The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health
The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health
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The Symptom Media Podcast brings together mental health experts and individuals with lived experience to foster empathy, understanding, and positive change for healthcare providers and patients. Each episode blends expert knowledge with personal narratives to offer a holistic perspective on mental health.
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Main topics include burnout in healthcare, emotional well-being, and strategies for recovery. Episodes like The Burnout over Burnout Conversations feature healthcare professionals discussing their personal experiences with burnout and systemic challenges, emphasizing the importance of support and meaningful change within healthcare settings.
The Symptom Media Podcast brings together mental health experts and individuals with lived experience to foster empathy, understanding, and positive change for healthcare providers and patients. Each episode blends expert knowledge with personal narratives to offer a holistic perspective on mental health.
Host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Dr. Sidney Zisook, co-founder of UCSD’s HEAR program, and Dr. Christine Moutier, Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Drawing from personal experience and decades of clinical expertise, Dr. Moutier and Dr. Zisook delve into the hidden burdens that many doctors carry, including eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and the pervasive stigma that prevents many from seeking help. Their candid discussion examines the historical and cultural challenges within the medical community that discourage vulnerability and perpetuate silence and how innovative programs like UCSD's HEAR program, and the AFSP are breaking down those barriers and providing a path for others to follow.
This podcast is brought to you by Symptom Media – Mental Health Education & Training
For more information about the resources shared in this episode you can visit:
Other Important links from AFSP:
- https://afsp.org/suicide-prevention-interventions-and-treatments/
- https://afsp.org/healthcare-professionals-mental-health-and-suicide-risk/https://afsp.org/get-help/
- https://afsp.org/support-after-suicide-loss-for-healthcare-professionals-and-organizations/
- UCSD'S Health & Physician Wellness Infrastructure
- Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation
If you or anyone you know is in crisis… Call or text 988 or text TALK to 741741
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