The Youth Mental Health Crisis & Biomarkers with Psychiatrist Dr. Francis Lee
Going Mental with Eileen Kelly
Eileen Kelly
4.8 • 897 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Francis Lee, M.D., PhD. is an accomplished neuroscientist and the Psychiatrist-in-Chief at New York Presbyterian Hospital, overseeing one of the largest academic psychiatric programs in the US. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he maintains an active faculty practice treating a range of conditions.
He discusses the current mental health epidemic, why he chose to become a neuroscientist and psychiatrist, the impact of social stressors and poverty on brain development, biometric markers for psychiatric disorders and why prevention and early intervention is key.
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| 0:00.0 | I've been going mental I'm losing my mind |
| 0:07.0 | because you're on and all of the time |
| 0:12.0 | I've been going mental but I'm feeling just fine. |
| 0:17.0 | Going mental all of the time. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm Eileen Kelly and you're listening to the Going Mental |
| 0:29.3 | podcast. On today's episode I am joined by Dr. Francis Lee. He is the psychiatrist in chief at New York Presbyterian Hospital and the co-director of the Center for Youth Mental Health. |
| 0:41.0 | Dr. Francis Lee is an accomplished neurobiologist |
| 0:44.8 | and psychiatrist studying the molecular basis of mood and anxiety disorders |
| 0:49.7 | with the goal of understanding why many of them emerged during the transition from childhood to adolescence. |
| 0:57.0 | Dr Lee earned his bachelor degree with the highest honors from Princeton University |
| 1:01.6 | and his medical degree and doctorate from the University of Michigan |
| 1:04.8 | followed by a psychiatry residency at the Payne Whitney Clinic at New York Presbyterian |
| 1:10.8 | Wheel Cornell Medical Center. |
| 1:12.8 | He has served on several panels and boards at the |
| 1:15.8 | National Institutes of Health and the National Mental Health |
| 1:19.4 | Foundation and has received numerous honors and awards, |
| 1:22.4 | including the Presidential Early Career Award for |
| 1:25.2 | Scientists and Engineers and the Burrows Welcome Clinical Scientist Award. He has also published nearly a hundred original studies in |
| 1:36.0 | peer-reviewed journals and completed nearly 30 reviews. Today's episode is brought to |
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| 1:46.7 | listeners, we know that you're obsessed with your cat. Admit it, if I looked at your camera roll, 90% of your photos are going to be of your cat. |
| 1:56.8 | And I don't judge you. |
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