The Symptom Media Podcast
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.
Season 1 explores the mental health challenges of healthcare providers: burnout, substance use, suicide, grief, moral injury, and more through honest conversations as we seek real-world solutions.
Featured Episode
Episode 3: Empathy and Experience:
The Importance of Physician Mental Health
In episode 3 of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Dr. Christine Moutier, Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and Dr. Sidney Zisook, co-founder of UCSD’s HEAR program. 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.
The Evolution of Burnout
The Evolution of Burnout The Evolution of Burnout video discusses the personal experiences of burnout, particularly in the context of healthcare professionals. The conversation explores how the demands of the job can exceed personal bandwidth, with professionals often...
The Symptom Media Podcast Episode 1: The Burnout Over Burnout
The Symptom Media Podcast Episode 1 Episode 1: The Burnout over BurnoutBurnout is a term we hear constantly—so much so that it’s begun to fade into the background, making it easy to overlook the real crisis behind it. In this debut episode of The Symptom Media...
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