book is, first of all, it's been doing very well.
1:35.8	I see it's doing it for so really resonated with a lot of people.
1:38.4	What do you think is resonating so much?
1:40.3	Yeah, I'm really excited about that and I think that it just sort of congeals and brings to light something that many people who are struggling with some sort of symptom of what I would call a brain difference.
1:52.2	So, you know, it may be a mental illness,
1:54.3	it might be a learning difference or disability.
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