Jessica Gold

Dr. Jessica Gold is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis.

Recent Articles

Could COVID-19 Finally Destigmatize Mental Illness?

There is a research model going around that suggests as many as 150,000 additional people could die from mental health-related outcomes of COVID-19. I could argue the merits of the mathematical model as many of...

By Jessica Gold

It's Time to Get Serious About Coronavirus End-of-Life Care

There is perhaps nothing that exemplifies the sheer magnitude of deaths due to COVID-19 than public health officials’ decision last week to turn a Madrid ice rink into a morgue. They did this, they said,...

By Jessica Gold and Shoshana Ungerleider

The Dangers of Linking Gun Violence and Mental Illness

After repeated exposure to a piece of information, people will start assuming it’s true, whether or not it actually is, simply because they’ve heard it so many times. Familiarity and repetition can overcome rationality, a...

By Megan L. Ranney and Jessica Gold
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