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Great Minds with Lost&Found

Great Minds with Lost&Found

By Lost&Found

Great Minds explores the Mental Health ecosystem through storytelling and conversation. We strive to ask hard questions of experts and ultimately end suicide by reimagining the current landscape of Mental Health and establishing strong communities of resilience.
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Advocacy, Education, and Peer Support Programs with Melissa Renes

Great Minds with Lost&FoundMay 23, 2023

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Advocacy, Education, and Peer Support Programs with Melissa Renes
May 23, 202353:15
Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss with Dakotah Jordan
May 16, 202354:53
Creating Social Infrastructure with Mental Health in Mind with Sarah VanVoorst
May 09, 202352:03
Improving Access and Delivery of Suicide Care for Veterans with Shastin Gerbracht

Improving Access and Delivery of Suicide Care for Veterans with Shastin Gerbracht

Content Warning: Great Minds with Lost&Found episodes contain mature themes, including mental health, suicide, addiction, and others that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode, we chat with Shastin Gerbracht, a Veteran who works for the VA in Rapid City, South Dakota. She shares with us what the VA is doing to provide Veterans with care through healthcare, support groups, and other resources.

If you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, call 988. If you are a veteran facing a mental health crisis, call 988 and then press 1.

To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org.  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Dec 13, 202238:02
The 988 Crisis Line & Helpline Center Services with Janet Kittams

The 988 Crisis Line & Helpline Center Services with Janet Kittams

Content Warning: Great Minds with Lost&Found episodes contain mature themes, including mental health, suicide, addiction, and others that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.  

In this episode, we chat with Janet Kittams, CEO of the Helpline Center about the programs and services that they provide, the rollout of the 988 Crisis Line, and how we can improve access of care for those at risk of suicide.  

If you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, call 988. If you are a veteran facing a mental health crisis, call 988 and then press 1.

To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org.  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Nov 22, 202230:49
Suicide Prevention & Gun Safety with Veterans Affairs and Moms Demand Action

Suicide Prevention & Gun Safety with Veterans Affairs and Moms Demand Action

Content Warning: Great Minds with Lost&Found episodes contain mature themes, including mental health, suicide, addiction, and others that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.


Using the The CDC's seven strategies for preventing suicide found in their technical package for suicide prevention to guide our work, we spoke with Patty Mayrose (a veteran, a VA nurse, and Moms Demand Action volunteer) and Emily Thomas (the State Chapter Lead for the South Dakota Chapter of Moms Demand Action) about how they create protective environments for those at risk of suicide and improve the mental health landscape in Sioux Falls and South Dakota.

Learn more about the Be SMART program - designed to help adults and parents normalize conversations about gun safety and take responsible actions that can prevent child gun deaths and injuries.

If you are a veteran or know a veteran (or anyone else) struggling with mental health challenges or facing suicidal thoughts, call 988, then press 1 to be connected to the Veterans Crisis Line.


To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Nov 15, 202254:16
Overcoming Loss with Billie & Kelsea Sutton
Sep 27, 202238:04
We Can Do More to Prevent Suicide with Jake Danielson
Sep 20, 202247:09
How Social Media Impacts Mental Health with Gabe Dannenbring
Sep 13, 202247:49
Learning from Broken Systems with Cherokee McAlpine
Sep 06, 202242:05
Strengthening Systems of Care with Lindsey McCarthy

Strengthening Systems of Care with Lindsey McCarthy

Lindsey McCarthy, Executive Director of Southern Plains Behavioral Health Services, a South Dakota based agency fulfilling social and emotional health needs in the community.

Using the The CDC's seven strategies for preventing suicide found in their technical package for suicide prevention, to guide our work, we asked Lindsey about how SPBHS is utilizing these same strategies in their services, which include psychiatric care, counseling, case management, systems of care, community education, crisis intervention and emergency services, trauma support, and so much more.


To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org.

To learn more about the work that Southern Plains Behavioral Health Services is doing to strengthen access and delivery of suicide care in South Dakota, go to spbhs.net.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Aug 08, 202241:53
Support for Historically At-Risk Populations: From Striving to Thriving with Taneeza Islam

Support for Historically At-Risk Populations: From Striving to Thriving with Taneeza Islam

Taneeza Islam, Executive Director of South Dakota Voices for Peace, a Sioux Falls based nonprofit whose aim is to dismantle bigotry and racism targeting refugee, immigrant, and Muslim communities, is on the show to talk about how SDVFP's services help to support our work of prevention, intervention, and postvention of suicide, among a population at great risk, especially in South Dakota.

Using the The CDC's seven strategies for preventing suicide found in their technical package for suicide prevention, to guide our work, we asked Taneeza to think through the work that SDVFP does to strengthen economic supports for the communities she serves and how we can do more by working together, rather than in silos.


To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org.

To learn more about the work that South Dakota Voices for Peace is doing to support refugee, immigrant, Muslim and other historically at risk communities, go to sdvfpeace.org.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Aug 08, 202241:35
The Economic Impact of Suicide with Brad Hearst

The Economic Impact of Suicide with Brad Hearst

Brad Hearst, Founder and President of Survivors Joining for Hope, a newly acquired program of Lost&Found's, is on the show to talk about the economics of prevention, intervention, and postvention of suicide. 


Using the The CDC's seven strategies for preventing suicide found in their technical package for suicide prevention, to guide his work, Brad shares how increasing economic supports can be a protective factor against suicide. We get into the ways finances and economics can be both risk factors and protective factors for prevention, depending on the situation.


To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Jul 05, 202240:04
What it Means to Have Pride in Suicide Prevention with Cody Ingle
Jul 05, 202244:28
Reimagining Systems of Prevention with Erik Muckey

Reimagining Systems of Prevention with Erik Muckey

In the kickoff to season 2 of Great Minds with Lost&Found, Erik Muckey, CEO and Executive Director of Lost&Found is on the show to discuss the work L&F does to prevent suicide among youth and young adults (10-34) using the seven strategies outlined by the CDC (Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices).

To effectively prevent suicide, systems currently in place must be reimagined to be inclusive of all people. How does that happen and what does that look like? We dive into that in this conversation.


To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Jul 05, 202241:24
Supporting our Native neighbors in their battle against COVID with Michaela Seiber
Sep 28, 202132:38
How overcoming shame and stigma led to a career of helping others: a conversation with Bridget Swier
Sep 21, 202146:02
Why does mental health matter on college campuses with Wendy Mamer
Sep 14, 202136:53
Mental healthcare, prison reform, and community with Katrina Yde
Sep 07, 202144:03