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Talk-Line: Andy Jackson on Depression Awareness Month · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: We are quarter past the hour. This is Thursday. It's
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  Speaker 1: October the twenty third, the year is twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time for another informational edition of talkline here
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  Speaker 1: at WIXN Radio.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm Steve Marco.
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  Speaker 1: It is time for our look at news and information
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  Speaker 1: from Sinsippi Centers. We call it the Sinnissippi Spotlight, and
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  Speaker 1: every month we get news and information from across Dixon
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  Speaker 1: Lee County, the Sauk Valley, northern Illinois. That's the reach
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  Speaker 1: of Sinnisippi Centers and their great services offered across our
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  Speaker 1: northern Illinois area. But we talk about the special events,
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  Speaker 1: the special information that comes aboard every month from Sinissippi Centers,
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  Speaker 1: and here to deliver the goods today as our dear friend,
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  Speaker 1: the marketing manager of Sinnssippi Centers. He's live at the
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  Speaker 1: microphones with us this morning here at wix IN. Our
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  Speaker 1: good friend Andy Jackson joins us on this Thursday here
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  Speaker 1: at wix IN. Good morning, sir, good morning, Nice to
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  Speaker 1: have you with us. Thanks good to be here. It
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  Speaker 1: is kind of a bittersweet talk line. It is that
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  Speaker 1: we are going to converse with Andy here. This is
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  Speaker 1: my final talk line with Andy Jackson as part of
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  Speaker 1: the Waking Crew fold here at w y Axent. Andy
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  Speaker 1: uh will be continuing with Mississippi Spotlights as we move
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  Speaker 1: forward after yours truly takes a leave starting next Friday.
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  Speaker 2: I asked Steve if I could follow.
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  Speaker 3: Him into retirement and move in and just sort of
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  Speaker 3: follow him around and do all of that, and he
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  Speaker 3: said no, I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: I did not understand that answer.
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  Speaker 1: That's not true. He's naking that up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you tend to do that sometimes, do that on radio.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, theater of the mine, that's right, the theater
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  Speaker 1: of the mine.
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  Speaker 2: For real up top.
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  Speaker 1: It has been a pleasure working with this geneal. I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you, I can't even remember how long, Oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: it's been. I joined Ssissippi in two thousand and six.
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  Speaker 1: You were here before that, Yeah, and you have been
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  Speaker 1: aboard every step of the way since you're coming to SIP.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I took over every There were two Greg Gates had
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  Speaker 3: been on at that point too, and I forget how
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  Speaker 3: we divvied up the radio interviews at that time, but
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  Speaker 3: at one point, yeah, it was just just me doing him.
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  Speaker 3: So at least since twenty ten, Yeah, a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and Andy has been a staple with us throughout
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  Speaker 1: the years that he has been serving as our marketing
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  Speaker 1: manager at Senesippi Centers. And well, first of all, what
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  Speaker 1: a great tenure you've had at Sennaesippi Centers.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, that's that's been great.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you know, with with the with the again and.
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  Speaker 3: I don't normally talk about it, but former radio before that, well,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we don't normally talk about that, but.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's an occasion. No, yeah, that was and
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  Speaker 2: that's great.
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  Speaker 3: That was a previous career for me. That was was
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  Speaker 3: wonderful too. So yeah, both of those have been good.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it shows the savvy that Andy brings aboard when
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  Speaker 1: he talks to us every month, you can tell that
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  Speaker 1: he is a professional in this.
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  Speaker 2: You know studio with us.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I don't know, yeah, now maybe you're making stuff up,
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  Speaker 3: you know, professionals kind of a kind of a strong.
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  Speaker 1: Term, but you have put in your time as in
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  Speaker 1: the you know, in the communications business before you know,
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  Speaker 1: stepping up and taking over as marketing manager of Mississippi Centers,
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  Speaker 1: and my goodness, you know, the we could talk, we
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  Speaker 1: could talk, you know, for hours or two about you know,
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  Speaker 1: the advancements and.
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  Speaker 2: That you my, you know, yeah, and changes.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, you know, and the most recent changes,
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  Speaker 3: changes changes in our industry, changes in your industry.
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  Speaker 2: We could devote probably several to that one.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, but you know, you know, talking about the
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  Speaker 1: recent changes, the opening and of offices that the new
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  Speaker 1: branches that Andy has talked about just recently with us
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  Speaker 1: in the new Byron office. You know, the expansion up
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  Speaker 1: into the northwest Illinois area.
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  Speaker 2: There's been a lot that's happened in the past fifteen
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  Speaker 2: plus years.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, and especially you know taking place now Recovery Home. Absolutely, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we could you know, the the U and
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  Speaker 1: it just kind of I guess zeros in on the
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  Speaker 1: need for the services of the SINCIPPI.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's the that's the interesting part. I don't think
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  Speaker 3: uh that had that doesn't seem to have changed. The
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  Speaker 3: situation with with funding has always been this seems like
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  Speaker 3: there's always more need than there are resources.
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  Speaker 2: To to serve that need. And that's been a common
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  Speaker 2: theme the whole the whole time. It just seems to
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  Speaker 2: be that way.
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  Speaker 3: There are other reasons why people don't seek treatment, but
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  Speaker 3: one of the biggest ones is funding uh for treatment
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  Speaker 3: for those who don't have other other coverage other than
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  Speaker 3: say Medicaid or or Medicare or something like that.
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  Speaker 1: So mm hmm, And uh, this kind of goes to,
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  Speaker 1: uh what Andy deals with, you know with special fundraisers,
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  Speaker 1: with activities, you know that that practically happen every month
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  Speaker 1: through Sinsippi Centers. And I know that you've got some
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  Speaker 1: holiday activities coming out holiday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, our Holiday Basket Project were already already planning for.
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  Speaker 2: We just sent out the registration form yesterday for it.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, right, so those will be coming down the
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  Speaker 1: pipeline as well, and we'll keep up to date with
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  Speaker 1: Andy and with our friends from the Sinissippi Centers again
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  Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five into twenty twenty six. Right here
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  Speaker 1: on wi accent, wanted a spotlight an area of October
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  Speaker 1: as we kick off our talk line with Andy this morning,
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  Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about a couple of areas
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  Speaker 1: at spotlight this month of October. October is National Depression
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  Speaker 1: and Mental Health Screening Month and Depression Awareness Month. It
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  Speaker 1: is we talk Andy. You know, it seems like you
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  Speaker 1: know at a frequent basis about depression, sure, and you
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  Speaker 1: know we connect a lot of this, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: a lot of these connections are made with depression, but
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  Speaker 1: here it is zeroed in in this month of October,
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  Speaker 1: this month, So.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And you know, one in five Americans have
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  Speaker 3: a diagnosable mental illness, that's twenty percent, and depression is
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  Speaker 3: one of the biggest ones. And like other diseases, is
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  Speaker 3: early detection is important with mental illness. And so that's
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  Speaker 3: why it's, uh, in addition to just the Depression Awareness Month,
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  Speaker 3: it's also screening month awareness as well. So early screening
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  Speaker 3: is the important just like it just like anything else,
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  Speaker 3: just like it might be heart disease, diabetes, cancer, or
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  Speaker 3: anything like that.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, with depression, Andy, in recent times, correct
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  Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong. In recent times, Andy, this is
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  Speaker 1: this has gone to be uh maybe more of a
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  Speaker 1: medical situation in some areas too, you know where you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're we're you know, post syndromes things like that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: are are are coming up connecting and and you know
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  Speaker 1: it's not just you know, the mental aspect of it,
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  Speaker 1: but you know we're seeing more of a medical aren't
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  Speaker 1: we with this.
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  Speaker 2: With this area as we should?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: You know, the saying oh, it's all in your head.
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  Speaker 3: Has been used in the past, and when it's a
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  Speaker 3: mental illness, we think of it as as a thought illness.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I can't speak for anybody else of what they think,
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  Speaker 3: but it really is a disease of the brain.
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  Speaker 2: It is a physical malady. There.
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  Speaker 3: There is a physical cause in the brain for these
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  Speaker 3: things that can be treated by by you know, counseling
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  Speaker 3: and by medication, and so absolutely it's the best way
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  Speaker 3: to think of it as is really another brain disease.
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  Speaker 3: And that's why we like to try to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: compare it to other chronic diseases, because it's fair to
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  Speaker 3: do so. Diabetes, heart disease, those kinds of things. I
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  Speaker 3: used to it's a bit of a clunky phrase, but
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  Speaker 3: how do I how do I put this? Sometimes to myself,
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  Speaker 3: mental illness is a let's see, a disease of an
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  Speaker 3: organ of the body that just so happens to be
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  Speaker 3: the brain. Uh not, maybe not the best way to
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  Speaker 3: say it. It's kind of how I think of it,
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  Speaker 3: But you call it brain disease. Uh, it is a
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  Speaker 3: brain disease. So absolutely to think of it medically in
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  Speaker 3: that way, and then it is a great way to
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  Speaker 3: think about it. Of course, you want to go to
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  Speaker 3: a mental health professional who are trained in that counseling
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  Speaker 3: part of it especially, but also very much more specialized
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  Speaker 3: in the medication side as well.
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  Speaker 1: And you just said that Andy, to begin your talk
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  Speaker 1: about October, which is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month,
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  Speaker 1: is the fact that screenings health screenings early detection. It's
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  Speaker 1: like any other malady, early detection. You could go down
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  Speaker 1: the line as far as maladies are can sure you
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  Speaker 1: know early screenings are important, and this is just as important.
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  Speaker 2: And when you're talking.
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  Speaker 3: About depression, it is because the earlier you get treatment,
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  Speaker 3: I think, the better your symptom management will be. And
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  Speaker 3: so you definitely.
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  Speaker 2: Want to do that. You don't want to let it get.
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  Speaker 3: To to a point where it's where it's seriously bad.
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  Speaker 3: And again, think of that example of diabetes. If you
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  Speaker 3: if you if you kind of know or think you
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  Speaker 3: have diabetes, but you don't treat it for years, it's
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  Speaker 3: not going to be as you know, you're not going
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  Speaker 3: to have as high quality of life as you would
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  Speaker 3: as if you caught it early and started.
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  Speaker 2: Treating it earlier.
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  Speaker 1: There's a stigma attached and we're always talking about stigma.
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  Speaker 3: It's gotten a lot better, but there still yeah, there
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  Speaker 3: still is a stigma out there about it. So and
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  Speaker 3: we continue to fight that. And one of the ways
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  Speaker 3: we fight that is what I just said, is to
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  Speaker 3: normalize that. In other words, to say, it really is
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  Speaker 3: just another chronic disease, just like anything else.
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  Speaker 1: Accept it and treat it.
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  Speaker 2: That's and one in five, I mean twenty percent of people.
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  Speaker 3: So if you don't think that you know anybody that
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  Speaker 3: has a mental illness, maybe that and maybe because of
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  Speaker 3: the stigma, they just haven't shared that with you. Because
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  Speaker 3: because we all know at least one person in our life,
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  Speaker 3: twenty percent out there, I mean, you know, we know
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  Speaker 3: probably more than one person in our life who has it,
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  Speaker 3: whether they've disclosed that or not.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. But with depression, when we're talking about depression, we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about an area that's that's more generalized, I think
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  Speaker 1: than other areas that we usually talk about andy, because
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  Speaker 1: depression is something that we all.
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  Speaker 2: Come in contact.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, yes, and that that is a fair point. That
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  Speaker 3: there is both acute and crime. Those would be the
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  Speaker 3: medical terms, acute being maybe temporary. You can have postpartum depression,
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  Speaker 3: you can we all have a time where we might
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  Speaker 3: feel low or depressed in life. That's a natural thing
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  Speaker 3: in life. But the diagnosis part is is it interfering
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  Speaker 3: with your uh, that's one of the criteria. Is it
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  Speaker 3: starting to interfere with your regular daily life, then it
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  Speaker 3: might be a chronic condition that definitely needs treatment. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it is a fair point that we all deal with it.
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  Speaker 3: But just because we all deal with it doesn't mean
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  Speaker 3: that we shouldn't do things to try to try to
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  Speaker 3: treat those symptoms of depression. Even if it's not a
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  Speaker 3: chronic illness in our lives. There are things we can
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  Speaker 3: do if we're having you know, if we're depressed during
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  Speaker 3: a day or a week or a month, you know
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  Speaker 3: something's going on in life that's hard that we're going through.
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  Speaker 3: We can still talk to somebody temper even if it's
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  Speaker 3: just temporarily, and that's a good thing. Death in the
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  Speaker 3: family might be one one situation or a big life
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  Speaker 3: change where you know you're feeling really really down, you're
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  Speaker 3: feeling depressed. It's you can talk to accounts or for
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  Speaker 3: a limited period of time, get through that tough period
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  Speaker 3: and get back out. But again, if it's a chronic illness.
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  Speaker 3: If it's something you're going to be facing for the
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  Speaker 3: rest of your life, then obviously talk to mental health professional,
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  Speaker 3: get the counseling and the medication that you need. And
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  Speaker 3: maybe you still even though it might be a longer term,
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  Speaker 3: you might be able to just manage that with medication
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  Speaker 3: at some point and not necessarily counseling. But each person
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  Speaker 3: is going to be different, just like just like anything else.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, it is, it can be. It's more of
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  Speaker 3: a maybe more nuanced in some ways that one depression
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  Speaker 3: anxiety might be fall under that category as well, where
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  Speaker 3: you might just have temporary anxiety, or it might be
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  Speaker 3: something that you face, you know, lifelong that needs treated.
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  Speaker 3: But you you just mentioned some points that should be
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  Speaker 3: taken into account and that is maybe the next level
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  Speaker 3: that again this could right, and that's where the screening
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  Speaker 3: comes in. You know, is this temporary? Is this something
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  Speaker 3: that needs attention? And you can take a free confidential
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  Speaker 3: online screening. It's on our website, just go to senesip
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  Speaker 3: dot org and that's the screening day part. Now, the
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  Speaker 3: screening day was October ninth, but any day is a
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  Speaker 3: good day to do screening for any of these things.
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  Speaker 3: But you go on sinicip dot or go on to
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  Speaker 3: our links page at the top. There are screening tools.
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  Speaker 3: Now you can take a screening for depression, but there
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  Speaker 3: are other screening tools there as well that you can discover.
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  Speaker 3: So take a look and you'll get not a diagnosis,
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  Speaker 3: but you'll get a suggestion of what the next step is.
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  Speaker 3: The diagnosis has to come from a mental health professional.
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  Speaker 3: That's just like a doctor has to diagnose other illnesses.
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  Speaker 3: A mental health professional would need to look at that
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  Speaker 3: and have an actual diagnosis for that to see what
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  Speaker 3: then those next steps are. But taking that screening will
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  Speaker 3: give you an idea of what might be going on
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  Speaker 3: and what your next what your next step.
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  Speaker 1: Is exactly, And that is there associated the stigma again
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  Speaker 1: the first step in taking the first.
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  Speaker 2: Step can always be the hardest.
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  Speaker 3: We really don't want to hear that we have to
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  Speaker 3: that we have something that we have to do different
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  Speaker 3: things and maybe other people that we know to deal
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  Speaker 3: with that for the rest of our lives. That could
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  Speaker 3: be almost anything, but certainly diseases that chronic diseases that
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  Speaker 3: we might.
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  Speaker 1: Face, such as depression, and we spotlight that this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Andy Jackson spotlights that during this month of October, National
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  Speaker 1: Depression and Mental Health Screening Month, and Depression America this month.
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  Speaker 1: This month of October. Andy Jackson has the information for
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  Speaker 1: us this morning here at wix and we're going to
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  Speaker 1: expand the talk line and chat with another area that
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  Speaker 1: Andy wants to bring to your attention this month of October.
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  Speaker 1: And we're going to do the honors. After we take
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  Speaker 1: a break for news at the bottom of the hour.
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  Speaker 1: Andy Jackson, marketing manager of Sinsissippi Centers, is with us
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  Speaker 1: for the spotlight for October of twenty twenty five. Stay
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  Speaker 1: with us more afternoon five at WIXN and we continue
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  Speaker 1: our conversation from Sinnissippi Centers with the marketing manager there.
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  Speaker 1: This is our Sinissippi Spotlight for October of twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: five with our dear friend Andy Jackson, who is live
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  Speaker 1: with us this morning for our what I call our
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  Speaker 1: swan song talk line. I am bittersweet, sir, I am,
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  Speaker 1: I am just I am bittersweet. Understandable about because as
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  Speaker 1: Andy talked about in the first portion of our talk line,
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  Speaker 1: he and I have been on the radio since Andy
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  Speaker 1: took hold of his Sinsissippi position way back in the
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  Speaker 1: early two thousands, and he has been a staple with us,
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  Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's building those you know, associations, sure,
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  Speaker 1: and building the combaderie that Andy and I have come
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  Speaker 1: to enjoy that I'm going to miss.
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  Speaker 3: You probably know more people than you think. You know too,
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  Speaker 3: you know a lot of people through the radio station.
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  Speaker 2: I know how that is. Ye And and Andy is
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  Speaker 2: one of my third couple hundred at least right in
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  Speaker 2: the community. And it's got to be a lot.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm going to miss our county, I really am.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to miss our conress.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're going to miss it.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to miss it too. We we I guess
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  Speaker 3: we should say on behalf of Sinissippi. But certainly I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to miss it too. But you know, life changes.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going anywhere, but so I'll be around, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, I hope that depression doesn't set in. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and sometimes yeah, sometimes certain situations like this.
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  Speaker 2: You know, this is a big we talked about that
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  Speaker 2: off here. This is a big life change. Yes, it is,
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  Speaker 2: so folks, don't don't don't take that.
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  Speaker 3: My my wife just recently retired, and it's it's a
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  Speaker 3: big life change. And so, uh, you know, treat it
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  Speaker 3: treated as such. Yeah, there's gonna be the days are
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  Speaker 3: going to be different. Some are going to be different
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  Speaker 3: than others. So that's a big deal, exactly exactly. But
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  Speaker 3: it'll be wonderful. It'll it'll be you know, you'll you'll
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  Speaker 3: get your footing and it'll it'll be great.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So I'm sure you'll miss it some.
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  Speaker 1: I will, absolutely, Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: The radio. Radio is a fun industry. It is. It's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun. It is for people that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, don't know how enjoyable. Well look look at me.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, over four decades, you know that
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  Speaker 1: I have.
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  Speaker 2: So I said before, I don't normally say it. So
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  Speaker 2: I was in radio. I said, I can't believe they're
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  Speaker 2: paying me just to talk. I was too much. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: me too, So, uh what I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so anyway, but yeah, it is, it's it's a
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  Speaker 3: it's a fun it's definitely a fun job. And yeah,
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: you'll miss it a little bit, but you know, a
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: new new chapter in life. Turn the page, embrace it.
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: And it is a big change though that those are
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: that's one of the big Uh, there's like five I
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: think five big life changes they talk about, and yeah,
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: there you could you know, getting back to the previous
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: topic of depression, you could go through somebody could go
• 16:21
  Speaker 3: through depression.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: On retirement.
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: Having a purpose in retirement, which is going to be
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: different maybe than what you had during your working life
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: is important. So it's a lot of you know, there's
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: a lot of things about retirement that it's a big change.
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: But yeah, it'll be fun. Yeah, so absolutely.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: Well, when I have friends like Andy and friends in
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: the industry and friends around our northern you can always
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: call me. Well, I appreciate that, don't don't be surprised.
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: October is not only depression National Depression and Mental Health
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: Screening Month. But we wanted to talk about another subject
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: concerning October, and that's National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month. Yes,
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: went it a spotlight that, Yeah, because it's an opportunity
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: to increase the awareness, particularly among parents, because youth and
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: youth if those are listening to but about the dangers
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: associated with prescription and over the counter medicine abuse. Now
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: it is it is bigger in the youth population, but
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: medicine abuse affects all ages, so and it remains a
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: national epidemic still more Americans are abusing prescription medicine than ever,
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: and you know, and that problem often begins during the
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: teen and young adult years. I did prevention for a
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: while as well, prevention work, substance use prevention, and at
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: that time, average age of first use was nine or
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: ten years old.
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: So think about that. That probably has decreased. I actually
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: haven't looked that up for a while, but it is
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: probably decreased a little bit still so, but particularly during
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: the teen years. You know, the anywhere from middle school
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: to high school is a time to watch very closely
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: for one thing. So we need to be talking to
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: our kids about this. We need to be aware of
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: what's going.
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: On absolutely because as Andy mentioned, it is a very
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: young age where again you start to see this problem
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: take place, and it's usually in the home.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: The source, yeah, the source of the medicine that's being
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: abused is most often the quote unquote medicine cabinet. Absolutely
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: one in fourteen's reported having misused or abuse of prescription drugs,
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: so that's twenty five percent at least once in their lifetime.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: Two thirds.
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: Of teens who report abuse of prescription pain relievers in
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: particular are getting them from friends, family and acquaintances. That
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: might not mean you know, that doesn't mean a parent
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: is handing it off to the kid. It means that
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: they're getting it from that.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: So, in a real sobering statistic, nearly eighty percent of
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: people who inject heroin start by first abusing prescription drugs,
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: which would be the opioids most often. But still that
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: can be a gateway. And we can talk about why
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: that might be here in a minute. Abuse of prescription
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: drugs can be the main gateway to other substances as well.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: And and one of the reasons it's a gateway I
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: just said, we'll talk about it.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about it now.
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: Teens don't really view that behavior as risky because prescription
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: drugs are safe, right, Well, yes, if prescribed by a
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: doctor for that person for that medical condition. But you
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: go off prescription, and now you're taking risks that you
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: don't want to take in my personal opinions and in
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: the opinion of the behavioral health care industry, you don't
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: want to take those risks.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: And it's the and it's the young adults that are
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: seeing mom and dad just routinely, you know, taking their
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: right prescription drugs and they see that routinely being taken
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: and they say, oh.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: Okay, and don't think of the side effects exactly, and
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: and don't necessarily think about the you know, dosage is
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: the big thing. So how many are you taking? Well
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: these farm pH ar farm parties which have which do
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: happen from time to time, everybody brings something mixed up
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: in a bowl, take it out. I mean that's really
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: a risky kind of thing to happen. So but yeah,
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: and the prescription drugs that teens are abusing, most and
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: others painkillers. Obviously, the OPI good crisis was big. I
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: think it's gotten a little better, but still overall prescription
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: drug use has not gotten significantly better. Depressants like sleeping
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: pills or anti anxiety anxiety drugs, stimulants particularly for ADHD,
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: and so those are those are the big ones. And
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: then over the counter still the cough medicine, anything that
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: would have particularly alcohol in it, something like that.
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: So yeah, that you find in the medicine cabin that you.
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: Find in the medicine cabint Yeah. So now the things
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: you can do is well, one of the things you
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: don't want to do is we know this, I think
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: everybody knows this by now, but it bears repeating. Don't
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: flush it down the toilet. Things can get into the
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: water system that don't get filtered out by the treatment plants.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: But what you can do is secure and dispose of
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: medicines properly. There's they're often this bosol locations, take back
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: days in your community. There's other options for that. Talk
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: to the pharmacist. Pharmacies would know a lot of those two.
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: I think a lot of police departments have drop boxes.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Still talk to your kids.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: They do listen.
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: It doesn't seem like maybe that they're listening, but they
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: are listening. And if you don't have that conversation, a
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: lot more likely that your kids are going to get
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: into some stuff like this. And then, of course get
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: help for a loved one if you think.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: They have a problem.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: As one other thing that bears repeating. One of the
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: risks that you're taking if you take a prescription that's
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: not yours or give it to you knowingly give it
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: to someone that does expose you to legal consequences. Now,
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: people aren't just going to, you know, come to your
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: house just because you give. But if something were to happen,
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: now you're legally exposed and that could be a big
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: problem exactly, a big and expensive problem. And of course
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: you don't want somebody, you don't want harm to come
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: to somebody either, so that's another reason why you wouldn't
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: want to do that. But it is, it is it
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: is not legal to allow someone to use or for
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: you to use someone else's prescription. So that that's a
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: that's a point that needs to be said. Uh, not
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: too preachy, but you know, hey, that's a reality So
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: think about that.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: Exactly, that's a reality point and then maybe drives the
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: point home further that that that point does when you're
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: talking about the abuse of medicines and especially at ages
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: that Andy talked about. And again if something obviously the
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: the top of that, as Andy mentioned, is that sickness and.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: Injury, you know, yeah, that's the main thing. Oh my gosh.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: Yes, but again you could be in line for problems
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: if you're found liable in being associated with absolutely situation.
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: So we definitely want to keep people safe though. That's
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: the number one priority, keep keep people safe from from
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: from harm.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: There are ways that you can get more information on
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: this particular area National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month, right Andy,
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: you can go to websites.
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a great website for this. You know, SYSIP
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: has a great links page and this one is on it.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: But if you go for this month, Medicine Abuse Awareness Month,
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: Stop Medicine Abuse dot org is a great website for
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: getting more information about this.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: All right, it is a National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month,
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: and we talk to Andy about that because it is
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: in this month of October. It seems like October we
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: really center stage on a lot of important issues.
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: It seems like.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: October, you know, kind of takes us, you know, the
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: step up.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: When it does seem like it, Yeah, it does.
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: If you look at any month, there's so many things
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: that we do need awareness of that that could be discussed,
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: even outside of behavioral healthcare. Yeah, so you could fill
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: up every month with with quite a few things, but
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: October does seem to be a busy one for that well.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: And we just pointed out a couple of really impointant
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: areas that Sindissippi is associated with and that you can
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: get more information easily by going to Sinissippi dot org.
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: Ast Andy mentioned you can contact Sinnissippi if you see
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: depression in a certain fashion, that you need to get
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: help for a loved one, for yourself, make that contact
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: with Sinissippi centers and even with National and Medical Abuse
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: Awareness Month the Medicine Abuse of Awareness Month, Sinsissippi has
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: some information that they can share with you just by
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: calling their offices and again getting a hold of Cinesippy
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: centers for more information. But Sinissippi dot org that's the
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: starting point. Go to their website. Ye take that free
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: online confidential screening on our links page there. Go to
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: sinesipy dot org and go to the links page. It's
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: at the top.
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: It's been a pleasure once again, sir.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: Pleasure. Yeah, here comes the really bittersweeten on my side too.
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: So but we wish you all the best.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: I appreciate your kind word, sir, and I wish you
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: the best. Well, we'll be here as I mentioned earlier,
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: but again not on the air with an. I'm going
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: to miss our talks monthly with Andy, but do they'll
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: continue on. We are going to continue on with our
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: Sinissippi spotlights as we move forward.
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: Is the color of the spotlight going to change or
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: the intensity? I mean, I'm fine with it right now.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: I hope it does.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: It's a good spotlight. I hope well and I.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: Hope that we've gotten you know, the important words out
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: every month.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: You Yeah, in all seriousness, Steve has done talk about professional,
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: fantastic job over the years. You've just been amazing. You
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: understand these topics, you ask fantastic questions and follow ups
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: and all of that. So kudos to a career well
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: lived in a career well done.
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: I appreciate those kind words, Andy Jackson, thank.
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: You so very much for joining us today.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: Thank you our Sinesippi Spotlight with Andy Jackson today here
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: at w