The subject of this video is managing mental health in tough economic times. One guest is a psychologist who works with people at Kaiser Permanente to help manage stress. The other guest is a man who when through a difficult time after he lost his job, and later started an organization to help people like himself.

Taped June 17, 2009.

Discussion Questions for Tough Economic Times

Resources for Tough Economic Times

Notes on music and art:
The composer of the music and the painters of the pictures used in the show lived with serious mental health problems.

Music:
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky

Paintings:
The Parable of the Good Samaritan by Francesco Bassano
Old Man in Sorrow by Vincent van Gogh

The Erythraean Sibyl (Sistine Chapel) by Michelangelo

Note:
The views expressed on this program are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare or Comcast.