John Budin
Doctor · Advocate
John Budin is a psychiatrist who has spoken publicly about experiencing bipolar disorder while practising medicine. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and has spoken to medical audiences about physician mental health, stigma and his experience from the perspectives of both doctor and patient. [1][2][4]
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Career and work
Budin is a psychiatrist who has worked in private practice and has spoken publicly to medical and psychiatric audiences about physician mental health and lived experience. [1]
Alongside his clinical work, Budin has taken on advocacy and advisory roles related to mental health. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and as an advisor to PsychU, where his work has focused in part on stigma and lived experience. [4]
What has been publicly discussed
“Nothing is more powerful and freeing than being authentic to who you are.”
— John Budin [1]
