Podcast Episodes
Back to Search061: Deciding for Others: Involuntary Holds and Decision Making Capacity
This week on the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Mark Ard, a chief resident physician at Loma Linda University's Psychiatry …
6 years, 8 months ago
060: Genetics and Environmental Factors in Suicide
In the previous episode on Suicide, we discussed epidemiology, general risk factors, and associations of suicide with various mental health disorder…
6 years, 8 months ago
059: Which Foods are Good for Mental Health?
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Dr. Drew Ramsey, a nutritional psychiatrist. When I was a resident, I saw him give a lecture on di…
6 years, 8 months ago
058: Lithium Indications, Mechanism, Monitoring, & Side Effects
Lithium is indicated for a number of things. Most clearly, as a mood stabilizer in bipolar spectrum disorders. It is unique among mood stabilizers in…
6 years, 8 months ago
057: Why Lithium is a Good Option for Treating Bipolar, with Dr. Walter A. Brown
This week the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Podcast is joined by Dr. Walter A. Brown, Clinical Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and …
6 years, 9 months ago
056: How Neuralink, Elon Musk, Brain-Machine Interfaces, and Deep Brain Stimulators May Change Psychiatry Forever.
One of the more controversial components of the Neuralink presentation was Musk's inclusion of his beliefs about the future of humanity and artificia…
6 years, 9 months ago
055: How To Pick A Good Therapist
Working with a good therapist often requires fewer sessions than other therapists to see improvement; in contrast, working with a therapist you don't…
6 years, 9 months ago
054: Suicide Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Jaeger Ackerman, 4th year medical student about suicide risk factors and treatments.
As a therapis…
6 years, 9 months ago
053: A Story of Frontal Lobe Damage: Treating Patients through Grief, Acceptance and Growth
In this episode of the podcast, I interview Steven, one of my patients who had a rare form of a stroke—in the right orbital frontal cortex. He partic…
6 years, 10 months ago
052: Psychodermatology: "The Mind-Skin Connection"
What is Psychodermatology?
At the most basic level, Psychodermatology encompasses the interaction between mind and skin. It is the marriage between t…
6 years, 10 months ago