89.9 FM WJCT Radio Documentary Examines THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
November 26, 2007
DETAILS: According to a U.S. Surgeon General’s report, one in five Americans may have some form of mental health problem, and the majority is not getting the help they need. 89.9 FM WJCT Senior Staff Reporter/Producer Kevin Meerschaert examines the First Coast’s current mental health system in the next PERSPECTIVES, WJCT’s continuing series of 30-minute radio documentaries.
WHERE: 89.9 FM WJCT Public Radio
PERSPECTIVES: THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS features recovering patients and families, who discuss their illnesses, their treatment, and how they deal with the stigma society still places on people with their medical condition. The documentary also examines funding problems faced by local mental health care providers and programs that have been successful in treating people with mental health disorders.
“There are a lot more people in our community with a mental health condition than most people realize, many of them doing quite well thanks to proper treatment and medication,” says Meerschaert. “But many others aren’t getting the help they need. We take a look at what is being done to help people and why mental health disorders should be treated like any other medical condition.”
WJCT is the community-supported public broadcasting station for the First Coast.
