Another Student Fights Mental Illness Stigma

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One of the things we Short Coats agree on is that the stigma medical students and physicians face when dealing with mental illness must end. We are people, too, and thus are subject to the full range of human maladies. So when listener Kate reached out to [email protected] to tell us of her University of Michigan classmate Rahael Gupta's JAMA article addressing her own struggles, we could only respond with sympathy and admiration. Turns out, however, that the Google autocomplete hive-mind isn't terribly sympathetic to MDs, med students, pre-meds, or nurses. That's what we learned playing a game of Google Feud. Do you want to throw away your #nofilter lifestyle...completely? Then jump on the trend and ask your plastic surgeon to make you look like your favorite Snapchat filter. More news on the fight against influenza comes as a Japanese company has crafted a drug that eliminates the virus in just 24 hours. Do you need advice? Do you want us to talk about something near and dear to your heart? Call us at 347-SHORTCT anytime, visit our Facebook group, or email [email protected].