Integrate compassionate communication strategies in university medicine and beyond with Dr. Rana Awdish and Dr. Damon Tweedy.
As much as we all might wish that mental health problems simply did not exist, millions of people suffer from them, sometimes to an extreme extent. Yet the vast majority of doctors receive minimal instruction in treating these conditions during their lengthy medical training.
In Facing The Unseen, bestselling author, professor of psychiatry, and practicing physician Dr. Damon Tweedy guides us through his days working in outpatient clinics, emergency rooms, and hospitals as he meets people from all walks of life who are grappling with physical and psychological illnesses.
Dr. Tweedy advocates for a more comprehensive and integrated approach where people with mental illness have a health care system that places their full well-being front and center. His insightful and inspiring talks encourage audiences to consider the broader implications of race, mental health, and medicine.
Dr. Rana Awdish is the author of In Shock, a critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir based on her own critical illness. She is a pulmonary and critical care physician named a US News and World Report Healthcare Hero for her work during the pandemic in 2020.
Dr. Awdish speaks to the lessons learned from surviving critical illness. She emphasizes that interconnectedness with others is key to healing. It is only by giving importance to the patient narrative, building resilience in physicians, and forming a community that we can then all succeed.
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