From Bipolar Disorder to Kids' Book Author

A Frontier Psychiatrists guest post

Today's article in The Frontier Psychiatrists is a guest post. It's written my friend, who is now a published children's book author. Sometimes, as a psychiatrist, our friends get sick too, and we have to do something to help. Other times, our friends are doing really well, and remarkable things into the world. I'm thrilled to have Courtny as a friend, and welcome her to The Frontier Psychiatrists team as a writer…

When I first began my journey as a writer, I was 19 years old and thinking of killing myself. It’s taken me 20 years since to learn to manage my mental health and finally publish my first book. I would probably not be here, celebrating this moment, if it weren’t for the help of my friend Dr. Owen Muir. We first connected in 2016; he recognized the Littman stethoscope around my neck and asked me where I worked. It turned out that we both worked at NYU Langone Hospital. I’d already had issues with my mental health for years, and when I found out that he was a psychiatrist,…