About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of high costs on mental health care access and the importance of purpose in helping others heal.

A $20,000 inpatient stay should never be the reason someone delays mental health care, but for a lot of people it is. We get personal about what those price tags really do to decision-making in a crisis, and why the fear, stigma, and uncertainty around treatment can feel just as heavy as the symptoms themselves. We also zoom out to the bigger mission behind Voices for Voices: doing work that feels like your calling and staying persistent when the goals are huge. I share what purpose feels li...

People in this episode

Host: Justin Alan Hayes

Topics covered

• mental health
• treatment barriers
• purpose
• stigma
• non-profit work

Keywords

• mental health care
• cost of treatment
• stigma
• healing
• non-profit mission

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