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Supporting Medical Students Enduring Racial Trauma

Author: Kelsey Brown, Medical Student at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University This post is one of a series of mental health pieces from the AMSA WSL Committee   Black people in America are experiencing trauma: physical, mental, emotional and vicarious trauma. The trauma stems from the rampant racial discrimination that Black people...

Mental Health in the Asian Americans/Pacific Islander Community

Authors: AJ Chowdhury, Max Wei, Alex Belzer AJ Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi-American medical student at Iowa. Max Wei is a Chinese-American medical student at Iowa. Alex Belzer is a medical student at Iowa. This post is one of a series of mental health pieces from the AMSA WSL Committee. Mental health is a public health...

Incarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic, a potential mental health crisis

Author: Conor Burke-Smith, second-year medical student, Iowa This post is a series of mental health pieces from the AMSA WSL Committee Much has been written about the potential negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health. Many have felt isolation to a greater extent than ever before in their lives. Anxiety exists about various...

COVID-19: The Emergence of a Global Mental Health Crisis during a Pandemic

Authors: AMSA Wellness and Student Life Action Committee, 2020-2021 Mental Health is Vital Mental health is a vital component of our overall health. The WHO defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and...