The latest episode of Heard Tell has Andrew Donaldson talking to Dr. Kathryn Gordon about mental health, can social media be good for it, does engaging in politics & culture help or hurt, how the Covid-19 pandemic really affected mental health, and some examples in media that actually shows these issues in a good light.
Good For Your Mental Health w/Dr. Kathryn Gordon
“Social media is bad for your mental health” we are relentlessly told, but is engagement through technology on issues like culture and politics really a uniformly bad thing? We turn to Dr. Kathryn Gordon helps us turn down the noise in the news cycle on mental health and helps us better understand questions like did the Covid-19 pandemic really bring about a huge mental health crisis, does political engagement and cultural debate hurt or help your mental health. She also delves into popular culture to give us some good examples of how mental health is dealt with in movies and TV shows, and some of them you might find surprising.
Dr. Gordon’s Twitter
Dr. Gordon’s Website
The Suicidal Thoughts Workbook by Dr. Kathryn Gordon
Dr. Gordon’s writings at Ordinary Times
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