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We are delighted to have had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Jessi Gold, MD about a variety of topics. Dr. Gold is a rising star in the world of psychiatry and mental health, helping to shatter the old stereotypes of what a psychiatrist is supposed to be. I have long admired her for her ability to navigate the changing landscape of mental health discussions in society as a whole, and start a lot of potentially difficult but necessary discussions.

A bit about Dr. Gold:
"Jessi Gold, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Wellness, Engagement, and Outreach in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. She is a nationally recognized expert on healthcare worker mental health and burnout (particularly during the pandemic), college mental health, using social media and media for mental health advocacy, and the overlap between pop culture and mental health, including celebrity self-disclosure. She works clinically as an outpatient psychiatrist and sees faculty, staff, hospital employees, and their dependents, particularly their college aged kids. Dr. Gold is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. and M.S in Anthropology, the Yale School of Medicine, and completed her residency training in Adult Psychiatry at Stanford University where she served as chief resident.

Dr. Gold also writes for the popular press and has been featured in, among others, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, TIME, and Self. She writes a column for InStyle called “I’m A Psychiatrist And..” and is actively working on a book about healthcare worker mental health and burnout during the pandemic for Simon Element . She is also a member of the Expert Advisory Council for the ViacomCBS Mental Health Storytelling Initiative and Co-author of the Mental Health Media Guide."

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Twitter: twitter.com/drjessigold
Instagram: instragram.com/drjessigold
TikTok: tiktok.com/@drjessigold

Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:29 Dr Gold introduces herself and...failing?
17:25 Working with the media and how to start, and self disclosure
26:55 Importance of being public in mental health
29:04 Mental health portrayal in various media, and why it matters
45:51 Dealing with negative feedback from (social) media
58:38 Burnout...about talking about burnout
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