Corey Minor Smith’s moved 21 times and attended 14 different schools before graduating high school, and throughout her childhood she was a teenage caretaker to her mother who was living with a severe mental health condition. In spite of these obstacles, she became a successful attorney.” These adverse childhood experiences along with becoming a trained facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), have paved the way for her mental health advocacy work. 

Currently, she is appointed to serve as US  Senior Counsel for HUD  the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). On this episode of The vault we talked about the challenges that caregivers face when living with someone with severe mental health issues and ways to support families and caregivers with resources and training. Corey has also written books and guides to support families who have had similar challenges due to having loved ones with severe mental health conditions.

 Self-care for caregivers.
 Mental health support for caregivers.
 How to help a loved one who does not acknowledge their mental illness.
 How to support a loved one who has severe mental illness.
 How to utlize resources in the community to support caregivers.
 How to utilize resources in the community to support loved ones with severe mental
illness.
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression

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Alison Malmon is the Founder and Executive Director of Active Minds, the nation’s
leading nonprofit organization promoting mental health awareness and education for young adults. Alison tragically lost her 21 year old brother when she was a college student and she turned that grief into action and started Active Minds, which is no on over 1000 college campuses, universites and K-12 schools, workplaces and communities. Alson and Active Minds knows that when friends are struggling, they turn to their friends for help. But what if a young person doesn’t feel adequately skilled to support a friend who is having mental health struggles? Alson and Active Minds started a new campaign to empower young people with the skills to support their friends who are dealing with mental health issues using the A.S.K. method. Active minds has also recently partnerned with MTV on this mission. Listen and learn about how you can support young people and youth on this newess episode of The Vault.

 How to Talk To Youth About Mental Health.
 How youth can talk to their friends to support mental health.
 How to help youths who are having a mental health crisis.
 High Functioning Depression in college students.
 Anhedonia
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression


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Malina Malkani, MS, RDN, CDN, is the pediatric registered dietitian, best-selling author, speaker, and single mom and top nutrition influencer dedicated to educating her combined audience of over 150,000 followers about infant and child nutrition.  Malina is a trusted expert in local and national media outlets and owns a nutrition consulting company and private practice that helps caregivers feed their babies and kids with confidence. She Joins us on the Vault to talk about how parents undergo stress and anxiety related to their children’s food allergies and ways to cope. She also talks about foods that are brain foods for children and babies because food is medicine.

 She is the author of Simple and Safe Baby-Led Weaning: How to Integrate Foods, Manage Portion Sizes, and Identify Allergies and the creator of two online courses for parents: Safe & Simple Baby-Led Feeding and Solve Picky Eating. Her new book, Safe and Simple Food Allergy Prevention: A Baby-Led Feeding Guide to Starting Solids and Introducing Top Allergens, is due out in November of 2024 with publisher, BenBella Books, distributed through Penguin Random House. A Forbes Health Advisory Board Member since 2022, member of the Advisory Council for the RWJF Reframing Child Health and Obesity project, Kabrita Medical Advisor, and former national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Malina completed her undergraduate degrees at Northwestern University and master's degree in clinical nutrition at New York University. 

 

Resources: 

Private Pediatric Nutrition Practice: https://www.malinamalkani.com/work-with-malina-malkani  

Starting solids course: http://babyledfeedingcourse.com/ (online course helping parents start solids without stress and reduce the risk of food allergies) 

Starting solids 12-week meal plan: https://startbabyledfeeding.com/  (12-week baby-led feeding meal plan with a complete plan for allergen introduction) 

Picky Eating Course: https://solvepickyeating.com/  (online course helping parents navigate picky eating behaviors in toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age kids) 

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Pre-order new baby-led feeding cookbook: https://foodallergypreventionbook.com/ 

 

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Dr. Brian Kim is an award winning dermatologist and researcher known as The Itch
Doctor. His groundbreaking research has led to patents in itch molecules and he uses his platform to educate the public about different causes of itching. On this episode of the Vault we discuss how men and women experience itch differently and ways that skin and hair impact mental health.

Dr. Kim received his M.D. from the University of Washington, was a HHMI-NIH Scholar, completed residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Master of Translational Research (MTR). The Kim Lab focuses on mechanisms that underlie skin inflammation and the sensation of itch as a fundamental, broad, model paradigm of neuroimmunology. Key discoveries include the first identification of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in the skin of both mice and humans, novel contributions of basophils, ILC2s, and natural killer (NK) cells to skin inflammation, and unveiling how immune cells and type 2 cytokines/JAK signaling directly influence sensory neuronal responses. He has peer-reviewed publications, multiple NIH grants, designed pivotal clinical trials that led to novel FDA-approved treatments, and is an inventor of itch-centered technologies. His research has led to awards and funding from NIH, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, American Skin Association, American Academy of
Dermatology, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Dermatological Association, and International League of Dermatological Societies. He holds a patent for the use of JAK inhibitors for chronic itch. He is on the scientific advisory board for Abrax Japan, Granular Therapeutics, Recens Medical, National Eczema Association, and Cell Reports Medicine. He is on the editorial board of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, section editor for Journal of Immunology and on the board of rev

 How Intimacy Health I related to Mental health
 Myths about Intimacy health.
 How to identify signs of High Functioning Depression
 High Functioning Depression in Healthcare workers
 Anhedonia
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression

Dr. Aletha Maybank is a pediatrician and preventive medicine physician, a public health professional, and a Senior Vice President within the American Medical Association. As Chief Health Equity Officer, she is the founding leader for the AMA’s Center for Health Equity, and a recognized speaker, writer, and expert on health equity and racial justice.

In these capacities, she is influencing the embedding of equity throughout the AMA Enterprise and across the healthcare ecosystem. Dr. Maybank uses her platform to make injustice visible across our health systems and country, with emphasis upon solutions that honor the legacy of our ancestors while preserving our desires for rest and joy. She has won numerous awards for her groundbreaking efforts. 

On this episode of The Vault, we talk about the challenges that black women in healthcare face, the importance of diversity in medicine and struggles that professional women face in the workplace.


 How to foster diversity in healthcare.
 How to address healthcare inequity.
 How to thrive as a woman in medicine.
 The importance of community in medicine.
 Taboo health topics.
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression in Healthcare settings.

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 American Medical Association Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amermedicalassn/


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Dr.  Dr. Siyamak Saleh (Dr. Siya), is an award winning content creator with a community of over 3.5 million followers. He debunks myths related to intimacy health and has received awards for working with South African communities to educate about topics that are taboo and that people feel ashamed talking about. Dr. Siya knows that most patients won’t read medical guidelines but they will get their health info from influencers on social platforms. Dr.Siyah teamed up with Andy Pattinson at the World Health Organization to become a digital health consultant to recruit qualified healthcare workers online to educate the public about health issues. I was a recent recruit of Dr. Siya, and I worked with Andy and 

Dr. Siya at the United Nations general assembly week events this year on several panels. We talked about supporting health professionals to use digital platforms to spread accurate information online and we also addressed topics like burnout and depression in healthcare professionals. On this episode of the Vault, Dr. Siya shares how he masked high functioning depression with productivity. At a time in his life when he was nominated for TikTok Creator of the year, was mentioned in the British Medical Journal, was in major media outlets like Huffington Post and was gaining top recognition by the World Health Organization, he was also
struggling in silence. We discussed ways that he healed and ways that busy and
productive people can heal from High Functioning Depression.

 How Intimacy Health I related to Mental health
 Myths about Intimacy health.
 How to identify signs of High Functioning Depression
 High Functioning Depression in Healthcare workers
 Anhedonia
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression

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Isis Asare is the CEO/Founder of Sistah Scifi. Sistah Scifi is the first Black-owned bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy in the United States as validated by the American Booksellers Association. Located in cyberspace, Sistah Scifi is a national brand with over 50K points of contact. 

In February 2023, the first three Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines were launched in California and Washington. In March 2024, Asare became the first African American Executive Director of the Aunt Lute Foundation, the second oldest feminist press in the country. She has a bachelors degree in psychology from Stanford University, a masters degree in public policy from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Isis currently resides in Oakland, CA with their supportive and evolving polycule. On this episode of The Vault, we discuss how representation in film, books, and fiction validates. black mental health and allows the community to heal.

 How Representation In Media Validates Us
 Diversity in Film and Book Helps Others to Heal.
 Mental Health Themes in Literature.
 High Functioning Depression in Entrepreneurs
 How To Be Your Authentic Self
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression

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Dr. Mariel Buqué is an Afro-Dominican, Columbia University-trained Psychologist, intergenerational trauma expert, and the author of the book Break the Cycle: a book that focuses on healing wounds of intergenerational trauma. Her clinical framework is holistic and infuses ancient and indigenous healing practices into a modern, comprehensive therapeutic approach. She additionally provides healing workshops to Fortune 100 companies including Google, Twitter, Capital One, and Facebook and lectures within the psychology department of Columbia University. Dr. Buqué is widely sought out for her clinical expertise and trauma healing approach and has been featured on major media outlets including The Today Show, Good Morning America, and ABC News. She has been named as a School of Greatness’s 100 Greatest People Doing Good in 2022. 


 Identifying Signs of Trauma
 What is Intergenerational Trauma
 How to Stop People Pleasing
 Fight, Flight, Fawn Trauma responses
 Cultural Psychology
 How to cope with High Functioning Depression

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I first met Dr. Jessi Gold at Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty Mental Health Summit on World Mental Health Day May 2024 in NYC. At this event, the US surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Selena Gomez and Dr. Jessi Gold talked about the importance of the mind-body connection in mental health and the role that community plays in mental wellness. Dr. Jessi Gold, MD, is a medical doctor and psychiatrist who holds the esteemed position of the first Chief Wellness Officer for the University of Tennessee System, a role encompassing 59,000 students. Dr. Gold spoke about the challenges that college students and graduate students face. On this episode of “The Vault”, we discussed how students are at risk for high functioning depression and ways to cope. Her new book is geared towards decreasing mental health stigma and encouraging open dialogue about emotional and psychological well-being. 


 College Mental Health
 High Functioning Depression in Students
 High Functioning Depression in Healthcare Workers.
 Medical Student Mental Health.
 The importance of validating emotions in mental health.
 How to cope with depression and anxiety.
 Humanity in Medicine.

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 Dr. Jessi Gold Website https://www.drjessigold.com/
 How Do You Feel Book https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-Do-You-Feel/Jessi-Gold/9781982199777

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Dr. Ekta Yadav is an award-winning scientist, doctor and host of one of the top beauty podcasts in the world, Skincare Anarchy. On this episode of the Vault Dr. Ekta discusses how skin health supports mental health and how conditions like acne and hair loss can severely impact patients in terms of their confidence, decisions and mental health. Dr. Ekta’s work is Driven by a mission to democratize medical knowledge. She has conversations with the top dermatologists in the world on her podcasts and she discusses evidence based science to support the products that she displays. and foster a more informed society. We talk about how healthcare professionals often struggle silently with high-functioning depression and she discusses ways that she overcame her own struggles. You won’t want to miss this empowering episode of The Vault.
 
Listen in as we discuss:

 Skin health and connection to mental health.
 Hair health and Hair loss in relation to mental health.
 Sunscreen and skin health.
 Skincare routines to support well-being.
 Healthcare routines to support well-being.
 How to combat high functioning depression as a healthcare worker.
 Connection between depression, anxiety and skin and hair health.

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