Melissa Raven - The Global Mental Health Movement - Cause for Concern
Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health
Mad in America
4.7 • 213 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
This week, we present the first in a series of interviews on the topic of the global 'mental health' movement. These interviews will be led by our Mad in America research news team and today's interview is hosted by our lead research news editor, Justin Karter.
In this episode, Justin interviews Dr Melissa Raven, who is a psychiatric epidemiologist, policy analyst and postdoctoral research fellow in the Critical and Ethical Mental Health research group at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. Originally qualified as a clinical psychologist, she then worked as a lecturer and researcher in public health and primary health care. Her current mental health research and advocacy is informed by a strong social determinants perspective and a strong critical orientation, which she applies to a range of topics, including suicide prevention, workplace mental health, (over)diagnosis, (inappropriate) prescribing, and conflicts of interest in mental health and the broader health/welfare arena.
On October 10th, 2018, World Mental Health Day, The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development published a report outlining a proposal to "scale up" mental health care globally. At the same time, the UK government is hosting a Global Mental Health Ministerial Summit with the intention of laying out a course of action to implement these mental health policies globally.
In response, a coalition of mental health activists and service-users have organized an open letter detailing their concerns with the summit and report. The response has attracted the support of critical professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Mad in America podcast, your source for science, psychiatry and social justice. |
| 0:13.0 | Hello, this is James, welcome to episode 50 of the Madden America podcast. |
| 0:18.2 | In this episode, we turn our attention to World Mental Health Day, |
| 0:22.0 | held on October 10th, 2018, and in particular concerns about the globalization of mainstream |
| 0:28.0 | westernized mental health treatment approaches. And to discuss this, Mad in America's news editor, |
| 0:34.2 | Justin Carter, interviews Dr. Melissa Raven. On October 10th, 2018, World Mental Health Day, |
| 0:42.0 | the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development published a report |
| 0:46.5 | outlining a proposal to scale up mental health care globally. At the same time, the UK government |
| 0:53.0 | is hosting a global mental health ministerial summit |
| 0:56.0 | with the intention of laying out a course of action to implement these mental health policies |
| 1:01.0 | globally. |
| 1:02.0 | In response, a coalition of mental health activists and service users have organized an open letter |
| 1:09.0 | detailing their concerns with the summit and the report. |
| 1:12.8 | The response has attracted the support of critical professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, |
| 1:18.2 | and researchers. Our guest for this MIA podcast is one such researcher and activist. Dr. Melissa Raven, |
| 1:26.9 | a psychiatric epidemiologist and policy analyst, is a postdoctoral |
| 1:31.2 | research fellow in the Critical and Ethical Mental Health Research Group at the University of |
| 1:36.5 | Adelaide in South Australia. Originally qualified as a clinical psychologist, she then worked as a |
| 1:43.5 | lecturer and researcher in public health |
| 1:45.7 | and primary health care. Her current mental health research and advocacy is informed by a strong |
| 1:52.1 | social determinants perspective and a strong critical orientation, but she applies to a range of topics, |
| 1:58.9 | including suicide prevention, workplace mental health, |
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