We say we care about mental health in America. But the data—and my front-line experience—say otherwise.
We are overmedicating, underfunding, and pathologizing poverty, trauma, and stress. Instead of addressing why people are sick, we throw pills at symptoms.
🧠 In my latest article for Psychiatric Times, I make the case that we’ve built a system that profits off disease—not health. We’re not solving the problem. We’re institutionalizing it.
If we want to make America healthy again, we need to stop doing the wrong things.
If you are new to the blog and my social media content, we should start with a brief introduction.
My name is Dr. Garrett Rossi, I’m a medical doctor who specializes in adult psychiatry. I’m board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. I’ve practiced in multiple settings including inpatient, outpatient, partial care, assertive community treatment teams, and I provide ECT services.
I make mental health content on multiple social media platforms and each one has a specific style and type of content.
This is where you can find the deep dives on mental health topics including medication reviews, psychiatric diagnosis, and various other topics. Videos can range anywhere from 5-20 minutes and time stamps are available in the descriptions for longer content.
This is where you can find shorter videos and posts on mental health topics. The focus on Instagram is more on mental health advocacy, and myths about psychiatry and mental illness. The content here is shorter but still has a lot of educational value.
This is where you can find more information about my professional activities. I have information about my advocacy work, professional memberships, publications, and is another good place to follow my work. I make frequent posts here as well.
Here I’m not very active and haven’t spent much time but I do update blog posts and other relevant information here as well.
If you have a question or want to get in touch with me, I am most active on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
We are building a community where empathy is a central part of the content. The goal is to make psychiatry more accessible, provide education, and reduce stigma associated with mental health treatment.
