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Introduction :
- Dr. Christine Moutier (maiden name Christine Yu) is an American psychiatrist.
- She is also the Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Christine Moutier was born on November 28, 1968. She was born in Seattle, Washington, and she was raised in Los Angeles, California.
- She has a brother, Jonathan Yu.
- Christine attended senior high school at the San Pedro High School in San Pedro, California.
- She is a highly skilled classically trained pianist, and after graduating from high school she attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music.
- Following her stint at Vassar College, Christine attended the University of California San Diego’s School of Medicine from 1990 to 1995 and graduated as a Doctor of Medicine.
- She then did her residency in psychiatry at the University of California San Diego from 1995 to 1999.
- Christine married her high school sweetheart, Jacque Moutier, on July 4, 1992.
- She has two children with Jacque: a son, Luke Moutier, and a daughter, Camille Moutier.
- After living most of her life in the state of California, Christine currently resides in Holmdel, New Jersey, with her family.
Work : Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth
- Christine was a professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego from 1999 until 2013.
- She was also a medical director for the Veterans Administration Medical Centre Inpatient Psychiatric Unit from 2002 until 2005.
- Christine was the assistant dean for Student Affairs and Medical Education at the University of California San Diego’s School of Medicine from 2004 until 2013.
- Since September 2013, Christine has been the Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
- She is also the co-founder of the San Diego chapter of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and has also been an educator and advisor.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Christine’s research focuses on suicide prevention, mood disorders, and burnout.
- She was one of the medical experts consulted by the showrunners of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why. Following her input, the showrunners removed an explicit suicide scene from the first season of the show.
- Christine knew she wanted to become a doctor when she was thirteen years old, but focused on her music training during her undergraduate studies
- She decided to attend Vassar College for its established reputation in musical excellence. It was the only university she applied to outside of California.
- Christine founded the Interactive Screening Programme for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
- She was also one of the investigators on STAR*D, the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression study.
- Christine is an author, with several of her articles and book chapters appearing in prestigious publications such as Academic Psychiatry, Academic Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Psychiatric Times.
- Christine loves krav maga, a military fighting and self-defense system created for the Israeli defense forces.
Dr. Moutier,
The miserable mortality of the ill-named “Spanish Flu” was due to a pig’s flu from the pigs of Kansas and similar states that infected first some soldiers in Boston who were going over there and brought the disease to Europe where it spread. The Allies kept it secret but the Spanish Press informed of the disease and its origin. But the American yellow press predominated over the Spanish one and named it “Spanish” which stuck through the centuries. The reality is that it should have been called and should be called “American Flu” as the historical facts dictate.