Hey, it's Anna, and this is a special Saturday drop of the show.

For three weeks this month, we are dropping new episodes on Wednesdays and Saturdays to

share the National Collin series about mental health that we've been hosting with our colleagues

at WNYC during this mental health awareness month.

We're calling the series Hold On, and we're taking calls from public radio stations across

the country to talk together about our mental health, share your stories, your questions,

and your frustrations with the mental health care system.

And also what's worked for you.

In this hour, we talked about our relationship to prescription psychiatric medication.

According to a 2021 study, one in five American adults are taking medication to treat their

mental health.

That's more than the number in any sort of talk there if you're counseling, which is about

one in ten.

In this episode, you'll hear from listeners about the drugs that are helping and about the

relationships or lack thereof that they have with their prescribers.

And how that can be tricky to navigate when trying to change or taper off their current

meds.

If you want to take a look at this whole series, plus a list of mental health resources,

go to WNYC.org slash Hold On.

We'll have our final two episodes in your feed next week.

Please share this series with anyone you think might find it helpful.

Again, you can find it all at WNYC.org slash Hold On.

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