No Restraints with Rudy Caseres Episode 21: Leah Harris

6/22/2018

No Restraints with Rudy Caseres Episode 21: Leah Harris

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This week on No Restraints with Rudy Caseres my guest is Leah Harris. I've been following Leah and her work since 2015; near the time I started sharing my own mental health story. Leah is a passionate activist for treating suicide prevention as a social justice issue as well as being highly critical of Western psychiatry. Her work has been featured in HuffPost, Mad in America, and Live Through This. She was also featured recently in the documentary The S Word. In addition, she has spoken at various conferences, storytelling events, protests, and even at The White House. Leah is one of those people I could speak for hours with. Please go support her work and sign up for her newsletter at LeahIdaHarris.com

Because it's for your own good.

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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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