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SPREAD THE LIGHT WITH DR DEVIKA B:
First-person accounts of living with mental illness that aim to dispel stigma and stereotypes and instead, spread hope and light.
Because stigma festers in the dark and scatters in the light.
I'm your host, Dr Devika Bhushan, a pediatrician, public health leader, and equity and health changemaker. In 2022, I served as the Acting Surgeon General for California. I have lived experience as a woman of color, a parent, a person with bipolar disorder, and an Indian-American immigrant to the US by way of the Philippines.
Dr Ahmed Hankir is a Lebanese-British-Irish psychiatrist with expertise by lived experience. He serves as the Lead for Public Engagement and Education at the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham University, UK. Dr Hankir is passionate about empowering and dignifying people living with mental health conditions and is creator of the mental health-focused performing arts piece, The Wounded Healer.
Trigger warning: In this interview, we talk about war, suicidality, depression, witnessing violence and homicide, racism, Islamophobia, and classism.
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