Youth Mental Health Episodes

Nov. 20, 2024

795: Psychology Diversity, Rulemaking Improvements

Dr. Charmain Jackman, licensed psychologist and founder and CEO of InnoPsych, tells us how InnoPsych plans to diversify the psychology workforce; Tami Thompson, Regulatory Affairs manager at the Washington State Department o…
Nov. 7, 2024

787: Racism Affects Youth, Epidemiology Assessment Bears Mixed Results

Dr. James Huynh, assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, discusses what the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey says about racism; Sarah Auer,…
Oct. 30, 2024

781: Disaster Effects on Children, DELPH Applications Due

Dr. Dan Dodgen, Senior Advisor for the Office of Strategy Policy and Requirements in the Office of the Administrator for Strategic Preparedness and Response at HHS, discusses the importance of a recent listening session focu…
Oct. 29, 2024

780: Infant Mortality Mixed Bag Of Success, Suicide Trends Highlight Disparities

Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and an ASTHO Member, details Illinois’ latest report on infant mortality; Allison Corr, manager for the Suicide Risk Reduction Project at The Pew Charita…
Aug. 5, 2024

721: Social Media Warning Label, Essentials of Leadership Management

Dr. Jane Harness, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry, discusses the surgeon general’s recent call for warning labels on social media; Bryan Jimenez, program supervisor for c…
July 23, 2024

712: Preparing for Tornadoes, Helping People with Disabilities During Emergencies

Dr. Kristina Kintziger, associate professor and the associate director of the Water, Climate, and Health program at the University of Nebraska, explains the long-term community impacts of a tornado; Nassira Nicola, deputy di…
July 16, 2024

707: New National Suicide Prevention Strategy Explained, Washington State Launches 9-8-8 Campaign

Dr. Deborah Stone, lead behavioral scientist for Suicide Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains the strategies that make up a new national strategy to prevent suicide;  Nikki Meline, Social Marketing…
July 3, 2024

698: Best of PHRME: Website Accessibility Rule, Tick-Borne Disease Awareness

This special episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition revisits a popular episode from June 3rd, 2024. Chris Teale, a journalist with Route Fifty, discusses a federal rule that requires websites to adopt standards outl…
May 1, 2024

655: Social Media Interventions, Center Builds Capacity to Help Older Adults

Dr. Jessica Schleider, associate professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University, says social media platforms are one of the best ways to reach kids in crisis; Josh Hodges, chief customer officer at the Natio…
March 20, 2024

625: Impacts of Overdose Deaths, Ethical Use of AI

Dr. Alison Athey, associate behavioral scientist at RAND, worked with her colleagues to take a deeper look at the impact of overdose deaths; Connie Moon Sehat, principal investigator of the Analysis and Response Toolkit for …
March 8, 2024

617: Social Media Oversight, Spending Deadline Concerns

Dr. Matthew Biel, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, worries about the impact of social media on young people; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO senior vice president for Government Affairs a…
March 7, 2024

616: Social Media Epidemic, States Act to Address Youth Eating Disorders

Dr. Matthew Biel, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, tells us social media is not necessarily a good part of childhood; Lexa Giragosian, ASTHO senior analyst for Maternal and Infa…
Feb. 21, 2024

605: Social Media is Declared a Public Health Threat, Workforce DEI Strategies

Dr. Ashwin Vasan, New York City health commissioner, discusses New York City’s decision to declare social media a public health hazard; Anya Nystrom, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment director of Culture, …
Nov. 6, 2023

539: Mental Health in Tribal Communities, Working With Medicaid Partners

Kaleb Roedel, News Reporter at KUNR Public Radio, reacts to a recent Pew survey that documents extremely high suicide rates among Native Americans and Alaska Natives; and Stephanie Doyle, Deputy Director for the Bureau of Fa…
Oct. 16, 2023

524: CDC Director Urges Data Sharing, Wisconsin Prioritizes Youth Mental Health

CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen encourages public health agencies to share their data with each other; Linda Hall, Director of the Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health, says her state is working to align its government …