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Dr. Xavier Amador Shares His Experiences Addressing Anosognosia​

In this interview with Jennifer Cohen, Dr. Amador discusses the communication tools he has developed for assisting people with serious mental illnesses accept treatment, especially those patients who lack insight into their symptoms and disease, the ethics of overriding autonomy, the best ways to share information with clinicians while respecting confidentiality, and meeting the rising rates of mental illness in the US.

American Mood Swings Podcast - Derailed - Schizophrenia & Psychosis
Inside Schizophrenia Podcast - Understanding Anosognosia (Lack of Awareness) in Schizophrenia

Gravity Podcast - Episode 160: Clinical Psychologist - Dr. Xavier Amador
CEO of the APA on Decriminalizing Mental Illness
In today’s episode of SMI Spotlight, Dr. Xavier Amador is joined by Dr. Marketa Wills, CEO and Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Wills discusses her career journey, leading her to enter the field of psychiatry and administration. She covers her vision for the upcoming advocacy from the APA, emphasizing the need to decriminalize mental illness. To achieve this decriminalization, she discusses the need for more tools and legal mechanisms to provide treatment for individuals with severe mental illness who may be unable to see their own need for medical intervention. She also speaks to how the APA advocates to address the shortage of psychiatrists nationwide.