10x10 Wellness Campaign Aims to Increase Lives of Mental Health Consumers

05/11/12 • 8 min

In the United States, an estimated 3 million people with severe mental illness have a 25-year shorter lifespan than the general population. Alameda County aims to eradicate this problem locally through the 10x10 Wellness Campaign. "Mental Health and Wellness Radio" host Jenee Darden speaks with the campaign's Manager Cardum Harmon.

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Writer Robert Whitaker on the Rise of Psych Drugs and Mental Health Diagnoses

"Mental Health and Wellness Radio" attended the 2012 CASRA Conference in San Mateo, Calif. to catch up with award-winning journalist and science writer Robert Whitaker. He speaks with host Jenee Darden about the pharmaceutical-drug industry, how some studies show short-term medical use results in higher rates of recovery than long-term use and why there is a growing trend of children being prescribed psychiatric medication. Whitaker is the author of "Mad in America" and "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America."

Photo: Robert Whitaker Gives a Lecture at the 2012 CASRA Conference.Photo Credit: Jenee Darden

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