Listen to Dr. Allie Sharma in conversation with Dr. Laura Erickson Schroth, Chief Medical Officer for The Jed Foundation (JED) as they speak about youth mental health today, root causes and risk factors, how to speak about suicide with loved ones, the Jed Foundation and it’s work with schools and campuses, and more.
Listen to Dr. Allie Sharma in conversation with Dr. Laura Erickson Schroth, Chief Medical Officer for The Jed Foundation (JED) as they speak about youth mental health today, root causes and risk factors, how to speak about suicide with loved ones, the Jed Foundation and it’s work with schools and campuses, and more.
Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth (she/they) is the Chief Medical Officer for The Jed Foundation (JED), a leading national nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults. Dr. Erickson-Schroth has provided thousands of patients with crisis intervention and mental health support in over ten different emergency rooms in New York City. Much of her career has focused on LGBTQ mental health, and she continues to see clients at the Hetrick-Martin Institute for LGBTQIA+ Youth.
Dr. Erickson-Schroth joined JED in 2022 after providing crisis intervention and mental health support to thousands of patients in over ten emergency rooms in New York City. She is an associate professor of psychiatry at New York University. Much of her career has focused on LGBTQ mental health, and she continues to see clients at Hetrick-Martin Institute for LGBTQIA+ Youth. Dr. Erickson-Schroth is the editor of “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves” (Oxford, 2014, second edition 2022), a resource guide written by and for trans communities. She has appeared on NPR’s “Fresh Air” and “On Point.” She is a former board member of the Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists and of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality.
Dr. Erickson-Schroth obtained her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School. She completed a psychiatry residency at New York University, public psychiatry fellowship at Columbia University, and consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship at Mount Sinai.
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