# The Biggest Obstacles to Improving Mental Health: Dr. Steve Strakowski, Professor and Vice Chair for Research in Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine

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Podcast: [Raise the Line](https://stenobird.com/podcast/raise-the-line-29872)
Published: 2026-05-21T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We mark National Mental Health Awareness Month by tapping the expertise of Dr. Steve Strakowski, an internationally recognized expert in bipolar disorder from Indiana University School of Medicine who joins Raise the Line from Elsevier host Michael Carrese to discuss the biggest obstacles to better mental health, the toll of persistent racial bias in the field, and emerging therapies that he finds encouraging.

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