Biography
Olivia Shadid, MD obtained undergraduate degrees, summa cum laude, in Theatre Performance, Psychology & Theology, from the University of Evansville. She earned her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma-University of Tulsa School of Community Medicine. She completed her psychiatric residency and child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of New Mexico, where she is now a double board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor in the Division of Community Behavioral Health and the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Personal Statement
I am very grateful to play a role in supporting children and their families as they connect with personal meaning & cultural inheritance, alter intergenerational cycles, and enliven their communities. I value approaches that are collaborative, personalized, strengths-focused, evidence-based, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and holistic. I have a particular commitment to serving survivors of human rights abuses, including asylum-seekers, refugees, and indigenous communities. In addition to my clinical work at UNM and the Indian Health Service, I contribute to efforts to improve the mental health of children at a community-level via federal- and state-funded projects including NM-ABC and Project ECHO. I strive to be attentive, authentic, playful, open-minded, reliable, compassionate, and empowering with patients, trainees, & colleagues alike. I enjoy foraging for wild food, gardening, camping, yoga, reading, and engaging the beautiful land, multilayered culture, and deep history of New Mexico.
Areas of Specialty
Child, Adolescent, & Family Psychiatry
Forensic Evaluations of Asylum Seekers
Interpersonal & Structural Trauma
Integrative/Holistic Psychiatry
Medical & Community Education
Achievements & Awards
American Psychiatric Association/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship (SAMHSA) / 2022-2023
Certificate in Integrative Medicine in Residency - Psychiatry, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona / 2024
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship / 2016-2017
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
Research and Scholarship
Shadid O, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Sidhu SS. Chapter 54.18: Forensic Evaluations of Child and Adolescent Migrants. In: Boland R, Verduin ML, eds. Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. 11th ed. Wolters Kluwer; 2024: 4113-4118
Sidhu SS, Shadid O. Chapter 4: Forensic Psychological Evaluations of Asylum Seekers. In: Mckenzie KC, ed. Asylum Medicine. Springer; 2022: 47-67.
Shadid O, SS Sidhu. “The Mental Health Effects of Migrant Family Separation.†Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2021;60(9):1052-1055. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2021.02.018
Shadid O, McIntosh HC, Kezbers K, Snyder C, Touchet B. Conflicting Advice between Spiritual Leaders, Friends and Family, and Mental Health Providers: Impacts on Mental Health Treatment-Seeking Behaviors. Journal of Religion and Health. 2021;60(4):2608-2619. doi:10.1007/s10943-020-01132-2
Wetherill MS, Chancellor McIntosh H, Beachy C, Shadid O. Design and Implementation of a Clinic-Based Food Pharmacy for Food Insecure, Uninsured Patients to Support Chronic Disease Self-Management. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2018;50(9):947-949. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2018.05.014