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LIVE PUBLIC WEBINAR | Tuesday, June 11 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Psychiatric illness afflicts 20% of the population and its impact often extends well beyond the individual diagnosed. Problems related to anxiety or depression in one person can jeopardize the physical health, psychological well-being, and socioeconomic stability of the entire family. The burden is especially difficult for families when the impaired individual appears to be doing little or nothing to get better.

Join Drs. Melanie VanDyke and Alec Pollard as they explain why some people behave in ways that are incompatible with recovery and how the family's response sometime makes the situation worse. They will also offer suggestions for how to deal effectively with a psychiatrically impaired loved one who won't seek help.

Drs. VanDyke and Pollard are co-authors of the recently published book, When a Loved One Won't Seek Mental Health Treatment: How to Promote Recovery and Reclaim Your Family's Well-Being (New Harbinger Publications).


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Meet the Presenters

Melanie VanDyke, PhD is a licensed psychologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Center for OCD & Anxiety-Related Disorders at Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute. Dr. VanDyke specializes in treating anxiety-related disorders such as social anxiety, panic, hoarding, and OCD. She was co-investigator on the family well-being consultation research project and a co-author of the newly released book, When a Loved One Won't Seek Mental Health Treatment: How to Promote Recovery and Reclaim your Family's Well-Being. Learn more about Dr. VanDyke.

C. Alec Pollard, PhD, is Founding Director of the Center for OCD and Anxiety-Related Disorders at Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute and Professor Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He works with a range of obsessive-compulsive and anxiety-related disorders, with a special interest in obstacles that inhibit the pursuit of recovery or interfere with effective participation in treatment. Dr. Pollard has authored over 100 publications, including 3 books – The Agoraphobia Workbook, Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety & Phobia, and When a Loved One Won't Seek Mental Health Treatment: How to Promote Recovery and Reclaim Your Family's Well-Being. Learn more about Dr. Pollard.