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Wow! How? Peer Warmline

May 9, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

This essay is part of my LinkedIn newsletter series: Wow! How? Health. About two million people in North Carolina experience a mental health or substance use disorder crisis each year. Historically, about half did not receive treatment because of cost, leading to repercussions for families, communities, and individuals. A new Peer Warmline, staffed by counselors […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, peer-to-peer health care, policy issues, Solvers Tagged With: Kody Kinsley, mental health, North Carolina, peer counseling, peer-to-peer healthcare, Promise Resource Network, Wow! How? Health

Q&A with Deborah Kalb

May 6, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Book cover: Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care by Susannah Fox. Blue type on a yellow field

Deborah Kalb’s blog is a treasure chest full of Q&As with authors and illustrators and I’m honored to now be part of it. 1. What inspired you to write Rebel Health, and how was the book’s title chosen? As a researcher, I spend time in communities led by patients and caregivers who build new medical and assistive […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, Solvers Tagged With: AA, ACT-UP, Black Panther Party, disability, Esther Perel, Fountain House, La Leche League, Rebel Health

The Other 80

April 22, 2024 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Screenshot from Derek Sivers' TED talk How to start a movement

Claudia Williams created The Other 80 podcast to talk about how medical care only accounts for 20% of health outcomes. The other 80% includes factors like food, housing, transportation options, social connection, etc. I was honored to be interviewed for episode #27, now available wherever you listen to podcasts. You can hear in my voice […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, peer-to-peer health care, Seekers, Solvers Tagged With: #wearenotwaiting, Claudia Williams, Dana Lewis, Derek Sivers, Hugo Campos, John Costik, Open Notes, Patient-Led Research Collaborative, Rebel Health, Sara Riggare, Stanford Medicine X

Wow! How? PEARS

April 12, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

Tal Golesworthy lives with Marfan syndrome, which is characterized by long bones, flexible joints, eye problems, and, most threateningly, weakness at the root of the aorta. Over time, this major blood vessel becomes enlarged and, if left untreated, ruptures. Clinicians told Golesworthy he had few options, none of them attractive: wait and potentially experience a […]

Filed Under: Champions, Solvers Tagged With: Marfan syndrome, Rebel Health, Tal Golesworthy, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Community as therapy

March 28, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

Social isolation prevents people from getting help. The effect is amplified among people living with serious mental illness. They are the most in need of community support, yet are the least likely to get it in a health care system that is primarily focused on clinical interventions like medication. A recent report by M. Usman, […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Fountain House, Joshua Seidman, M. Usman, mental health, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Eating disorder recovery

March 7, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

Thirty million people in the U.S. will have a clinically significant eating disorder at some point in their lives. Treatment gaps mean that only a fraction of sufferers will receive the care they need due to the high cost of traditional, in-patient treatment and a scarcity of mental health professionals available for some populations and […]

Filed Under: Champions, peer-to-peer health care, Solvers Tagged With: eating disorders, Equip, Erin Parks, Kristina Saffran, Rebel Health, Wow! How? Health

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