Justin Ray: Hospitals Without Walls

Justin Ray: Hospitals Without Walls

September 3, 2026 · 1h 2m · Season 1 · Episode 31

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Justin Ray discusses the challenges faced by individuals in mental health crises and the systemic issues within healthcare.

Send us Fan Mail The scariest part of a mental health crisis is not the diagnosis, it is the moment you realize the system can see the problem and still tell you it does not qualify. Justin Ray, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and 22-year retired Navy veteran, joins us from the trenches where hospitals, jails, families, and community care collide. We talk honestly about what happens when someone is psychotic, homeless, or cycling through repeated ER visits, and why “not sick ...

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Host: Michael Mackniak

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