OccPod: COVID Conversations – Episode 12, Mental Health

15/05/2021 31 min Temporada 1 Episodio 12

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Episode Synopsis

Thank you for joining us again for episode 12 of COVID Conversations. This series is a special presentation of OccPod, the official podcast of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ACOEM is dedicated to sharing the latest COVID-19 news, and host conversations grounded in science with a focus on OEM, or occupational and environmental medicine.
Dr. Nabeel and Erin are joined for this episode by special guest Dr. Gaurava Agarwal for a timely discussion on stress, exhaustion, and mental health in workers, with an emphasis on physicians and other healthcare providers. Dr. Agarwal is a psychiatrist at Northwestern University in Chicago, and is Associate Professor in both the Departments of Medical Education and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.  He serves as the Director of Physician Well-Being for Northwestern Medicine's Medical Groups and as Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at Northwestern. Dr. Agarwal specializes in occupational and organizational psychiatry with an emphasis on workplace mental health.  He’s the chair of ACOEM’s Behavioral Health Section, and is also the  Vice-President of the Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry, member of the American Hospital Association’s Committee on Clinical Leadership, Chair of the Well-Being and Professional Development Committee for the American College of Physicians Northern Illinois chapter, and is on the Advisory Council of the Center for Workplace Mental Health.
These recordings aim to educate a general audience on SARS CoV2 and COVID-19. Be sure to check back soon for a new episode!