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The Psychreg Podcast

Dr. Berney J Wilkinson and Dr. Richard M Marshallthementalbreakdown.com
Consistent with its host site, Psychreg.org, The Psychreg Podcast was created to provide listeners complex mental health, self-help, and psychological principles in a manner that is easily understood and applied to their lives. The Psychreg Podcast will offer insight and perspectives from the hosts as well as through interviews with mental health professionals from around the world.
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Episodes

Temper Tantrums and Emotional Meltdowns

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the differences between temper tantrums and emotional meltdowns and review strategies for dealing with them. Read the articles from ADDitude Magazine here and here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy f...

Oct 09, 202230 min

Social Media and Mental Illness

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the relationship between social media use and the increase rates of mental illness in children and teens.. Read the article from The New York Post here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon h...

Oct 01, 202236 min

Is Social Media Parenting Our Kids?

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the ways that social media and tech companies are involved in raising our kids. Read the article from The New York Times here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will...

Sep 25, 202228 min

Our Schools Need Us More Than Ever

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss tremendous challenge our teachers and students are facing in today's classroom. Read the articles from The New York Times here, and here, and from An Injustice here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy ...

Sep 18, 202241 min

Am I Stressed or Depressed?

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the differences between Depression and the stress associated with a mental breakdown. Read the article from The Cleveland Clinic here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that ...

Sep 11, 202229 min

Differentiating Sadness and Depression

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the differences between major depression and sadness. Read the articles from the American Psychiatric Association here, from Psycom here, and from Psychiatric Times here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your ...

Sep 03, 202238 min

Parental Alienation Syndrome Part 3: Treatment and Outcomes

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the unfortunate outcomes of PAS and the limitations for treatment. Read the articles from Psychiatric Times here, from Attachment Parenting here, and from Psychology Today here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can ge...

Aug 28, 202236 min

Parental Alienation Syndrome Part 2: Effects on the Child

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the long-term, negative of Parental Alienation Syndrome on the child. Read the article from Psychology Today here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will join us eac...

Aug 21, 202232 min

Parental Alienation Syndrome Part 1: What is PAS?

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall begin a three-part series on Parental Alienation Syndrome and provide information on characteristics of PAS. Read the articles from Psychology Today here, here, and here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy fro...

Aug 14, 202231 min

ADHD in the Elderly

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the challenges associated with diagnosing ADHD as we get older. Read the articles from ADDitude Magazine here, from Being Patient here, from WebMD here, from the New York Times here, and from CHADD here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Par...

Aug 07, 202241 min

Updates on ADHD Medications and Adult ADHD

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss interesting new insight into the effect of medications on the brain of those with ADHD, as well as concerns regarding the diagnosis of ADHD in adults. Read the articles from Psychology Today here and here, and from ADDitude Magazine here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raisi...

Jul 31, 202251 min

Becoming Indistractable

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss strategies for improving our attention and minimizing distractions that pull us away from our goals. Read the article from Nir and Far here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope...

Jul 23, 202246 min

Take a Day to Manage Your Stress

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the idea of taking one day a month off as a way to decrease stress. Read the article from CNBC here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will join us each morning so t...

Jul 10, 202235 min

Attachment and Detachment Parenting

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the important transition from attachment parenting in childhood to detachment parenting in adolescence. Read the articles from Psychology Today here and from Very Well Mind here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can g...

Jul 03, 202250 min

Tackling the Public Education Crisis

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the challenges facing teachers and the public education system. Read the article from the New York Times here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will join us each mo...

Jun 26, 202252 min

LGBTQ+ Pride Month and Juneteenth

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Juneteenth, and other reasons for us to work to be more tolerant and accepting of others. Read the article from Psychology Today here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon...

Jun 19, 202234 min

Managing Anger

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss anger and how we can better manage this critical emotion. Read the articles from Psychology Today here and from the APA here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will ...

Jun 12, 202253 min

Increased Prevalence vs. Increased Diagnosis

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the difference between an increase in the prevalence of mental illness and an increase in the diagnosis and identification of mental illness. Read the article from Psychology Today here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. Y...

Jun 05, 202253 min

Solving Complex Problems

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the the complex issues we face today and offer a reminder of those complex issues we solved in our recent history. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will join us eac...

May 29, 202258 min

Can We Prevent Mass Shootings?

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the challenges with preventing mass shootings and the potential role of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Read the articles from CNN here, from Business Insider here, and from Aces Too High here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attent...

May 22, 202239 min

Book Banning and the Illusion of Parental Control

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss some of the concerns associated with book banning as a form of parental control. Read the articles from The New York Times here and from the American Library Association here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get ...

May 15, 202241 min

Proceed with Caution: The Consequences of Overparenting Teens

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the issues related to remaining too involved in the lives of your teenagers. Read the articles from CNBC here, from US News here, and from the Child Mind Institute here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your c...

May 08, 202247 min

Psychology in the News: Personality Disorders in the Depp v Heard Case

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss personality disorders, focusing on Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder. Read the articles from the American Psychiatric Association here, from the Mayo Clinic here, and from the Cleveland Clinic here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an ...

May 01, 202259 min

Are Antidepressants Effective?

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss recent research on the controversy of antidepressant efficacy. Read the articles from The New York Times here and from US News here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that yo...

Apr 24, 202247 min

Why Are American Teens so Sad?

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss some of the reasons we are seeing such an increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression in today's youth. Read the articles from The American Journal of Managed Care here and from The Atlantic here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child P...

Apr 17, 202244 min

The Rise in Youth Suicide

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the significant increase in suicidal ideation and suicide risk in children between the ages of 10 and 17 years. Read the articles from WebMD here, from Psychology Today here, from Psychology Today here, and from the University of Utah here. If you or someone you know needs help because of suicidal ideation, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. You can now follow Dr. Marsha...

Apr 10, 202245 min

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the the challenges we experience at the end of a romantic relationship. Read the article from Psychology Today here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will join us e...

Apr 03, 202236 min

Acceptance and Moving On After a Major Loss

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the importance processing through major losses so that we can learn from our experiences and transition to our new life. Read the article from Psychology Today here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy ...

Mar 27, 202242 min

COVID-19, Schools, and Censorship

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss the emergence of censorship in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the article from Psychology Today here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hope that you will join us each...

Mar 20, 202253 min

Update: Long COVID

Welcome to The Mental Breakdown and Psychreg Podcast! Today, Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall discuss updates on the long term effects of COVID-19. Read the articles from Health.com here, from AXIOS here, from NIH here, and from NBC News here. You can now follow Dr. Marshall on twitter, as well! Dr. Berney and Dr. Marshall are happy to announce the release of their new parenting e-book, Handbook for Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child Part 2: Attention. You can get your copy from Amazon here. We hop...

Mar 13, 202242 min
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