The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health
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.
Episodes
6 episodes
Nursing on the Edge: Suicide, Stigma, and Systemic Failure
In this deeply human episode of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Christopher Wojnar and Nurse Scientist Dr. Judy E. Da...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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43:57
The Human Cost of Caring: Navigating Moral Injury
In this powerful episode of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Dr. Sophie Redlin and nurse Andrea Mackay for an intimate conversation about moral injury in healthcar...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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56:38
Empathy and Experience: The Importance of Physician Mental Health
Host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Dr. Sidney Zisook, co-founder of UCSD’s HEAR program, and Dr. Christine Moutier, Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Drawing from personal experience and decade...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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58:53
Episode 2, Part 2: Substance Use Among Nurses: The Journey Back to Nursing
Continuing with Part 2 of a special two-part episode of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, we confront the deeply personal and systemic issue of substance use among nurses. Our guests, Kristin Waite-Labott...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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34:17
Episode 2, Part 1: From Addiction to Advocacy: Nurses' Journey
In the first of a special two-part episode of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, we confront the deeply personal and systemic issue of substance use among nurses. Our guests, Kristin Waite-Labott and Dr. A...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:54
The Burnout over Burnout Conversations
Burnout in healthcare is more than just exhaustion—it’s a deep disconnect from the purpose that once fueled a career in medicine. Dr. Ami Doshi and Dr. Julie Celebi share their personal experiences with burnout, reflecting on the systemic chall...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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53:08
