It’s no surprise that mental and emotional health are directly related to physical disease. Here’s what we can do about it, starting with primary care.
Lucy McBride, MD, is a practicing internist in Washington, DC, with two decades of experience. A trusted and recognized voice in patient care, she is also a Bloomberg New Voices fellow, a healthcare educator, mental health advocate and healthcare disruptor working to increase awareness of the intersection of mental and physical health. She is Princeton, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins trained. Learn more about her and sign up for her awesome newsletter here. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, & Instagram.
Timecodes for topics covered
0:00 Intro: Mental health and its connection to overall health
6:34 The nature of the mind-body connection
12:24 Re-personalized, re-humanized medicine and a patient example from Dr. McBride
14:47 The mental health toll from COVID-19, our response to COVID-19 and its impact, and well-intentioned public health messaging that is counterproductive
25:30 Healing by owning our human emotions and challenges
31:57 Connecting with your doctor as a human through modeled behavior
35:42 COVID revealed the vulnerability of our society, how can we re-envision what true well-being means post-pandemic
43:29 The role of humor in healthy relationships and how vulnerability creates a space for connection/authenticity
50:15 Periodic Table of Human Emotions, helping us understand and define our unfiltered emotions
55:16 Extending permission to talk about our emotions to patients, how medical students should reframe their instilled beliefs about primary care, and how these two factors contribute to Health 3.0
59:43 The nature of authenticity and the resistance it can trigger; how to own being yourself
1:14:01 The politicization of COVID-19, locus of control during the pandemic, and a discussion about multiple reasons why some people may still wear masks after getting vaccinated
1:21:19 Looking at the risk of Covid restrictions and its impact on kids
1:28:39 Lessons learned from Covid, identifying what we can control, and closing thoughts
