Forbes November 2025 Feature: Dr. Simbiat Adighije (Founder, Conscientia health) on How High-Functioning Depression Impacts Business—And What Leaders Can Do

Forbes Article

October was National Depression Awareness and Health Screening Month. It’s an important reminder that mental health matters, but it needs to be prioritized year-round. I want to talk about the people who rarely get screened—like the high-performing employees, the problem-solving leaders, the ones who look fine on the outside and keep going.

As a psychiatric and mental health provider, as well as the founder of a telepsychiatry and mental health practice, I lived through high-functioning depression myself when I lost my mother. I did not recognize the signs at the time, but after several years of practice and 12,000 patients later, I recognize these signs in many high performers: days when you feel tired, fatigued, sometimes even sad, but you keep going.  Read the full article on FORBES.com

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