Interview with Keris Myrick for The Mighty

2/8/2019

Interview with Keris Myrick for The Mighty

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Today I interviewed Keris Myrick for The Mighty. Keris is the Chief of Peer Services for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. She also has a long, storied history of being a leader in the peer advocate movement. Topics discussed include the mental healthcare system, peer support, patient’s rights, and even Keris's love for cosplay which you can see for yourself towards the end of the video. I've been wanting to work with Keris for quite some time. I first discovered her because she was featured in the NAMI In Our Own Voice video which I presented alongside my own story well over one hundred times. I've heard so many positives stories about her whether it was her role in launching Project Return Peer Support Network in LA County, as a participant in Dese'Rae L. Stage's Live Through This suicide attempt survivor photography project, and her previous job as head of peer services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Hopefully, this is only the beginning of our work together.

Every month I host aFacebook Live interview for The Mighty straight from their Burbank, California office. This is a nice change of pace from No Restraints with Rudy Caseres because I get to interview some of the leading mental health advocates in Southern California face-to-face. I hope you'll check them all out.

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ABOUT RUDY

My name is Rudy Caseres and I am an award-winning public speaker, live-streaming, social media influencer/manager, and storytelling event producer. I am the host of No Restraints with Rudy Caseres where I have live interactive candid discussions with the leading advocates in mental health, human rights, and suicide prevention (currently on hiatus). I also host a monthly panel discussion for The Mighty with the leading mental health advocates in the world. I previously hosted SPSM Chat - Suicide Prevention Social Media where I led lively discussions with various experts in the field of suicidology. I advocate for humane treatment in the mental healthcare system and effective suicide prevention. I have given over 100 presentations in which I have shared my story of living with bipolar, surviving a mental breakdown while serving in the US Army, and fighting against forced psychiatric treatment in front of grad students, doctors, psych ward patients, educators, and youth at junior highs, high schools, and juvenile detention facilities. I have spoken across the country from the California State Capitol at an event headlined by legendary actor Richard Dreyfus to the Shedding Light on Mental Health Conference in Greater Wheeling, West Virginia. My content has been featured in The Mighty, This is My Brave, HealthyPlace, The S Word, OC87 Recovery Diaries, Sweatpants & Coffee, Stigma Fighters, and Schizophrenic NYC. In 2017, I was awarded the NAMI California Outstanding Peer of the Year and I was named one of The Mighty's Mental Health Heroes of 2017. After living in Los Angeles, California most of my life I recently relocated to the Denver, Colorado area.

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