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Dr. Jessi Gold is mental health freelance and op-ed writer, whose work has been featured in newspapers like the New York Times, STAT, and The Washington Post, and magazines like In Style, SELF, and SLATE.

Many of her individual stories have been viewed more than 100,000 times, and have led to her appearing on other media about these topics.

She writes in order to demystify psychiatry and destigmatize mental health, in a way that is approachable and educates the reader. She often writes about the intersection of mental health and pop culture, healthcare worker mental health, therapy and coping skills, and her own mental health and burnout. She was also a regular Forbes Contributor, writing 5 pieces a month, and her most viewed article on Therapist Burnout, was read more than 260,000 times.



2024 Contributed Articles


Stat News | October 11, 2024 | I swore I wouldn’t become a psychiatrist


Wondermind | October 11, 2024 | 6 Things Your Psychiatrist Wants You to Know


SLATE | September 1, 2024 | I Used to Pride Myself on Being an Extrovert. Now Things Are Different.

PSYCHIATRY ONLINE | July 23, 2024 | Lessons Learned From a Social Media Poster Child

SELF | July 8, 2024 | What to Do If Your People-Focused Job Completely Drains Your Social Battery

2023 Contributed Articles


SLATE | October 23, 2023 | Britney Spears Is Giving Us a Tour of Her Personal Life. I Hope She’s Prepared.

STAT | August 28, 2023 | Psychiatrists like us cannot keep up with their inboxes

SLATE | August 20, 2023 | Create a “NO List”

SLATE | May 6, 2023 | Yellowjackets Illustrates How Cults Can Prey on People With Trauma Histories

STAT | March 24, 2023 | I Finally Got Used to Practicing Telepsychiatry. Now the DEA Wants to Change Everything

MEDPAGE TODAY | March 22, 2023 | The Unmatched Need Not Suffer Alone

MEDPAGE TODAY | March 15, 2023 | How Overturning Roe vs Wade Changed Match Day 2023

SLATE | February 13, 2023 | There’s a Name for the Constant Helplessness You Feel When You Work in Mental Health Care

WBUR | January 13, 2023 | Doctors Can’t Outrun Trauma Either

InStyle | February 15, 2023 | Self-Confidence Is Just Telling Yourself the Right Stories


2022 Contributed Articles


InStyle | December 14, 2022 | When Winter Malaise Hits, Is More Light Enough?

InStyle | September 15, 2022 | The Psychology of September

InStyle | June 24, 2022 | I’m a Psychiatrist, and Numb Is a Valid Feeling Right Now

InStyle | May 12, 2022 | Your Therapist is Not Your Friend, Take it From a Psychiatrist

InStyle | February 17, 2022 | I’m a Psychiatrist, and Women Aren’t Being Honest About Their Sex Lives

InStyle | January 18, 2022 | I’m a Psychiatrist and Yellowjackets is One of the Best Portrayals of Trauma I’ve Seen on TV

SELF | October 11, 2022 | 6 Less Obvious Signs of Burnout You Should Definitely Pay Attention To

SELF | March 9, 2022 | Here’s Why Pandemic Fatigue Is (Still) So Draining

St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine | August 5, 2022 | Q&A on Physician Burnout with Jessi Gold, MD, MS

Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs | March 7, 2022 | Tips on Talking to Kids on Mask Mandates Being Lifted in Schools


2021 Contributed Articles


InStyle | November 18, 2021 | I’m a Psychiatrist and Its OK If You Need a Xanax to Hang Out With Your Mom Over the Holidays

InStyle | October 7, 2021 | I’m a Psychiatrist, and I Can’t “Control” My Emotions Any Better Than You

InStyle | July 21, 2021 | I’m a Psychiatrist and I Even Kept My Mental Health Meds a Secret

InStyle | June 2, 2021 | Naomi Osaka Tried to Protect Her Mental Health, and the Response is Sadly Predictable

InStyle | March 23, 2021 | In Her New Documentary, Demi Lovato Says Being a Mental Health Advocate Almost Killed Her

SELF | October 5, 2021 | How Can You Tell if Therapy is Actually Working?

SELF | October 5, 2021 | 12 Questions to Ask Your New Therapist Before You Decide if They’re the One

SELF | October 5, 2021 | 13 Signs It’s Time to Consider Therapy

SELF | September 29, 2021 | 10 Common Return-to-Work Concerns – And How to Mentally Prepare For Them

SELF | June 30, 2021 | 11 Coping Skills Therapists Use to Deal with Their (Really Hard) Jobs

WBUR | March 4, 2021 | I’m a Psychiatrist who Treats Health Workers. A Year into the Pandemic, We’re All Suffering from Burnout 


2019 – 2020 Contributed Articles


NEW YORK TIMES | March 26, 2020 | No, These Medicines Cannot Cure Coronavirus

TIME | May 13, 2020 | Could COVID-19 Finally Destigmatize Mental Illness?

TIME | March 30, 2020 | It’s Time to Get Serious About End-of-Life Care for High-Risk Coronavirus Patients

TIME | August 7, 2019 | The Dangers of Linking Gun Violence and Mental Illness

Washington Post | March 17, 2020 | Taylor Swift, The Leader We Need Now

The Atlantic | July 21, 2020 | Colleges are Getting Ready to Blame Their Students

Newsweek | November 18, 2020 | ‘My Coping Skills as a Therapist in 2020: Fail, Fail Again and Then Keep Trying’

Newsweek | September 21, 2020 | As a Feminist Therapist, Coping with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death is Complicated | Opinion

Newsweek | September 8, 2020 | ‘We Are Therapists. After 6 Months of Lockdown, We’re Almost at Breaking Point’

Newsweek | January 9, 2020 | ‘Friendly’ Emails Are Not Evidence Harvey Weinstein Did Nothing Wrong | Opinion

SELF | January 8, 2021 | You’re Not Wrong for Hoping 2021 Would be Better – And Being Upset That it Isn’t 

SELF | December 8, 2020 | If Depression and Anxiety are ‘Normal’ Right Now, When Should I Be Worried?  

SELF | September 3, 2020 | 17 Totally Normal Feelings to Have as a College Student Right Now

SELF | September 1, 2020 | We’re Basically All Struggling With Mental Health Right Now – Let’s Normalize It. 

SELF | June 18, 2020 | I’m Struggling With Teletherapy, Too – and I am a Psychiatrist

SELF | May 20, 2020 | How Surviving a Near Death Experience Has Affected My Care for Coronavirus Patients

SELF | April 7, 2020 | 8 Coping Strategies From a Psychiatrist Who’s Also Anxious and Afraid

SELF | December 20, 2019 | Susannah Cahalan on Her New Book, Mental Illness, and the Power of Diagnosis

SELF | November 27, 2019 | No, You Shouldn’t Call Someone ‘Crazy.’ But Do We Have to Ban The Word Entirely?

SELF | November 18, 2019 | Here’s What I Tell My Patients Who Are Worried About ‘Antidepressant Withdrawal’

SELF | November 6, 2019 | How ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Got That EMDR Therapy Episode So Right

SELF | October 4, 2019 | 7 Little Ways to Deal With the Emotional Rollercoaster That is College

SELF | July 16, 2019 | Can You Ever Be Friends With Your Former Therapist?

SELF | July 12, 2019 | What If You Don’t Feel Like Yourself Without Anxiety?

SELF | January 24, 2019 | Is It A Bad Idea To See The Same Therapist As Someone You Know?

VOX | May 25, 2020 | The Problem With Comparing Health Care Workers to Soldiers on Memorial Day

VOX | April 2, 2020 | Calling Health Care Workers “Heroes” Erases Just How Terrified And Exposed They Really Are

STAT | May 31, 2020 | Don’t Use ‘Deaths of Despair’ as Rationale For Reopening the Country Too Soon 

STAT | April 16, 2020 | Health Care Workers Speaking Truth On Social Media: Amplify and Protect Their Voices

STAT | April 3, 2020 | The COVID-19 Crisis To Few Are Talking About: Health Care Workers’ Mental Health

SLATE | April 13, 2020 | Fear and Isolation May Not Actually Bring A Rise In Suicides


CNN | November 18, 2020  | Doctors: Health Care Workers are Experiencing More Than COVID-19 Burnout

The Hill | November 25, 2020 | The Biden Coronavirus Task Force Has a Mental Health Problem

InStyle | December 11, 2020 | Taylor Swift is Getting Healthcare Workers Through the Pandemic

InStyle | August 22, 2020 | Katie Hill on Past Relationships, Sharing her Suicidal Thoughts, and How She’s Healing

InStyle | August 3, 2020 | Here’s What its Like to Love Someone with Bipolar Disorder

InStyle | September 27, 2019 | What the Grey’s Anatomy Premiere Got Wrong About Mental Health, According to a Psychiatrist

InStyle | August 13, 2019 | This New Book Answers Every Vagina Question You’re Scared To Google

InStyle | April 26, 2019 | What Exactly Does It Mean To “Check-In” For Mental Health Care? 

InStyle | March 29, 2019 | Grey’s Anatomy Took On Rape – And Got It Really Right

InStyle | February 28, 2019 | You Have To Be “One Of The Guys” In My Medical Specialty – And I’m Not One

Best Colleges | November 27, 2019  | How to Balance Work and College: A Mental Health Perspective

Best Colleges | August 7, 2019 | How To Maintain Mental and Physical Health In College

WBUR | May 13, 2020 | The Pandemic is Spiking Anxiety. Before You Take Anxiety Medication, Understand the Risks. 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | December 16, 2020 | Jessica Gold and Jenny Duncan: Stress and Anxiety Undermine Medical Community’s Coronavirus Fight 

MEDPAGE TODAY | May 4, 2020 | Still Want to Be a Doctor Post COVID-19?

EM Resident | April 13, 2020 | Weathering the Storm: What Psychiatrists Want You To Know

Kansas City Medical Society | June 30, 2020 | The Invisible Wounds of COVID-19: The Mental Health Crisis in Health Care Workers

St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine | July 31, 2020 | The Invisible Wounds of COVID-19: The Mental Health Crisis in Health Care Workers

Stanford Medicine | October 15, 2019 | The Little Things: Scope@10,000

Washington University in St. Louis | April 13, 2020 | Good Mental Health During COVID-19

American Psychiatric Association | January 9, 2019 | Bandersnatch: You Can Choose Your Ending, But Proceed With Caution

Addiction Hope | April 29, 2019 | How To Talk To A College Student About Marijuana And Their Mental Health

InCrowd | December 30, 2020 | Becoming a Doctor

InCrowd | May 4, 2020 | Telehealth is Uncomfortable, but Necessary

InCrowd | November 21, 2019 | From Observer to Influencer: The Power of #MedTwitter

Psychology Today | December 7, 2019 | Why Doctors Need to Be on Twitter


2011 – 2018 Contributed Articles


SELF | December 11, 2018 | How Can You Tell If Therapy Is Actually Working?

SELF | October 31, 2018 | 9 Awkward Questions You Probably Want to Ask Your New Therapist

SELF | August 3, 2018 | A Psychiatrist Explains Why You Might Feel Annoyed When You Hear Celebrities Talk About Anxiety

InStyle | October 11, 2018 | Why You’re About to See A Lot More Women With This Tattoo

Glamour | March 14, 2018 | For Women in Health Care, Is Danger Part Of The Job?

Glamour | February 27, 2018 | We Should Have Seen the USA Swimming Sexual Abuse Allegations Coming

Glamour | January 28, 2018 | Why Judge Aquilina’s Handling of the Larry Nassar’s Sentencing Is So Important For Abuse Survivors

Huffpost | June 12, 2017 | From Doctor To Doct-her: The Tale Of A Skeptical Feminist

Huffpost | February 15, 2017 | Woah, I’m Your Doctor — Swipe Left!

Huffpost | January 31, 2017 | The Imperfect Healer

Huffpost | December 20, 2016 | Emotional Support Animals: From Skeptical Prescriber To True Believer

Huffpost | October 28, 2016 | Inpatient Psychiatry: Not all Needles, Drugs And Locks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | January 28, 2018 | A Plea For Partnership And Change Regarding Gun Violence

The Stanford Daily | June 2, 2017 | Letter To The Editor: Mental Health- We Know the Problems, We Need Help Fixing Them

Thrive Global | November 15, 2018 | What This Is Us Gets Right-And Wrong-About Depression

Habif Health and Wellness Center | Campus Well | December 11, 2018 | Solid Gold Advice: How Do I Manage Stress During Finals?

Habif Health and Wellness Center | Campus Well | October 29, 2018 | Solid Gold Advice: When Is It Time for Me To Seek Professional Support?

Habif Health and Wellness Center | Campus Well | October 4, 2018 | Introducing Solid Gold Advice: Letter From An Imposter

Psychiatric News | December 4, 2018 | Top 10 Media Tips For Psychiatrists And Residents

Psychiatric News | December 7th, 2017 | Burnout’s Roots May Lie In Young M.D.s’ Expectations of Themselves

Psychiatric Times | January 24th, 2017 | A Coin Flip

Psychiatric Times | August 5, 2016 | The Mirror

Addiction Hope | August 14, 2018 | Is There An Opioid Overdose On Board

Addiction Hope | July 24, 2018 | Demi Lovato Drug Overdose-Saved By Narcan

InCrowd | September 4, 2018 | And…How Old Are You?

Huffpost | May 29, 2012 | Medical Humanities: Extracurricular Activity Or Critical Curricular Component

KevinMD.com | December 12, 2012 | To The Health Professionals During Hurricane Sandy: Thank You

KevinMD.com | November 15, 2011 | The Stigma Of HIV Continues Today

KevinMD.com | July 18, 2011 | The Side Effects of Cancer Treatment Go Beyond Losing Your Hair

KevinMD.com | June 30, 2011 | The First Brain A Medical Student Sees In Anatomy Lab

KevinMD.com | June 22, 2011 | A Medical Student Doing Clinical Rotations At The VA

KevinMD.com | June 15, 2011 | Is First Do No Harm Really Part Of The Hippocratic Oath

KevinMD.com | June 8, 2011 | What It Means To Be Sick As A Medical Student

KevinMD.com | June 2, 2011 | Cancer In The Gross Anatomy Lab

KevinMD.com | May 26, 2011 | Doing The Physical Exam For The First Time As A Medical Student

KevinMD.com | May 18, 2011 | Medical School Starts With Anatomy Lab

KevinMD.com | May 13, 2011 | Medical Students Asking A Patient About Death

Hello Giggles | May 7, 2012 | Advice To My Former Self