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Anne Hallward is an American psychiatrist and Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts University Medical School, supervising psychiatry residents at Maine Medical Center.[1] Hallward created Safe Space Radio for which she has received numerous awards.[2]

Biography

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Hallward was raised in Montreal, Canada as one of six children.[1] She went to college at Harvard, where she wrote her thesis in social studies about the role of the Catholic Church in the People Power revolution in the Philippines.[1] She then attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in psychiatry.[3] Anne lives with her husband and son on an old farm in Maine. Together they raised sheep, turkeys and chickens for 8 years.[1]

Career

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While on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, she co-designed and taught courses on death and dying, cultural humility, sexuality, and psychiatric interviewing.[4]

Hallward created an advocacy group called Hearing Aides to allow women to talk about their trauma before meeting their lawyer, but the group stopped offering services in 2018, following the travel ban by the Trump administration.[5] In 2014, Hallward presented a Tedx in Brunswick Maine.[6]

Hallward has hosted public events aimed at raising awareness of mental health and opening safe spaces to speak about and address mental illness.[7] Hallward was interviewed on NPR's Here & Now program in 2023 about her experiences counseling Afghan and Bangladesh woman attending universities built for women in countries who restrict access to female education.[8]

Safe Space Radio

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In 2008, Hallward founded Safe Space Radio,[9] self described as "the show about the subjects we would struggle with less if we could talk about them more".[10][11] It was broadcast on WMPG in Portland before being broadcast nationally on NPR stations.[10]

The show won a Public Affairs Award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters in both 2013 and 2014.[12]

In 2020, the show began releasing episodes to address mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] The show ended in June 2023 after broadcasting over 300 shows.[11]

Awards

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  • Gracie Award for Outstanding Host of a Local Public Radio Show, The National Alliance for Women in Media in 2017[2]
  • Jeanne Spurlock Social Justice Award from the National Association of Women Psychiatrists in 2016[14]
  • Ulrich B. Jacobsohn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Maine Association of Psychiatrists in 2016[14]
  • Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness in 2013[15]
  • Fellowship Award by The Rockefeller Foundation (Bellagio, Italy) in 2024[16]

Works

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  • Ferris, Timothy G.G.; Hallward, Anne; Ronan, Larry; Billings, J. Andrew (September 1, 1998). "When the Patient Dies: A Survey of Medical Housestaff about Care after Death". Journal of Palliative Medicine. 1 (3): 231–239. doi:10.1089/jpm.1998.1.231. PMID 15859833.
  • Hallward, Anne; Ellison, James M. (2001). Antidepressants and Sexual Function. London: Harcourt Health Communications.
  • White, Augustus A; Logghe, Heather J.; Goodenough, Dan A.; Barnes, Linda L.; Hallward, Anne; Allen, Irving M.; Green, David W.; Krupat, Edward; Llerena-Quinn, Roxana (February 2018). "Self-Awareness and Cultural Identity as an Effort to Reduce Bias in Medicine". Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 5 (1): 34–49. doi:10.1007/s40615-017-0340-6. PMID 28342029. S2CID 207502004.
  • Powers, Sara; Craig, Wendy; Kohut, Michael; Hallward, Anne (June 2023). "Narrative Podcasts to Foster Empathy and Reduce Stigma Among Third-Year Medical Students". Academic Psychiatry. 47 (3): 287–291. doi:10.1007/s40596-023-01764-y. PMC 10014135. PMID 36918469.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Amoroso, Amy (January 2019). "We Need To Talk". The Sun Magazine (517).
  2. ^ a b "2017 Gracies Gala Winners". Alliance for Women in Media. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Mehta, Isabel (August 1, 2022). "The Taliban and Trauma". Harvard Magazine.
  4. ^ McDonough, Molly. "The Healing Airwaves". Harvard Medicine Magazine (Spring 2023).
  5. ^ Harris, Amy (June 10, 2021). "Finding freedom from trauma: healing journeys of New Mainers". www.amjamboafrica.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "How telling our silenced stories can change the world | Anne Hallward | TEDxDirigo". Youtube. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  7. ^ Klufts, Jamie. "Shame, Longing, and Courage: A Conversation with Anne Hallward" (PDF). Social Work Voice (March/April 2019). Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  8. ^ "University founded to give free education to women whose countries deny it". WBUR-FM. January 10, 2023.
  9. ^ Fisher, Rich (December 7, 2020). "ST Medical Monday: A Chat with Dr. Anne Hallward of Safe Space Radio". Public Radio Tulsa. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Keyes, Bob (May 2, 2019). "Portland radio host gets national audience for series on sensitive topics". Portland Press Herald.
  11. ^ a b Murphy, Sean (July 2, 2022). "Safe Space Radio: Challenging the stigma of mental illness". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  12. ^ Amoroso, Amy (June 11, 2015). "Radio as a Public Health Intervention". Psychiatric Times. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  13. ^ Halpert, Julie (May 5, 2020). "Stations respond to quickening drumbeat of mental health needs in their communities". Current. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  14. ^ a b Rand, Jim (May 24, 2016). "WMPG programmer Dr. Anne Hallward Earns National Recognition for her Safe Space program!". WMPG.
  15. ^ "2013 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award Winners". National Alliance on Mental Illness. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  16. ^ "Bellagio Awards". Rockefeller Foundation.
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