Physician and clinician investigator @UofTPsych. Reader, Runner, Writer, Health Advocate and Chocolate Aficiando. All views are my own.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined November 2014
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Josie Balka: "You'll be remembered for the way that you are, not the way that you look" ❤️
Video by the amazing josiebalka on Instagram & TikTok ❤️
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Happy to see this published! Led by @HaynosAF & @AmyHEgbert, we overview the public health harms of labeling eating disorders as a ‘niche’ topic.
If you "don't study EDs," but you study other psych concerns, we urge you to consider that you probably do.
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Overwhelming evidence social media is linked to risky behaviours in adolescents from disordered eating to drug & alcohol use.
thestar.com/news/canada/over… via @torontostar
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In our troubled world, it seems more painful than ever to remember this horrific act of violence against women. These 14 beautiful people were killed because they were women. Dec 6 is the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women.
#Polytechnique #EndSGBV
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📰 Eating disorder hospitalizations among boys increased 416% over 17 years ctvnews.ca/health/eating-dis… @CTVNews
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Don’t just assume your colleagues with kids can’t/won’t want to be involved with things. Honor their autonomy by still extending the invite and then let them decide.
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NB, matriculating med students have better mental health + QOL than matched peers (https://teapaw.org/t.co/ODsG5v8GwG). Physician burnout and suicide are system issues. #NationalPhysicianSuicideAwarenessDay
"More than 25% of medical students and residents experience depression... When swaths of the population are silenced by stigma, that quiet rests on a tipping point." 🙌🏽 @mikerose42 @NEJM teapaw.org/NEJM/status/9823950554…
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F* it all the people who are asking why women didn’t come forward sooner. Because girls and women are not believed, called hysterical and because there is so much inherent bias in the way the society ‘judges’ womens’s testimonies about their own bodies.
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“The system is not a monolith—the system is people & it can be changed.” Fantastic talk at #CACAP2023 by Drs @AmyGajaria & @JenniferCoutur on evidence-based #eatingdisorder care & the new @OntarioHealthOH quality standard—so much we can do to advocate for more equitable
care 🙌
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It's referee letter season again.
Words to describe strong male candidates: eg, outstanding, ground-breaking, focused, collaborative. Words to describe strong female candidates: eg, outstanding, ground-breaking, focused, collaborative. Yep, same words, regardless. #genderequity
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Since I started my career in 2020, I’ve had the peace of mind of treating anyone walking through my clinic door. To see it end abruptly with no extension or modifications is just cruel.
@OntariosDoctors @HPAP_Ontario @ohipforall thestar.com/news/gta/2023/03…
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Every one of us should be angry that one of Ontario’s largest children’s hospitals has had to call in the Red Cross to help with staffing.
Every one of us should be demanding that our government immediately invest more resources into our healthcare system.
Every one of us.
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Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#MontrealMassacre
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What does it say about how we care for people with #eatingdisorders when it is easier for a patient to help write national guidelines for treatment than it is for them to actually access treatment?
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We we centre on the patient AND provider experience by creating a culture of safety (physical, psychological and cultural) everyone wins. #healthcare #cdnhealth
My interview on CTV.
We need a culture of safety
ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2505…
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Is there any value in telling a patient they should have come in sooner for medical care?
It never makes ppl feel better & if they met obstacles to access, it’s infuriating.
Perhaps we should just say “I’m so glad you are here. Let’s talk about when you should seek care again”
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I’m hearing through the grapevine that some cis-het male PIs avoid taking on female learners for fear of getting involved in exactly these types of scandals.
My dudes, that is NOT the take away from this. Think about what that suggests, perpetuates and exacerbates.
