Dr. Dr. Siyamak Saleh (Dr. Siya), is an award winning content creator with a community of over 3.5 million followers. He debunks myths related to intimacy health and has received awards for working with South African communities to educate about topics that are taboo and that people feel ashamed talking about. Dr. Siya knows that most patients won’t read medical guidelines but they will get their health info from influencers on social platforms. Dr.Siyah teamed up with Andy Pattinson at the World Health Organization to become a digital health consultant to recruit qualified healthcare workers online to educate the public about health issues. I was a recent recruit of Dr. Siya, and I worked with Andy and Dr. Siya at the United Nations general assembly week events this year on several panels. We talked about supporting health professionals to use digital platforms to spread accurate information online and we also addressed topics like burnout and depression in healthcare professionals. On this episode of the Vault, Dr. Siya shares how he masked high functioning depression with productivity. At a time in his life when he was nominated for TikTok Creator of the year, was mentioned in the British Medical Journal, was in major media outlets like Huffington Post and was gaining top recognition by the World Health Organization, he was also struggling in silence. We discussed ways that he healed and ways that busy and productive people can heal from High Functioning Depression.
- How Intimacy Health I related to Mental health
- Myths about Intimacy health.
- How to identify signs of High Functioning Depression
- High Functioning Depression in Healthcare workers
- Anhedonia
- How to cope with High Functioning Depression
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