Wellness

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...

Empower Yourself with Intentionality

By: Nadia Sabri MD, FAAP As medical students, residents, and physicians, we’ve taken care of hundreds of thousands of patients from birth to death and everything in between. We are trained for mind over matter, to multitask to the max, make decisions rapidly and knowledgably, and live in chronically stressful situations with minimal sleep. We are...