Alok Kanojia

Alok M. Kanojia (born October 7, 1982),

In India, Kanojia studied yoga and meditation, which he said gave him self-awareness and self-control required to manage his addiction and salvage his career. He began a placement at Tufts University School of Medicine in 2010. Kanojia received his medical degree in 2014, and subsequently started a residency at Harvard Medical School's Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program.

Healthy Gamer, which received support through an incubator at Boston University, trains coaches who provide non-medical advice and support to the gaming community. He mainly hosts live conversations with other popular Twitch streamers wherein they discuss mental health issues. Guests of the show have included Reckful, xQc, and Pokimane. Kanojia also includes viewers who apply to be interviewed publicly on his livestreams. Research psychologist Dr. Rachel Kowert has argued that, contrary to these disclaimers, "everything that you witness in the show is clearly therapy". and suggested that Kanojia's conduct may violate ethical guidelines set by the American Psychiatric Association.

Starting in late 2019, Kanojia conducted several public interviews with online celebrity Byron Bernstein, also known by the nickname Reckful, who discussed his issues with depression, bipolar disorder and his brother's suicide during the livestream. Bernstein stated that his conversations with Kanojia made him feel better He also stated that Kanojia did not call those interviews therapy "for legal reasons," although Bernstein used the word "therapy" in the title of one of his livestreams with Kanojia. A spokesperson for the board said a reprimand is a "severe censure".

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