I’ve been invited to speak on television, radio, and podcasts on topics ranging from the science of psychiatric treatment to the philosophy of care to leadership and workplace wellbeing. I’m Dr. David Brendel, MD, PhD — a Harvard-trained, board-certified private psychiatrist in Belmont, MA, author of Healing Psychiatry (MIT Press) and Think Talk Create (PublicAffairs), and host of the Leading Minds radio program on VoiceAmerica. I’m available for interviews, panels, and speaking engagements.

Media Appearances


ABC

Consultant for ABC News OnCall+ Mind & Mood

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PBS

Consultant to PBS series American Experience (commentary on The Lobotomist)

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CNBC

Business Network featured a debate on one of my recent papers, Patient-Targeted Googling from the Harvard Review of Psychiatry

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VoiceAmerica

Featured on One Hour at a Time

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Leading Minds with Dr. David Brendel

Broadcasted on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel, welcoming a wide range of guests including Lori Gottlieb and Lou Marinoff.

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I speak regularly on mental health, psychiatric practice, executive coaching, and the intersection of leadership and wellbeing — at conferences, on panels, in podcast and radio interviews, and as a keynote speaker. Topics I’m frequently invited to address include the philosophy of psychiatric care, burnout among high-performing professionals, and the relationship between mental health and organizational culture.

For speaking or media inquiries, reach me at (617) 932-1548 or David@DrDavidBrendel.com.

Radio Show Host


Leading Minds with Dr. David Brendel

Broadcasted on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel, welcoming a wide range of guests including Lori Gottlieb and Lou Marinoff.

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Speaker


I speak regularly on mental health, psychiatric practice, executive coaching, and the intersection of leadership and wellbeing — at conferences, on panels, in podcast and radio interviews, and as a keynote speaker. Topics I’m frequently invited to address include the philosophy of psychiatric care, burnout among high-performing professionals, and the relationship between mental health and organizational culture.

For speaking or media inquiries, reach me at (617) 932-1548 or David@DrDavidBrendel.com.

Pictures for Media Use


Healing Psychiatry

Bridging the Science/Humanism Divide

A new patient-centered approach to psychiatry that aims to resolve the field’s conceptual tension between science and humanism.

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Think Talk Create

Building Workplaces Fit For Humans

A brilliant counter-narrative for restoring humanity to the bottom-line, numbers-obsessed culture of the modern, 21st century workplace.

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