Mental Heath Mondays: How People with Mental Illnesses Are Influencing Reforms
Mental Heath Mondays: How People with Mental Illnesses Are Influencing Reforms  
Podcast: All Of It with Alison Stewart
Published On: Mon May 11 2026
Description: Often when creating new policies or legislation about mental health care and treatment, one group is left out of the conversation: people with mental illnesses. A new book seeks to spotlight the people working to change that. Fredrick E. Vars, a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, discusses his book Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other.  Cover art courtesy of the publisher Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.