Renowned scholar and social worker, Matt Jackman, joins Rooted Recovery Stories Podcast with Patrick Custer this week to discuss their complex and victorious journey growing up in the Australian foster care system, processing gender dysphoria and sexuality while grappling with trauma and identity and becoming an international mental health advocate with their organization TACFLE (The Australian Centre for Lived Experience).
Matt Jackman is a nonbinary queer person from Melbourne, Australia who opened the doors regarding mental health labeling and treatment. Growing up in the Foster Care system, they dealt with harsh struggles and traumas that come with abusive parental figures and a suicidal mother. Matt was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder but does not label themselves with those terms.
Matt works to challenge the biological and medical model in mental health, speaking on topics about the monetization and the medical model seeking to blame individuals for their own diagnoses. Instead of labeling themselves as mentally ill. They travel the world as a consultant to The World Health Organization educating others on the overmedicalization of the LGBTQIA+ community and the need for social justice reform to address this issue. Matt identifies as mad, a powerful label and movement that represents empowerment and self-liberty to diagnosed individuals.
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WARNING: The following episode contains elements that may be triggering to some audiences including conversations about the mental, physical and emotional abuse of adolescents, substance abuse and suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, call now.Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 855-CRISIS-1 (855-274-7471)
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Resources:
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Insta: @mentalhealthamerica
URL: www.mhanational.org
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Promises Behavioral Health – Treatment help for addiction, mental health/trauma:
URL: www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com
Insta: @promises_bh
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Get to know our guest: Matt Jackman
Insta: @mrjack1
URL: www.thestabilitynetwork.org/stability-leaders/our-stories/matthew-jackman-2/
The Australian Centre for Lived Experience: www.tacfle.com
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Host: Patrick Custer
Insta: @patrick_custer
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URL: www.rootedrecoverystories.com
