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Ashley Andreou

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Medical student
@GUMedicine & health policy alumna @YaleSPH . Writing (and staying curious) about #healthjustice, #medicine, #healthpolicy, and #law.

Ashley Andreou’s Journalist Portfolio

Match Day and Mental Health

Match Day and Mental Health

1. Physician Suicide: Overview, Depression in Physicians, Problems with Treating Physician Depression. (n.d.)…

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Generative AI Could Help Solve the U.S. Mental Health Crisis

Generative AI Could Help Solve the U.S. Mental Health Crisis

The potential applications of generative AI are dizzying. One space where it may be instrumental is in improv…

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I work in a psychiatric ER. I'm watching the system fail people in real time

I work in a psychiatric ER. I'm watching the system fail people in real time

This first-person essay highlights how the systemic collapse of social services forces psychiatric emergency …

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Eating Disorders Are Not Just a Rich White Girl Disease

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By Ashley Andreou
| Scientific American Verified
“I still don’t trust my parents’ ability to feed me,” confessed Sofia after I asked what she was most anxious about, nearing discharge after two months on an inpatient eating disorders unit where I worked as a psychiatry resident. The 14-year-old girl was brought to the pediatrician by her parents, worried about her eating.
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The Unequal Burden of Early Dementia on Black Americans and How We Can Change It

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By Ashley Andreou, Minali Nigam
| Scientific American Verified
The first time many people likely ever heard of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) was in 2023 when actor Bruce Willis revealed the diagnosis, or this year when talk show host Wendy Williams did the same. A debilitating brain disease that can affect personality, behavior and language, it is the most common form of dementia for people under 60 years old.
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Doctors Do Racist Things to Patients. Here Are Seven Ways They Can Stop

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By Ashley Andreou
| Scientific American Verified
As many doctors are starting to realize, they are not passive agents in a racist society and health care system: their actions (and inactions) contribute to racial health disparities. And their biases show up on medical charts. Doctors are more likely to describe Black patients as “angry,” “aggressive” or “noncompliant,” or question their symptoms.
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