Rik’s Mind Podcast Ep92 Dr. Jessi Gold, MD: Preventing Burnout in Work, School and the Pandemic

Today we are joined by Dr. Jessi Gold, MD MS. Jessie 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.
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, Forbes, In Style, and Self. Dr. Gold is actively working on a book about healthcare worker mental health and burnout during the pandemic for Simon Element and is a member of the Expert Advisory Council for the ViacomCBS Mental Health Storytelling Initiative and Co-author of the Mental Health Media Guide. You can find more about Jessi’s work and other media appearances at her website drjessigold.com as well as on social media @drjessigold on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
Show notes: riksmind.com/listen/92jessigold

00:00 : Chapter : Intro
00:27 : Chapter : Jessi Gold Background
03:30 : Chapter : Is Social Media the DEVIL?
08:50 : Chapter : How did Jessi become a Psychiatrist?
14:37 : Chapter : Healthcare Pros and Mental Health
18:15 : Chapter : How to not be "Terminally Online"
22:20 : Chapter : "Metal Health Is a Spectrum,... And We Start Too Late"
37:20 : Chapter : Expressing the "Full Range of Your Emotions"
42:23 : Chapter : Recognizing and Preventing "Burnout"
57:23 : Chapter : Where you can find Jessi Online

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