Ruta Nonacs, MD, PhD, conducts a Masterclass lecture on treating women with postpartum depression from the Psychopharmacology Update in Cincinnati. The meeting was sponsored by Global Academy for Medical Education and Current Psychiatry. Dr. Nonacs is a staff psychiatrist with the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. * * * Help us make this podcast better! Please take this short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/...
Dec 18, 2019•19 min•Ep. 94
Roberto Lewis-Fernández, MD, returns to the MDedge Psychcast, this time to discuss ways to approach pharmacotherapy for Latino patients with depression. Previously, on episode 36 of the Psychcast, Dr. Lewis-Fernández discussed the role of cultural assessments in providing person-centered mental health care. Dr. Lewis-Fernández , professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and director of the New York state Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence and the Hispanic Treatment Progra...
Dec 11, 2019•33 min•Ep. 93
Martha Sajatovic, MD, conducts a Masterclass lecture on older-age bipolar disorder from the Psychopharmacology Update in Cincinnati. The meeting was sponsored by Global Academy for Medical Education and Current Psychiatry. Dr. Sajatovic is professor of psychiatry and of neurology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She also directs the Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Research Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. * * * Help us make this podcast better! Please...
Dec 04, 2019•15 min
This week, we are replaying five interviews that MDedge Psychiatry editor in chief Lorenzo Norris, MD , conducted at the 2019 American Psychiatric Association annual meeting . Dr. Norris spoke with Igor Galynker, MD , (Mount Sinai Beth Israel, N.Y.) about identifying suicide crisis syndrome ; Jonathan M. Meyer, MD , (University of California, San Diego) about prescribing clozapine for treatment refractory schizophrenia ; Robert M. McCarron, DO , (University of California, Irvine) about psychiatr...
Nov 27, 2019•35 min•Ep. 91
Jack Drescher, MD, returns to the MDedge Psychcast, this time to discuss ethical issues raised by the treatment of gender-variant prepubescent children with MDedge Psychiatry editor in chief Lorenzo Norris, MD . The two spoke at the 2019 Group for Advancement in Psychiatry ( GAP ) meeting in White Plains, N.Y. Dr. Drescher is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, past president of GAP, and a past president of the APA’s New York County Psychiatric Society. He has a ...
Nov 20, 2019•38 min•Ep. 90
Michelle Magid, MD , conducts a Masterclass lecture on botulinum toxin for depression from the Psychopharmacology Update in Cincinnati. The meeting was sponsored by Global Academy for Medical Education and Current Psychiatry. Dr. Magid is associate professor University of Texas in Austin, and associate professor of Texas A&M University in College Station. She disclosed serving as a speaker for Ipsen, maker of Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA, or ABO), and as a consultant for Allergan, maker of Bo...
Nov 13, 2019•18 min•Ep. 89
Andrew Penn, MS, NP, conducts a Masterclass lecture on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy from the Psychopharmacology Update in Cincinnati. The meeting was sponsored by Global Academy for Medical Education and Current Psychiatry. Mr. Penn , a psychiatric nurse practitioner, is associate clinical professor of community health systems in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco . Later, Dr. Renee Kohanski is back – this time to discuss the need to call out the truth whe...
Nov 06, 2019•26 min•Ep. 88
Mark S. Gold, MD , joins Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, to discuss the intersection between the rise in suicide and the opioid crisis in the United States. Dr. Gold is adjunct professor of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis. He also serves on the editorial advisory board of MDedge Psychiatry. Previously, Dr. Gold served as distinguished professor and chairman of the psychiatry department at the University of Florida, Gain...
Oct 30, 2019•45 min•Ep. 87
Dinah Miller, MD, returns to the MDedge Psychcast, this time to do a Masterclass lecture on involuntary commitment. Dr. Miller is coauthor of “ Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care .” She has a private practice and is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, both in Baltimore. In addition, Dr. Miller is a columnist for Clinical Psychiatry News and serves on the editorial advisory boards of CPN and MDedge Psychiatry. Timestamps: Thi...
Oct 23, 2019•45 min•Ep. 86
Kent A. Kiehl, PhD, joins host Lorenzo Norris, MD on the MDedge Psychcast to discuss the use of MRI scans to provide information about the brains of people who exhibit antisocial behaviors. The goals are to use the information to treat patients and prevent violent crimes. Timestamps: This week in Psychiatry (00:33) Meet the guest (03:35) Interview (04:25) Credits (54:10) Dr. Kiehl is professor of psychology, neuroscience, and law at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He also codirects a ...
Oct 16, 2019•55 min•Ep. 85
Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, returns to the MDedge Psychcast to join host Lorenzo Norris, MD , to discuss postpartum psychosis. Dr. Hatters Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She also is professor of pediatrics and reproductive biology, and adjunct professor of law at Case Western. In addition, Dr. Hatters Friedman and colleagues recently wrote an article published in Current Psychiatry examining this topic, Postpar...
Oct 09, 2019•25 min•Ep. 84
Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, joins Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, to talk about family murder. Dr. Hatters Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She also is professor of pediatrics and reproductive biology, and adjunct professor of law at Case Western. In addition, Dr. Hatters Friedman is editor of Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate , which was writt...
Oct 02, 2019•32 min•Ep. 83
Henry Nasrallah, MD, was the first-ever guest on the MDedge Psychcast. In a three-part series, he joined Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, to talk about schizophrenia. In this throwback episode, the three-part conversation has been edited together into one episode. Part I: Etiology, presentation, and recent advances Part II: Manifestations; treating early Part III: Treatment of first-episode schizophrenia In part I, Dr. Nasrallah and Dr. Norris ...
Sep 30, 2019•22 min•Ep. 82
Karl Doghramji, MD , is professor of psychiatry with secondary appointments in neurology and medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He also directs the Sleep Disorders Center at Thomas Jefferson. Show notes by Jacqueline Posada, MD, consultation-liaison psychiatry fellow with the Inova Fairfax Hospital/George Washington University program in Falls Church, Va. Classification and consequences Insomnia is defined by the DSM-5 as dissatisfaction with sleep quantity or quality, diff...
Sep 25, 2019•17 min•Ep. 81
Judith R. Milner, MD , MEd, SpecEd, joins Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, to talk about steps psychiatrists can take to address the mental health needs of people traumatized by a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Dorian survivors. In This Week in Psychiatry, Katherine Epstein, MD, and Helen M. Farrell, MD, write about miracle cures in psychiatry. You can read the article online by clicking here or you can access the downloadable PDF b...
Sep 18, 2019•44 min•Ep. 80
Show Notes J. John Mann, MD , joins Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, to talk about the need for medicine to shift its approaches to preventing suicide. They spoke at the Focus on Neuropsychiatry 2019 meeting , sponsored by Current Psychiatry and Global Academy for Medical Education. Dr. Mann is professor of translational neuroscience at Columbia University in New York. For a complete video of this interview, see this vodcast . Don’t miss...
Sep 09, 2019•25 min•Ep. 79
In this masterclass, Philip D. Harvey, PhD , professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami, discusses the relationships between aging, neurocognition, and functional outcomes. And in a new segment from MDedge, called This Week in Psychiatry, we’d like to share a Current Psychiatry evidence-based review on using antidepressants for pediatric patients ( PDF ) by Jennifer B. Dwyer, MD, PhD , and Michael H. Bloch, MD, MS . Show Notes by Jacqueline Posada, MD, consultatio...
Sep 04, 2019•20 min•Ep. 78
Show Notes Roger McIntyre, MD, joins Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, to talk about obesity, inflammation, and treatment implications for mental health conditions. They spoke at the Focus on Neuropsychiatry 2019 meeting , sponsored by Current Psychiatry and Global Academy for Medical Education. Dr. McIntyre is a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto, and head of the mood disorders psychopharmacology unit a...
Aug 28, 2019•32 min•Ep. 77
Show Notes Jack Rozel, MD, returns to the MDedge Psychcast to discuss gun violence and a new report from the National Council for Behavioral Health . In episodes 29 and 33 , Dr. Rozel talked with Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, about this topic in the wake of the shooting last year at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Dr. Rozel is medical director of resolve Crisis Services at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the ...
Aug 21, 2019•51 min•Ep. 76
Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, interviews the psychiatry residents who produce the PsychEd podcast , which as they put it, is “created by medical learners, for medical learners.” Dr. Norris speaks with some of the members of PsychEd podcast team: Sarah Hanafi, MD, a first-year resident in psychiatry at McGill University, Montreal; Alex Raben, MD, a fourth-year resident in psychiatry at the University of Toronto; Lucy Chen, MD, a fourth...
Aug 14, 2019•48 min•Ep. 75
Welcome to this bonus episode of the MDedge Psychcast. In this episode, as a tribute to the late Carl C. Bell, MD , we would like to replay highlights from the interview that Lorenzo Norris, MD , did with him last year at the annual IPS (Institute on Psychiatric Services) Mental Health Services conference in Chicago. Dr. Norris, host of the MDedge Psychcast, is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. Dr. Bell, who died Aug. 1, was a ...
Aug 12, 2019•20 min•Ep. 74
Show Notes Last week, Igor Galynker, MD, PhD , spoke with Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, about how to identify suicide crisis syndrome. This week, he explores the kinds of “gut feelings” that clinicians can access to help them identify when a patient might have the syndrome. Dr. Galynker has been a guest on the Psychcast twice before, once to discuss the impact of suicide on physicians and a second time to talk about his research on th...
Aug 07, 2019•31 min•Ep. 73
Show Notes Igor Galynker, MD, PhD , talks with Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, about suicide crisis syndrome. Dr. Galynker has been a guest on the Psychcast twice before, once to discuss the impact of suicide on physicians and a second time to talk about his research on the arguments for adding a suicide-specific diagnosis to the DSM-5. He is associate chairman for research in the department of psychiatry at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in N...
Jul 31, 2019•40 min•Ep. 72
Show Notes Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH , talks with Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, about averting disruptions in psychiatric medications after short- and long-term disasters. Dr. Ritchie is a psychiatrist who works in Washington. Show Notes by Jacqueline Posada, MD, 4th-year resident in the department of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. Later, in the “Dr. RK” segment, Renee Kohanski...
Jul 24, 2019•32 min•Ep. 71
Ep. 70 Show Notes By Jacqueline Posada, MD, 4th-year resident in the department of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. In this episode, Richard Balon, MD , returns to the MDedge Psychcast to discuss benzodiazepines. This time, Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast and editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, interviewed Dr. Balon about prescribing benzodiazepines for patients with serious medical illnesses. They also examine some of the cont...
Jul 17, 2019•28 min•Ep. 70
Show Notes By Jacqueline Posada, MD, 4th-year resident in the department of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. In this episode, Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast, interviews Jonathan M. Meyer, MD , about prescribing clozapine and understanding barriers of use. Dr. Meyer is clinical professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, and a psychopharmacology consultant with the California Department of State Hospitals. Overv...
Jul 10, 2019•31 min•Ep. 69
Show Notes In this episode, we revisit three of our best episodes on preventing suicide. In episode 46, Lorenzo Norris, MD , host of the MDedge Psychcast, interviewed Igor Galynker, MD , about how to assess suicide crisis syndrome. Dr. Norris is editor in chief of MDedge Psychiatry, and assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. Dr. Galynker is associate chairman for research in the department of psychiatry at Mount Sinai, New York. In ...
Jul 02, 2019•33 min•Ep. 68
Headline: Update on the American Psychiatric Association – Part 2 Show Notes By Jacqueline Posada, MD, 4th-year resident in the department of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. Lorenzo Norris, MD , interview with Saul Levin, MD, MPA , CEO and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Levin also is clinical professor at George Washington University. Improving access to care and impact of psychiatrists is imperative. Finding ...
Jun 26, 2019•27 min•Ep. 67
Update on the American Psychiatric Association – Part 1 Show Notes By Jacqueline Posada, MD, 4th-year resident in the department of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. Lorenzo Norris, MD , interview with Saul Levin, MD, MPA , CEO and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Levin also is clinical professor at George Washington University. In 2019, the American Psychiatric Association celebrated its 175th anniversary. The AP...
Jun 19, 2019•35 min•Ep. 66
Show Notes Lorenzo Norris, MD , interview with Robert McCarron, DO , at the American Psychiatric Association meeting (#APAAM19) Dr. McCarron is vice chair of education and integrated care at University of California, Irvine, department of psychiatry. He is also trained as an internist. Shortage of psychiatrists, other mental health providers About 70% of all psychiatrists are over the age of 50 years and looking toward retirement. This also pertains to other mental health providers, such as psyc...
Jun 11, 2019•28 min•Ep. 65
