Rupi Legha MD

Serving adults, children, and families; providing a strengths-based approach to mental health throug

08/19/2025

If people don’t feel mentally and emotionally safe at work, the whole place is unsafe.

That’s what I’ll be talking about at the Safety, Health, & Environmental Conference in Chicagoland next month — how psychological safety is structural safety. 🦺

Racism, ableism, and unfair rules about who is “good enough” to be a doctor or mental health provider can hurt people and make workplaces feel unsafe.

💓Join me in Chicagoland & let’s talk strategies leaders can use to create fairer, more welcoming spaces where every voice is respected and supported.

08/14/2025

What if your psychiatrist really knew you?
Not just your symptoms, but your story.

That’s the kind of care I offer.
It’s slow. It’s steady. It’s personal.
We build trust. We make space for truth.
And when things get hard, you don’t go through it alone.

This is the Dr. Rupi Method.
It’s not perfect, and it’s not magic.
But it’s care that actually cares.

💓If that sounds like what you’ve been needing, I’d love to hear from you. Visit RupiLeghaMD.com

08/12/2025

Hi, I’m Dr. Rupi 👋🏽

Psychiatrist by trade, systems thinker by heart, weiner dog lover (because obviously).

I help people unlearn what hurts and dream up new ways to heal.

→ Hope you’ll follow along! Find more at RupiLeghaMD.com

08/07/2025

Want to put funds directly into the hands of systems-impacted families and grassroots organizers? Join me in donating to ’s THRIVE Fund: bit.ly/MFP-THRIVE 💫

In just 5 months, the THRIVE Fund has moved $70,000 to cover legal fees, basic needs, grassroots capacity, and wellness support! 98% of recipients are impacted by family policing and/or other carceral systems like incarceration and deportation. 87% are BIPOC.

This is what solidarity looks like. MFP needs our support to raise $15K or more in 30 days! Give today!

07/17/2025

“Please don’t give me a shot. I promise to be good.” A 16-year-old Black, nonbinary foster youth said this to me—strapped to a gurney, labeled with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), and brought in by police.
Not a danger. Not defiant. Just afraid.

🆕 My new piece in Academic Pediatrics (the official journal of ) asks us to rethink ODD and confront the practice of diagnostic condemnation—where trauma is pathologized, and survival is mistaken for disorder.

📌 In this article I explore:
🔹 How ODD is disproportionately assigned to Black, Latine, and Indigenous youth
🔹 The role of racism, bias, and systemic trauma in child mental health
🔹 The power of protective care: reframing, rewriting, and resisting harmful narratives
🔹 Why documentation is activism—and how clinical decisions can create or disrupt harm

This isn’t just a story. It’s a mirror to the system. Stop punishing pain. Build care that protects.

Link in bio. Holler at your girl if you’re having a hard time accessing it.

06/22/2025

Unmasking Racism in Psychiatry: A Call to Action

We explore the historical silence around racial injustice in mental health and the systemic racism in psychiatry. Discover the impact of these legacies and how they shape public health today, advocating for reparative actions in our healthcare systems. See the full-length version of this grand rounds I gave about Antiracist Supervision in Mental Healthcare at the University of Maryland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3d8TO7ozDQ

06/19/2025

Real change in mental health means addressing systemic racism head-on. 💪🏽💬 Listen to the impactful feedback from our fellowship as we push for antiracist approaches that recognize and dismantle long-standing biases in mental healthcare. 🖤 This isn’t just a conversation—it’s a movement. Stay connected with updates, resources, and actions by subscribing to my newsletter: edu.rupileghamd.com/newsletter-sign-up ! 🌱

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