<p>John and Andrea go over clinical psychologist, Dr. Xavier Amador’s, decades long work about how to understand and help people who won’t accept that they have a mental illness. They’re actually not in denial often times. Instead, they are completely unaware that they are mentally ill. Dr. Amador explains the difference and how this difference informs how one should approach the person in crisis.</p>

Episodic

John F. O'Donnell, Andrea Allan

Ep. 13 Strategies To Help Someone In “Denial” Of Their Mental Illness

DEC 3, 202548 MIN
Episodic

Ep. 13 Strategies To Help Someone In “Denial” Of Their Mental Illness

DEC 3, 202548 MIN

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<p>John and Andrea go over clinical psychologist, Dr. Xavier Amador’s, decades long work about how to understand and help people who won’t accept that they have a mental illness. They’re actually not in denial often times. Instead, they are completely unaware that they are mentally ill. Dr. Amador explains the difference and how this difference informs how one should approach the person in crisis.</p>