Dr. Nina Vasan: Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation

Doctors in Business

In this episode, learn more how to harness the power of technology to improve mental health, from digital psychiatrist and creative extraordinaire Dr. Nina Vasan. She shares about her experiences as the founder and executive director of Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation, designing new tools for Pinterest and TikTok, as the chief medical officer of Real, a startup dedicated to expanding online access to psychiatric treatment, and as the author of Do Good Well: Your Guide to Leadership, Action, and Social Innovation.

Follow us on Twitter @doctorscreate to hear more from creative doctors! This episode was hosted and edited by David Park. Music for this episode is credited to Nightfloat.

Timestamps

(06:42) Screen time and depression

(07:46) Interdisciplinary team at Brainstorm

(10:12) Mental health help on Pinterest

(13:09) Brainstorm x Pinterest

(20:05) Brainstorm x TikTok

(26:16) Modern therapy through Real

(32:43) Does Real actually help you get better?

(36:25) First generation mental health apps

(40:06) Lack of mental health professionals

(44:47) Creativity in medicine