Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined

About Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined

"Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined" is a groundbreaking podcast by the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society (BCSS) and supporting partners. Host Faydra Aldridge, CEO of BCSS, speaks with medical experts, families, and people with lived experience of mental illness to dispel myths and get to the truth. This podcast is for anyone whose life is touched by mental illness.

Publisher

BC Schizophrenia Society

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Mar 2021

Latest episode

3 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 92 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S6E6: S6E6 Look Again Podcast - Setting the Story Straight: Mental Illness in the News

   Journalism professor Kathryn Gretsinger and host [Host Name] discuss how media framing impacts public perception of mental illness, offering insights into responsible reporting.

2. 

   20 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S6E5: S6E5 Look Again Podcast - Help, Harm, or Hype? AI's Impact on Mental Health Care

   Host Dr. Sarah Jones interviews Allan Brooks about how AI interactions can dangerously reinforce delusional thinking and lead to psychological crisis.

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   6 May 2026

   S6E4 Look Again Podcast - Creative Care: How Art Therapy Helps Coping with Mental Illness

   In this episode of Look Again: Mental Illness Re-examined, we explore how art therapy can help people living with serious mental illnesses and their family/caretakers. Through conversations with art therapist Nicole Parekh and artist Sandra Yuen, we examine how creative expression can offer a powerful, non-verbal way to process experiences, build connection, and support recovery. While art isn’t a replacement for treatment, it can help people reconnect with themselves, find meaning, and express what words sometimes cannot. Timecodes: (0:22) What is art therapy? (1:37) How art therapy actually works (3:57) Art therapy vs regular art classes (5:12) Why art helps express what words can’t (7:18) Art therapy & schizophrenia: real benefits (9:04) Can art therapy support recovery? (10:45) When art therapy might not be enough (11:30) How creativity rebuilds identity (13:33) Real story: from chaos to stability through art (14:41) The power of community in mental health recovery (15:17) A simple art therapy exercise you can try at home (18:24) How families can use creativity to support loved ones (19:55) Why art is a powerful coping tool (21:16) Sandra’s story about living with schizophrenia (23:11) How art helped rebuild confidence & purpose (24:08) The meaning behind Sandra’s artwork (25:23) Why art can’t replace medication (but still matters) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Inside a recent episode

S6E6: S6E6 Look Again Podcast - Setting the Story Straight: Mental Illness in the News

Published 3 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What's impactful? What's timely? What is close to home? What are some of the imperatives of news and news values? But one of those news values is education. And the way that we talk about people... And the way that we describe or illustrate situations actually has an impact on the way people think about those experiences and the way that they seek to know things or to evolve their thinking. And I think that journalists, the media, I don't like that term, the media, but journalists in particular have a duty of care. And we've got to select our language and be precise in the way that we do our work so as not to cause any undue harm. […]

Who has been a guest on Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kathryn Gretsinger
• Allan Brooks
• Linda
• Dr Rakesh Lamba
• Dr Diane McIntosh

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

648,979

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

97

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