Welcome to Health Connections. The show about people health and policy. I'm Dr Carol Myers. Access to quality, cost effective mental health care is a challenge even for people with insurance. The challenges faced by people with no insurance or not enough insurance are compounded and living in a rural area with a limited number of available providers exacerbates all these problems today. Ben Harrington, the CEO of the Mental Health Association of East Tennessee, is here to discuss access to mental health services.

On this edition of HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers talks with Dr. Sue Hamilton, the director emerita of the UT Gardens. The focus is on how gardening can cultivate better mental health.

Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Michael Collins, a CPA and patient advocate about, about advocacy, including acting on behalf of individuals to address health care, social services, and legal matters.

This week on HealthConnections, part 2 of Dr. Carole Myers' interview with Gordon Bonnyman, from the Tennessee Justice Center, on effects of the Big Beautiful Bill on Tennessee healthcare.

This week on HealthConnections, part 1 of Dr. Carole Myers' interview with Gordon Bonnyman, from the Tennessee Justice Center, on effects of the Big Beautiful Bill on Tennessee healthcare.

Stress, behavioral therapies, self-acceptance, mental health, Dr. Carole Myers, Melanie McGhee, university, Tennessee, school of nursing, AAIT

On this episode of HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, Professor Emerita with the UT College of Nursing, speaks with Dr Noel Arring, a nurse researcher and faculty member at the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, to discuss strategies for coping with sexual function issues.

The National Institutes of Health is experiencing significant funding cuts and changes in focus and priorities. Dr. Carole Myers is joined by Dr. Andrew Ward, the lead nurse practitioner of the Division of Surgical Oncology at UT Medical Center.

This week on HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, speaks with Dr. Matt Harris, an expert in labor, public, and health economics at the University of Tennessee, about the possible outcomes of cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

This week on HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks with Signe Anderson, the senior director of nutrition advocacy with the Tennessee Justice Center, about possible federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.