Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD

08/06/2025

Nomination Spotlight: Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite – Sister of the Year for Mental Health and Wellness

is a nationally recognized psychiatrist and trailblazer in mental health, whose work centers on the often overlooked emotional needs of women, especially during pregnancy, postpartum, and throughout trauma recovery. As the founder of Well Minds Psychiatry and Consulting Company, PLLC, Dr. Nicole is transforming the way we understand and treat mental wellness, with a focus on culturally responsive and trauma-informed care.

A leading voice in perinatal and postpartum mental health, Dr. Nicole provides compassionate, evidence-based support for women navigating the complex emotional landscape of motherhood. Her expertise extends to trauma, race-based stress, and systems-level approaches to wellness, ensuring that healing is not only personal but community- and equity-driven.

Her commitment to destigmatizing mental illness, especially among BIPOC communities, is reshaping the narrative around self-care, therapy, and emotional resilience. By blending clinical excellence with advocacy, Dr. Nicole is helping individuals and institutions reimagine what true mental well-being looks like, and how to get there with grace and support.

How has Dr. Nicole’s work around maternal mental health and trauma-informed care inspired or impacted you?

Share your reflections or stories in the comments below!

Want to learn more about Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite and her work in mental wellness? Discover her journey and achievements: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-christian-brathwaitemd/

Know another woman championing mental health and wellness? Nominate her or tag her in the comments!

Let’s celebrate Dr. Nicole’s achievements and continue to uplift women leaders in mental health and emotional resilience!

08/06/2025

Come work with me! Walden is a truly supportive and collaborative work environment. I am immensely privileged to be a part of this community and to work alongside outstanding clinicians, dieticians, nurses, physicians, and NPs. I recall in training, we consistently emphasized "never worry alone." Walden embodies this statement and upholds a cooperative, interdisciplinary team model.

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04/02/2025

Daily, I am witnessing remarkable individuals, former colleagues, and friends being terminated from roles they have dedicated themselves to. These individuals made significant sacrifices to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans. Their dismissal is due to the current administration's preference for ignorance over intelligence, lies over science, intolerance over compassion, and exclusion over belonging. This situation is alarming and discouraging. The misinformation and ignorance will cost lives. I can't believe we are here.

Billina Shaw, MD, MPH, FAPA, FASAM you are a phenomenal psychiatrist, advocate, leader and an even better person. I am so sorry. You and many others deserve so much better than this

03/16/2025

03/16/2025

This is another example of what happens when unqualified, racist individuals are given jobs they haven't earned and are not skilled enough to hold. DEI is supposed to ensure that those who are actually qualified, but are frequently oppressed and discriminated against, are hired and acknowledged for their incredible skills.

This move is another example of the ignorance, hatred, and mediocrity that has consumed the government and our country. Rather than celebrating the historic accomplishments of Americans who fought and sacrificed to save this country, racists are working so hard to erase and hide the strength and brilliance of women and people of color. This isn't DEI, this is weak men doing weak things

02/23/2025

02/23/2025

Diversity, Equity, and, Inclusion actually leads organizations and schools to bring in exceptional talent rather than relying on nepotism, mediocrity, and white supremacy

02/10/2025

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02/04/2025

Black History is American History


Dr. Patricia Bath discovered and invented a new device and technique for cataract surgery known as laserphaco.

Dr. Bath was the first woman to chair an ophthalmology residency program in the United States in 1983.

Dr. Patricia Bath was the first woman ophthalmologist to be appointed to the faculty of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine Jules Stein Eye Institute in 1974.

Inspiration

"My love of humanity and passion for helping others inspired me to become a physician."

Biography

Patricia E. Bath, an ophthalmologist and laser scientist, was an innovative research scientist and advocate for blindness prevention, treatment, and cure. Her accomplishments include the invention of a new device and technique for cataract surgery known as laserphaco, the creation of a new discipline known as "community ophthalmology," and appointment as the first woman chair of ophthalmology in the United States, at Drew-UCLA in 1983....

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02/02/2025

02/02/2025

Oklahoma legislators just introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to the Department of Corrections. So simply existing with a mental health diagnosis makes you a criminal? Those in Oklahoma, please fight this.

"A new bill introduced in the Oklahoma House by Rep. Justin Humphrey seeks to abolish the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and transfer its duties and resources to the State Department of Corrections.

House Bill 1343, filed this week, would transfer all responsibilities—including real property, records, and funds—from the Department of Mental Health to the Department of Corrections. The bill, which would take effect on July 1, 2025, also declares an emergency, meaning it would become law immediately upon passage and approval.

If passed, the legislation would significantly alter how Oklahoma handles mental health and substance abuse issues, consolidating those services under the state’s corrections system."

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; duties; powers; responsibilities; State Department of Corrections; real and personal property; effective date; emergency.

01/31/2025

AAP President Dr. Susan Kressly urged leaders in Washington to protect access to vaccines and Medicaid during a virtual news conference after Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kressly spoke at a press briefing with leaders of other medical organizations and said that, “It’s important that our federal leaders and decision-makers demonstrate commitments to science and commitments to evidence-based decision-making, especially when it comes to immunization.” Read more in AAP News: https://bit.ly/3Es2TGB