Pricked

Rob Weiss is the executive director of Mentis--Napa’s Center for Mental Health and the oldest nonprofit agency in the Napa Valley. Rob enhances the importance of mental health and everyone having access to it equally. Kim and Rob discuss so many important topics today like a holistic viewpoint of health and wellness, socialized medicine, equity in mental and health care, and share some examples, solutions, and better options on how we can spend dollars for wellness and mental health in the US.

Show Notes

🤯 I think I need help. 00:51
😇 Strong desire related to social justice led him to “marry” social work and mental health services. 03:22
💸 General split is always among income and resources, regardless of ethnic or racial background. 05:14
🥀 Trauma-informed care: The biggest challenge in the field is to prevent retriggering, and reactivating people’s trauma. 09:30
💲 Binded with a dollar: Getting enough mental health providers and medical staff is a big challenge. 13:58
📊 The influence of non-profit organizations on the allocation of pandemic relief funds.18:01 
⚡ The government should support infrastructure in their local communities for health and wellness, and it shouldn't be a politicized thing. 20:03
💊 What is Basic Health Care?--Is it a human right or privilege and what kind of infrastructure do we need for it? 23:38
🙏 Examples of programs that can help in the prevention of wellness and mental health issues. 30:45
💰 On insurance: The reimbursement model vs. dollars for prevention model. 32:46
👛 Preventative maintenance of health and expensive medications in the US.  37:43
🚨 We need a shift from a healthcare system driven by profit. 39:30
🎫 Think globally, act locally: we need to be mentally healthy and well--it will translate into your community too. 48:30
💉 Rob’s pricked story: Hope, despite the difficulties. 51:04
💪 It's all about perseverance: Keep your center. 54:58


Connect with Rob’s non-profit agency:  www.mentis.napa.org

Connect with Kim:
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What is Pricked?

Kim Brown Sims is a board-certified senior executive, global healthcare & biotech consultant and health worker with over 35 years of experience across nonprofit, hospital and healthcare industries. Kim expresses the value of our clinical providers, nurses, doctors, social workers, mental health providers and discusses issues important to those on the front line, issues that the pandemic has brought to light, issues that have been in play for over 30 years. The Pricked podcast talks about the disruption and the innovation that's needed in health care through the policy changes that need to happen in order for us to truly make this an equitable and healthy world for all.