Understanding Obamacare
With the recent election of Donald Trump as U.S. president, there is a very real chance that the Affordable Care Act will be gutted or repealed.
Episode 28: Jail and Mental Health
Across the country, people are sitting in jail because they can’t afford bail or are awaiting desperately needed psychiatric services. We talk to Diana Claitor of the Texas Jail Project, who offers her perspective on the issue.
Into the Fold, Episode 26: King Davis on the Segregated Past, the Fractured Present
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is on a mission, not just to catalyze systemic reforms in mental health, but also to use our accumulated knowledge and platform to address some of the world’s most vexing problems. In this episode, former Hogg...
Into the Fold, Episode 25: Circuit Riders for Mental Health
The book is an exhaustively researched and revealing look at the history of the Hogg Foundation, with a focus on its first three decades.
Into the Fold, Episode 24: A New Mental Health App Comes to UT
Health and wellness apps are much in the news these days, and now with Thrive@UT, the new mental health app geared toward students, The University of Texas at Austin has staked its own claim on this new frontier. In this episode of Into the Fold, Chris Brownson, Elana...
PeerFest Online Symposium: Why We Play (Part 1)
A prevalent theme that has emerged during the planning process is for PeerFest to be centrally focused on PLAY, and fun.