NAMI Montana Podcast
by Matt Kuntz and Colleen Rahn
NAMI Montana is a nonprofit organization that support, educates and advocates for Montanans who live with mental illness and their families. We are active on the local, state, and national levels. We are honored to work with amazing volunteers, policy makers and researchers. This podcast is designed to help people know more about the fight against mental illness in Montana and beyond.
Episodes
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Flexibility's Critical Role in Advocacy - Examples from Veterans Mental Health, Mental Health Parity, and Research Grants
In this episode, Colleen Rahn and Matt Kuntz of NAMI Montana discuss how important flexibilty is to successful advocacy campaigns. Colleen asks Matt to illustrate some examples of this from Veterans Mental Health, Mental Health Parity, and Research Grants. At the end of the episode, Colleen and...
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NAMI Montana Education Programs and Support Groups - Hannah Clemenson and Colleen Rahn
Hannah Clemenson hosts this episode with Colleen Rahn. They discuss NAMI Montana's Education programs and support groups, including the relatively recent addition NAMI Friends and Family. Listen to this episode to learn more about programs to help support you and your family.
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Work is Essential to Mental Health - NAMI Montana's Efforts to Expand Vocational Opportunities
In this episode, Hannah Clemenson and Matt Kuntz discuss how important meaningful work is to mental health and how disability systems need to be structured in a flexible manner that makes it possible for people to work towards meaningful employment without putting their disability benefits at…
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Decriminalization of Mental Illness in Montana - Tangible Steps on a Complicated Problem
In this first episode of the Second Season, Hannah Clemenson asks NAMI Montana Executive Director Matt Kuntz about "Decriminalization of Mental Illness in Montana. Hannah asks Matt about the broad issue of NAMI Montana's multi-year successful effort to create a new forensic hospital. Hannah then...
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Episode 14: Bestselling Author Mark Lukach Talks About His Family's Journey Through Mental Illness
Mark Lukach is a teacher and freelance writer. He is the author of the international bestselling memoir My Lovely Wife in The Psych Ward. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Wired, and other publications. He is currently the Ninth Grade Dean at The...
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Episode 13: Miriam Feldman Webinar Presentation on A Mother's Journey Through Schizophrenia
Miriam Feldman is an artist, writer, and mental health activist who splits her time between her Los Angeles workshop and her farm in rural Washington state. She has been married to her husband Craig O’Rourke, also a successful artist, for 34 years and they have four adult children. Their...
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Episode 12: Jordan Brown and the Journey to Finding His Passion in Creating Authentic Mental Health Content
This podcast episode is from Jordan's Brown webinar for NAMI Montana. Jordan has been a long-time friend and ally of NAMI Montana and we are delighted to have Jordan share his journey on the podcast. Jordan utilizes his combined experiences as a caregiver, social worker, and someone who has...
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Episode 11: Online Intensive Outpatient Treatment Comes to Montana - Charlie Health
Matt Kuntz, NAMI Montana's Executive Director, talks to Laura Sebulsky of Charlie Health about their innovative online care platform for Montana. You can find more about Charlie Health and their services at https://www.charliehealth.com/ Support the show (http://www.namimt.org/)
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Episode 10: Moms Are Not Immune - A Conversation About Maternal Suicide
Special addition to the podcast from a public webinar. Many mothers suffer in silence from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, which can lead to tragic consequences. Join this panel of experts and a survivor share their knowledge, compassion and experience. Moderator: Dana Hillyer Panelists…
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Episode 9: Why It's Important for Mental Health Advocates to Know Their History
In this episode, Matt Kuntz and Hannah Clemenson talk about how valuable it can be for mental health advocates to have an understanding of history. The historical realities and context of these conditions are valuable whether people are trying to come to grips with their own mental health...
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Episode 8: The Six Hour Rule for Navigating Crises
This is a shorter episode than usual. In this episode, Matt Kuntz highlights the "Six Hour Rule for Navigating Crises" that we recommend to people on the NAMI Montana phoneline. It is not for acute life-and-death situations, but fits more into less acute situations that are still intense enough...
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Episode Seven: Why We Made a Graphic Novel on Bipolar Disorder
In this episode of the NAMI Montana Podcast, Matt Kuntz and Colleen Rahn talk about the graphic novel just published by NAMI Montana. "Illustrated Journey Through Bipolar Disorder: Combining Analytics, Research and Personal Insights." The book was written by Matt Kuntz and Jason DeShaw. It was...
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Episode 6: NAMI Montana's Work During COVID-19
In this episode Matt Kuntz and Colleen Rahn talk about NAMI Montana's efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation covers both NAMI Montana's statewide efforts to provide healthcare supplies and the more local efforts to keep support groups going virtually. Support the show...
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Episode 5: Treatment Scout Crosses the 300 Review Mark
In this episode, Matt Kuntz and Colleen Rahn of NAMI Montana talk about Treatment Scout, the online review website for inpatient and other intensive treatments (mental health, substance abuse, dementia, etc.) Matt and Colleen talk about why NAMI Montana developed Treatment Scout, basically to...
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Episode 4: NAMI Montana's Priorities for the 2021 Montana Legislature
In this episode, Colleen Rahn and Matt Kuntz discuss NAMI Montana's Legislative Priorities. **** **** ***** On December 6, 2019, the NAMI Montana Board met to set our Legislative priorities for the 2021 Legislature. While we have other bills and will support other issues, these Legislative...
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Episode Three: Suicide Prevention and Mental Healthcare in Montana- Exploring Montana's Research Needs
The Center for Mental Health Research and Recovery at Montana State University and the Vice President of Research, Economic Development, and Graduate Education hosted Zoe Barnard on September 15, 2019. Zoe Barnard presentation was on "Suicide Prevention and Mental Healthcare in Montana: Exploring...
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Episode 2: Why We Tell People to Write Letters in Some of the Most Difficult Situations
In this episode, Colleen Rahn and Matt Kuntz describe why they so often recommend that people write letters as a way to personally advocate during difficult situations. These situations generally involve someone in power needing to make a different decision to help a person or their loved one's...
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2019 NAMI Montana Hero and Exemplary Service Awards
NAMI Montana is honored to announce this year's NAMI Montana Hero and Exemplary Service Award Winners. We have grouped this year's recipients according to the categories of their efforts. Veterans Mental Health - Senator Jon Tester has been an amazing partner for NAMI Montana for years and is...
About this show
NAMI Montana is a nonprofit organization that support, educates and advocates for Montanans who live with mental illness and their families. We are active on the local, state, and national levels. We are honored to work with amazing volunteers, policy makers and researchers. This podcast is designed to help people know more about the fight against mental illness in Montana and beyond.
Hosted by
Matt Kuntz and Colleen Rahn