61 | Dr. Song Chan on challenges to mental health infrastructure & consultation-liaison psychiatry

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Dr. Song Chan is a consultant psychiatrist, currently working in consult liaison in Middlemore Hospital. He was born in Hong Kong, raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, where he completed medical school and psychiatry training. He is also the co-director of psychiatry training in the Northern Region of Aotearoa since 2020. Some of his passions include educating and improving the mental wellbeing of Chinese individuals. Outside of work, he is obsessed with traveling and enjoying the spoils of new countries.
In this episode, we discuss his work in consult liaison - where mental and physical health intertwine - gender stereotyping and implicit biases in psychiatry, COVID-19 and the challenges imposed on mental health, stigma in Chinese communities on mental health, and structural biases against non-English speaking patients. We touch on the topic of aged care facilities, but most of all, discuss his love for psychiatry and what potential applicants for psychiatry training need to demonstrate.
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As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [e-mail].

Audio credit:
Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

פרקים

1. Song Chan (00:00:00)

2. Finding medicine (00:01:44)

3. Mental health & physical health intertwined - the art of consult liaison (00:04:23)

4. Gender stereotyping in psychiatry (00:11:20)

5. Challenges in psychiatry (00:13:38)

6. COVID-19 and impacts on mental health (00:18:51)

7. Individualised/patient-centred care in psychiatry (00:24:47)

8. Chinese populations & mental health (00:28:28)

9. Applicants of psych training (00:46:37)