The Medicalization of Mental Illness: Shifting the Paradigm in Psychiatric Care with Michelle McLain

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Worthy by Design

Kaylee Peil

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Worthy by Design is a faith-based and German New Medicine-informed podcast where we discuss the power of the gospel, mind-body healing, and walking in freedom. Tune in to learn how to turn head knowledge into heart knowledge, and to live from worthiness instead of constantly striving towards it.

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The Medicalization of Mental Illness: Shifting the Paradigm in Psychiatric Care with Michelle McLain

Worthy by Design

36 minutes 4 seconds

3 years ago

The Medicalization of Mental Illness: Shifting the Paradigm in Psychiatric Care with Michelle McLain

Michelle McLain is a Lightworker, board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse, and a member of the American Holistic Nurses Association. She is currently building her own business as a psychospiritual coach, and is known online as The Mad Psych Nurse. She is based in Arkansas and is a proud mother of one.

3:22 - Michelle's background in psychiatric nursing

5:55 - Is the current system missing the mark?

8:29 - How mental health care has evolved over time

12:25 - The downfalls of medication-focused care

18:52 - The chemical imbalance theory: which came first, the chicken or the egg?

24:22 - Lifestyle factors that affect your mental health

28:18 - How gut health affects the brain

31:38 - A message of hope for those suffering

You can find Michelle on her Facebook Page and Youtube channel. You can also join her Facebook group, The Mad Psych Nurse, if you are seeking compassionate support around mental illness, spiritual crisis/emergency, loneliness, abuse, or addiction.