Mental Health: Improving the Culture

I will lead share my story and perspective regarding mental health and mental wellness, and then initiate a dialogue about mental health and wellness. My goal is to promote a culture in which mental health is respected, and asking for help is encouraged. I am also able to work directly high-level organizational officials to create a plan with tangible, evidence-based steps to improve mental health of members of the organization.

Jeremy Fine is a current MD-PhD student at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, where he is pursuing a medical degree in psychiatry and a PhD in mental health policy at the Gillings School of Public Health. Jeremy has worked for years as a member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), through which he has spoken to hundreds of students about mental health and mental wellness. He is also a NAMI national ambassador and regularly contributes to NAMI's social media accounts. Midway through college, Jeremy suffered a mental health crisis, and subsequently was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He uses his experience as someone living with chronic mental illness to affect change on individual, organizational, and federal levels.

I will need a projector, a computer with PowerPoint access, and a microphone for a large group. Alternatively, I am able to present to organizations via Zoom.