Wellness

The Link Between Climate Change and Mental Health

Written by the AMSA Environmental Health Action Committee This post is a series of mental health pieces from the AMSA WSL Committee Extreme weather events, such as heat waves, hurricanes and floods, are becoming increasingly more common as Earth’s climate continues to change.  Weather events and natural disasters can affect health by exacerbating symptoms of...

AMSA Leader Spotlight: Thomas Pak

Meet Thomas My name is Thomas Pak, an MD/PhD student and the chair of the Wellness and Student Life Action Committee. As students, it can be difficult to speak up, especially with our financial and time debt. However, I realized a need to advocate for us medical students. We’ve taken this noble and kind path...

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...