Welcome! This channel aims to help people feel and live their best — and to destigmatize mental illness. Thanks for joining us!
I’m Dr Devika Bhushan, a pediatrician, public health leader, and equity and health changemaker. In 2022, I served as the Acting Surgeon General for California. I have lived experience as a woman of color, a parent, a person with bipolar disorder, and an Indian-American immigrant to the US by way of the Philippines.
Dr Jake Goodman is a psychiatry resident physician and global mental health activist with more than 2.1 million followers on social media. He is a two-time TEDx Speaker, member of the University of Georgia Alumni Association’s 40 under 40, and a participant in the Healthcare Leaders in Social Media Roundtable Series for the White House. Dr Jake uses his platform to fight stigma and discrimination, and to empower those experiencing mental health challenges to seek help. His advocacy work has been featured in Good Morning America, Men’s Health, Yahoo News, and more. In 2023, he was named 1 of 60 top influencers by Men’s Health.
Trigger warning: In this interview, we talk about depression, anxiety, suicide, and the abuses and toxicity that can occur in US medical training.
To watch our full interview, head to: https://youtu.be/7406ZNaSyAU
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Our first series is:
SPREAD THE LIGHT WITH DR DEVIKA B:
First-person accounts of living with mental illness that aim to dispel stigma and stereotypes and instead, spread hope and light.
Because stigma festers in the dark and scatters in the light.
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