Building Better Beings: PsychU Supporting Organizations Share Wellness Strategies

Stress and challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the critical issues of mental health and burnout to the forefront for health care professionals, their patients, and their communities. With wide recognition and acceptance of mental health needs, there is now a great opportunity to share, learn, and practice a host of wellness strategies.

Join PsychU for a riveting panel discussion featuring pre-eminent leaders in mental health and wellness. Lead by Dr. Rachel Self, the esteemed panelists will share perspectives on practical applications of wellness utilizing resources provided by some of our supporting organizations and commentary from Dr. Gaurava Agarwal, Director of Physician Well-being at Northwestern and PsychU MDD section advisor. They will also discuss resources available on PsychU and tips for implementing wellness strategies offered by their respective organizations for health care providers, their patients, and communities.

Gaurava Agarwal, MD

Chief wellness executive, Northwestern Medicine Director of Faculty Wellness, Northwestern University

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Gaurava Agarwal, MD serves as the Major Depressive Disorder Section Advisor for PsychU. In addition, he is the Chief Wellness Executive, Northwestern Medicine Medical Groups; Associate Professor for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Medical Education, and Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He also is the Director of Physician Well-Being for Northwestern Medicine’s Medical Groups.

Elizabeth Crane, MBA, M.Ed.

Founder & Chief Vision Officer of It’s All Good Here

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Founder & Chief Vision Officer of It’s All Good Here

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH

Co-founder of WILD-5 Wellness®

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Co-founder WILD-5 Wellness®

Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC

Adjunct Clinical Affiliate for the School of Nursing at the University of Texas, Austin; Co-founder of WILD-5 Wellness®

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Saundra Jain is an Adjunct Clinical Affiliate for the School of Nursing at The University of Texas, Austin, Texas. She is very focused on wellness and the impact of positive psychology on client outcomes. She launched a private practice of psychotherapy where she currently provides services for a wide range of mental health issues.

Dr. Jain is a co-creator of the WILD 5 Wellness Program, which combines five elements of wellness (exercise, mindfulness, sleep, social connectedness, and nutrition) into a prescriptive, easy-to-follow wellness program. She is very active in the area of peer-to-peer education, especially in the disease states of depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. She is the co-creator and co-presenter of a novel interactive workshop addressing the challenges of dealing with psychiatric co-morbidities through the use of psychiatric scales and screeners. She also serves as a member of the Psych Congress Committee providing direction regarding educational gaps & needs for healthcare practitioners in the world of mental health.

Co-founder WILD-5 Wellness®

Marjorie Morrison, LMFT, LPC

CEO & Co-Founder of Psych Hub™

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CEO & Co-founder of Psych Hub™

Jennifer Rothman

Senior Manager, Youth & Young Adult Initiatives, NAMI

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Senior Manager, Youth & Young Adults, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Rachel Self, PhD, MS (OPDC)

Medical Science Director, Neuroscience Field Medical Affairs

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Rachel Self, PhD, MS is a Medical Science Director for Otsuka’s Neuroscience Field Medical Affairs, neuroscientist, & wellness advocate

Hannah Zeller, MSW

Programs Manager, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

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Programs Manager, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

About PsychU Supporting Organizations:
Supporting organizations share PsychU’s vision that exchange of information, experience, and ideas can shift the current trajectory of mental health care and improve the future for individuals with lived experience. Learn more about supporting organizations and how to partner with PsychU.

Gaurava Agarwal, Elizabeth Crane, Rakesh Jain, Saundra Jain, Marjorie Morrison, Jennifer Rothman, and Hannah Zeller are paid consultants of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Rachel Self is an employee of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.