Urban Tools For Change By Dr. Lisa LaCon

On today's episode, "THE OVERSHADOWED: THE OPIOID CRISIS IN BLACK AMERICA", I will read from an article I wrote for The Newsletter for the Association of Black Sociologists . I will have a discussion about the opioid epidemic in the Black community, especially synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, the drug that Prince overdosed on. 

On today's episode, "Can Popping Pills Kill? 10 Questions To Ask Your Doctor When Prescribed Medication", I will provide for you 10 questions to ask your doctor when he or she is prescribing medication to you which can assist you on your wellness and recovery journey.

On today's episode "What's Up Doc? Am I Depressed or Not?", I will discuss using the PHQ9 in order to determine someone's mental health status, particularly depression. This self-administered tool was developed by Drs. Kroenke, Spitzer, and Williams.

On today's episode "Back Down Memory Lane: Experiencing Grief Through Loss" we're going to discuss and define what grief is and the five stages associated with grief. Also, we're going to identify unhealthy as well as healthy tools used to navigate this heavy emotional process and individual journey. 

On today's episode, "This BEAR Is Still Chasing Me", we're going to discuss and define what fear is as well as discuss the eight (8) levels of intensity associated with fear. We're going to explore where fear stems from, the BEAR in the room (our B eliefs E xpected A s R eality whether real or imagined). And, I am going to illustrate how it looks to be in fear (fight of flight) meaning some people...

On today's episode, Why Is This Bear Chasing Me?, we're going to discuss anxiety. We're going to explore where anxiety stems from, the common symptoms and how we can ID the root cause of our anxiety using the BEAR approach which stands for B eliefs E xpected A s R eality.

On today's episode, Don't Come Near Me With Your Mental Illness, we're going to discuss stigma associated with mental illness and we are going to explore some causes why those in the urban community, particularly Blacks do not seek mental health treatment. Finally, we are going to discuss how we can overcome these stigmatizing ideas about mental health and seek appropriate treatment.

On today's episode we're going to discuss mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation, and what is a mental health tool box.  Also, we will hear from the urban community their definition of mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation, and what is a mental health tool box.