Dr. Damon Tweedy brings physical and mental health together

In an AAMC viewpoint article, Dr. Damon Tweedy (Psychiatry), describes a health care system built on the assumption that the mind and the body basically exist on different planets. From his training in medical school, to his practice today as Professor of Medicine at Duke, Dr. Tweedy outlines his experience of the breakdown between physical versus mental health care and the solutions he would like to see happen. Read his interview to AAMC here.

Dr. Tweedy is the author of the 2024 book Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental health in Medicine.