How to Get Help
The Hilarious World of Depression
American Public Media
4.8 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Here’s a repeat of an episode originally aired last year. We’re offering this repeat because some things need repeating, such as how to get help for your mental health when you really need it. It’s a conversation with Dr. Ken Duckworth, Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and it’s practical advice. A lot of people will say “get help” for mental illness; here’s what you can do to make that happen.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Cameron Espazito and I have a lot of jobs. I'm an actor. You've seen me on ABC's and a million little things. |
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| 0:26.4 | Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.1 | Hey everyone, John Mow here on the host of the hilarious world of depression. |
| 0:34.3 | And we're going to refeed an episode that originally came out last summer because we think it might help someone. |
| 0:41.6 | And in times like this, it's good to try to help someone. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm recording this at the end of a hard week. The famous designer Kate Spade, whose work made a lot of people happy, |
| 0:52.8 | died by suicide after a long struggle with depression. Her sister reported that |
| 0:58.3 | Kate Spade resisted treatment because of what other people would think. |
| 1:02.4 | Then Anthony Bourdain, food writer, travel writer, but really a storyteller, |
| 1:07.6 | whose work tried to bring people together, he died by suicide in France. |
| 1:13.5 | Also this week, the Centers for Disease Control released new information about suicide. |
| 1:18.5 | And it's not good news. Suicide rates are up in every age group under 74, men and women, |
| 1:25.8 | and kids. Suicide is now the number 10 cause of death in America. |
| 1:31.2 | And through all this, you might have been hearing a lot of people urging you to get help if you're |
| 1:36.7 | struggling with mental illness or think you might be. And they're right. You should. |
| 1:42.9 | Got a toothache? You go to the dentist. You break your leg. You go to the hospital because |
| 1:48.1 | you don't need to live in that pain and you want to treat it before it gets worse. |
| 1:52.6 | And there are people and systems available to help you. And with mental illness, |
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