Textbook Talk: Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka on Financing Community Behavioral Health in the Current Age

About this episode

Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka discusses financing community behavioral health and his contributions to mental health systems.

Guest: Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka is an award-winning psychiatrist, speaker and author, trained at Yale, Columbia, and NYU. Dr Shoyinka is Triple Board certified and holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians. He serves on the Board of the American Association for Community Psychiatry. Dr Shoyinka led the redesign of Philadelphia’s crisis system. This effort resulted in Philadelphia’s recognition by the Biden Administration as a model city for 988 implementation. Dr Shoyinka is the co-creator of the SMART Tool, which facilitates self-directed antiracism work within organizations. Dr Shoyinka is also co-creator of a patent-pending risk-stratification analytic software that facilitates population addiction treatment. Dr Shoyinka’s leadership expertise has been nationally recognized. In May 2022, he received a Special Presidential Commendation from the American Psychiatric Association. He has been recognized as Black Leader shaping the Future of Psychiatry and is a regular guest speaker at state and national conferences. Dr Shoyinka is married…

People in this episode

Host: Rob Gadomski, DO

Guest: Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka

Topics covered

• community behavioral health
• psychiatry
• mental health financing
• crisis system redesign
• antiracism in healthcare

Keywords

• community psychiatry
• behavioral health
• mental health
• crisis intervention
• antiracism
• addiction treatment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, American Association for Community Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association

Places: Philadelphia, Greater Philadelphia area

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