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Chase Anderson, MD, MS (K.C. Ardem) πŸ¦ΈπŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
@ChaseTMAnderson
Your Black, trans Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at UCSF. Views are mine|not med advice πŸŒ™πŸ’–πŸ¦β€πŸ”₯πŸ¦„πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦ΈπŸ½β€β™‚οΈβœŠπŸ½
San Francisco, CA
Born June 2, 1989
Joined November 2019
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    In 2023, I wrote about being a psychiatrist who lived with suicidal ideation and the need for our society to discuss suicidality openly to decrease stigma. In April 2025, I wrote about the framework I used to notify others, create goals to keep me alive, cultivate self-love, and
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    ✌🏼 find me on Threads @thatalliemason
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    Note from a psychiatrist with 4 years of medical school training, 3 years in adult psychiatry, and 2 years as a child and adolescent psych fellow: it’s not marijuana. It’s not antidepressants. It’s the guns, white nationalists, Fox News and the conservatives who enable this all.
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    I better never hear about Black Lives Matter peaceful protests being lawless or uncultured again.
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    Your Black, gay child and adolescent psychiatrist getting their name on the door. I had an office at ZSFG when I split time there but consolidated to our main campus last year and been bouncing offices. Only 2-3% of American psychiatrists are Black. Honored to be one of them.πŸ’–
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    Nineteen years ago when the depression started I wasn’t sure if I would make it. All I wanted was to find a way to help others. Today, I graduate from child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at UCSF! I will forever love you all and be your Black, gay unicorn-phoenix.πŸ’–πŸ¦„πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”₯
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    Normalize actually listening to healthcare workers if you’re going to keep calling them heroes and saying how much you admire them.
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    Note from a psychiatrist with nine years of training: SSRIs don’t cause people to murder other people.
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    Normalize the knowledge that just one accepting adult can reduce suicide attempts in LGBTQ+ teens by 40% or more - be that accepting and supportive adult.πŸ’–πŸ¦„πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ
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