Live Q&A *today* with Dr. Amanda Calhoun and Dr. Jessi Gold, 2pm ET on Instagram.

Hi all!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Today (Thursday, May 18th, 2023), I’ll be going live on Instagram to discuss adolescent mental health with Dr. Amanda Calhoun (Yale) and Dr. Jessi Gold (Washington University, St. Louis).

We’ll discuss what was happening before the pandemic and what has happened since. Indeed, Covid-19 hardly caused the adolescent mental health problems in this county. But treatment for mental health in young US adults has risen over that period, from 18.5% in 2019 to 23.2% in 2021.

Is that increase a result of the added stress of the pandemic? Or is it simply the increased availability of mental health services due to the sudden expansion of telehealth in the last 3 years?

We’ll discuss that and more. To watch live, follow the Medpage Today Instagram account. (For those who can’t make it, we’ll try to get a link up to the interview).

Here are the brief bios of my guests. Please add your questions for these experts to the comments!

Jessica (“Jessi”) Gold, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, specializing in college mental health, medical education, and physician wellness. She writes regularly for the popular press about mental health, stigma, and medical training and is a member of the MedPage Today Editorial Board.

Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH is a third-year Adult/Child Psychiatry Resident at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Calhoun is also the assistant editor of the Connecticut Psychiatric Society Newsletter and an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal.  Dr. Calhoun seeks to expose and eradicate racism in the medical system using a direct and heartfelt approach.  Dr. Calhoun’s anti-racism work spans from writing anti-racism curriculum, standing up for her patients in real-time, public speaking, research, and writing. Dr. Calhoun is a member of The Lab at MedPage Today.

Please check us out live today at 2pm ET. To join us, please follow the MedPage Today Instagram account. Again, we’ll also post the session online later for anyone who is interested.

See you soon! —Jeremy