Ask A Psychiatrist: What can YOU do to Take Care of Your Mental Health to Kick-off the New Year?
Estimated watch time: 28 mins
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Speaker: Dr. Rachel Rohaidy
Mental health is more than the absence of a mental illness—it’s essential to your overall health and quality of life. Self-care can play a role in maintaining your mental health and help support your treatment and recovery if you have a mental illness.
About the Speaker:
Rachel Rohaidy, M.D., specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental, addictive and emotional disorders and provides confidential and compassionate care to people seeking help during crises. She is highly trained in the biological, psychological and social components of illness. Dr. Rohaidy’s areas of specialty include general adult psychiatry, acute/emergency psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, inpatient and outpatient detoxification and substance dependence in pregnant women. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
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