Dr. Atasha Jordan discusses her journey in establishing the Christian Mental Health Initiative, her passion for improving mental health education in faith-based communities, and her recommendations for community psychiatrists to ask patients about their religious and spiritual preferences.

Timestamps:

00:10 Introductions

01:58 Overview of the Christian Mental Health Initiative

08:34 Collaborating with Church Leaders

16:58 Future Directions

23:57 Discussing Faith with Patients

28:34 Key Takeaways

Christian Mental Health Initiative:

- Website: www.christianmentalhealthinitiative.org

- Social media: @CMHIConnect (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok)

Dr. Atasha Jordan:

- Website: www.atashajordan.com

- Social media: @atashajordan (Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest)

- Social media: @dr.atasha (TikTok)

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Guest:

Dr. Atasha Jordan, MD, MBA is passionate about serving patients with mental health illnesses in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Dr. Jordan aims to highlight the important intersection of faith and mental health. Dr. Jordan is frequently featured at national and international academic conferences, Grand Rounds, Christian conferences, international news and radio, and more. She studies Mental Health First Aid as an evidence-based psychoeducation intervention for Black church attendees in Philadelphia. Dr. Jordan recently founded the 501(c)(3) non-profit Christian Mental Health Initiative to help churches address the mental health needs of their congregants. Dr. Jordan is an attending psychiatrist at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, NJ, where she splits her time between clinical psychiatry, medical school student teaching, and community-based participatory research in faith-based communities.

Host:

Angela Liu, MD is a second-year psychiatry resident and APA Public Psychiatry Fellow.

Editor:

Aldwin Soumare, DO, MS

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