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SPONSORED: Understanding the pathophysiology and comorbidities in patients with schizophrenia

Psychcast - July 06, 2021 15:31 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
In this episode, Dr. Rakesh Jain and Dr. Andrew Cutler review the pathophysiology and comorbidities in patients with schizophrenia and explore how serious mental illnesses (SMIs) may affect the whole patient. They also discuss the potential dysfunction that may be present across multiple symptom...

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The Psychcast goes on hiatus | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - May 10, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
In this segment of Clinical Correlation, Dr. Renee Kohanski completes part 2 of her review of the most effective treatments for patients with severe anxiety. She also announces that, after almost 200 episodes, the Psychcast is taking an indefinite pause. To reach Dr. Kohanski, email her at Doc...

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Creative approaches to treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Craig Chepke

Psychcast - May 05, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Craig Chepke, MD, speaks with Lorenzo Norris, MD, about changes he made to his practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, and plans to make some of those changes permanent. Dr. Chepke is a psychiatrist in Huntersville, N.C., and adjunct associate professor at Atrium Health and adjunct assistant pr...

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Examining a model for intervening in gun-related violence in the US with Dr. Jack Rozel

Psychcast - April 28, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
John “Jack” Rozel, MD, MSL, returns to the Psychcast to talk with Lorenzo Norris, MD, about American gun violence and steps clinicians can take to disrupt it. Dr. Rozel is medical director of the resolve Crisis Network. He also serves as associate professor of psychiatry and adjunct professor...

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Crawling in my skin | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - April 26, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
In the first part of a two-part series on anxiety disorder, Dr. Kohanski shares what may be some surprising facts information about prescribing of the tried-and-true agents of anxiety, along with some clinical pearls. Clinical Correlation is published every other Monday on the Psychcast feed. ...

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Changing the culture in medical schools to meet the mental health needs of physicians, students, and residents with Dr. Omar Sultan Haque

Psychcast - April 21, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Omar Sultan Haque, MD, PhD, talks with Lorenzo Norris, MD, about the need for medical schools to become responsive to physicians, medical students, and residents with mental disabilities. Dr. Haque is a physician, social scientist, and philosopher who is affiliated with the department of globa...

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Understanding Zoom fatigue and how to make videoconferencing less anxiety provoking with Dr. Géraldine Fauville

Psychcast - April 14, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Géraldine Fauville, PhD, joins Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss some of the causes of Zoom fatigue and strategies that can make videoconferences productive. Dr. Fauville is the lead researcher on the Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale project. She also is assistant professor in the department of ed...

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Patients can read our notes now? | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - April 12, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
In this week's installment of Clinical Correlation, Renee Kohanski, MD, unpacks the new Open Notes mandate. Clinical Correlation is published every other Monday on the Psychcast feed. You can email the show at [email protected], and you can learn more about MDedge Psychiatry here: https://ww...

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Precision medicine and mental health: Implementing pharmacogenomics into your private or institutional practice with Dr. Vicki L. Ellingrod

Psychcast - April 07, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Guest host Vicki L. Ellingrod, PharmD, talks with Kristen M. Ward, PharmD, and Amy Pasternak, PharmD, about integrating pharmacogenomic testing into psychiatric practice. Dr. Ellingrod is senior associate dean at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, and professor of psych...

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Providing mental health services and fostering resilience in the wake of mass traumas such as the Jan. 6 Capitol siege

Psychcast - March 31, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Lorenzo Norris, MD, speaks with Tonya Cross Hansel, PhD, about processing incidents such as the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the Capitol, and determining how to foster recovery. Dr. Hansel is an associate professor with the Tulane University School of Social Work in New Orleans. She has no conflicts...

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Spectrum vs. narcissism: An unlikely differential | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - March 29, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
One wouldn't think autism spectrum disorder belonged in the same universe as narcissistic personality disorder. Yet sometimes emotional disconnection and seeming lack of empathy leads to miscommunication. There is one key difference, however. Clinical Correlation is published every other Monda...

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Psychedelics, violence, and psychiatric treatment: Assessing the early and emerging research with Dr. Brian Holoyda

Psychcast - March 24, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Brian Holoyda, MD, MPH, MBA, conducts a Masterclass on the history of psychedelic research and how the renaissance of this drug class could affect psychiatric patients. Dr. Holoyda, a forensic psychiatrist, practices in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also provides psychiatric consultations acr...

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The ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health with Dr. Dost Öngür

Psychcast - March 17, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, joins host Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss the emerging mental health effects of the pandemic. Dr. Öngür is chief of the Center of Excellence in Psychotic Disorders at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. He also serves as the William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiat...

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'The journey of a thousand miles begins with two roads diverged in a yellow wood' | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - March 15, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
In this week's installment of Clinical Correlation, Renee Kohanski, MD, offers some of her treasured nonpharmacologic pearls and discusses the power in practicing what we preach while forgiving our own human foibles. Clinical Correlation is published every other Monday on the Psychcast feed. Y...

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Intervening in the lives of people who embrace White supremacy with Dr. Pete Simi

Psychcast - March 10, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Pete Simi, PhD, joins host Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss some of the factors that lead people to join hate groups, and strategies that have enabled some to leave the life of extremism behind. Dr. Simi, associate professor of sociology at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., has studied extre...

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How schizophrenia patients are faring during COVID-19 with Dr. Frank Chen

Psychcast - March 03, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Frank Chen, MD, joins host Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with schizophrenia. Dr. Chen is the chief medical director for Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital and Houston Adult Psychiatry. He is a speaker for Alkermes and Otsuka. Dr. Chen has se...

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My C...cccccorona | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - March 01, 2021 11:21 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
We are still experiencing the direct hit in addition to the aftermath of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, especially its devastating psychiatric impact.  It's always darkest before dawn, isn't it?  Let's lighten the path, shall we, in episode 12 of Clinical Correlation. Clinical Correlation is publ...

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Treating patients with delusional infestation with Dr. John Koo and Dr. Scott Norton

Psychcast - February 24, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
John Koo, MD, and Scott A. Norton, MD, MPH, join host Lorenzo Norris, MD, for this special edition of the Psychcast. This is a crossover episode with our sister podcast, Dermatology Weekly. Dr. Koo is a psychiatrist and a dermatologist at the University of California, San Francisco. He has no ...

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Exploring the connections between the microbiome and Alzheimer’s disease with Dr. George Grossberg

Psychcast - February 17, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
George T. Grossberg, MD, conducts a Masterclass examining emerging treatment options for Alzheimer’s disease that are tied to the new research on the microbiome. Dr. Grossberg is the Samuel W. Fordyce professor and director of geriatric psychiatry in the department of psychiatry and behaviora...

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I hear the secrets that you keep when you're talking in your sleep | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - February 15, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
In episode 11 of Clinical Correlation, Dr. Kohanski offers more pearls to approaching that seemingly innocent chief complaint of insomnia.  She welcomes listener commentary as always.   Clinical Correlation is published every other Monday on the Psychcast feed. You can email the show at podcas...

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Thinking through the medical ethics of COVID-19 with Dr. Rebecca Brendel and Dr. Allen Dyer

Psychcast - February 10, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD, and Allen R. Dyer, MD, PhD, join guest host Carol A. Bernstein, MD, to discuss the ethical challenges that have been occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Brendel is director of law and ethics at the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior at Massachusetts Genera...

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Understanding and dismantling structural racism within organizations with Dr. Ruth S. Shim

Psychcast - February 03, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Ruth S. Shim, MD, MPH, joins Carol A. Bernstein, MD, to discuss how to understand systemic racism within psychiatric institutions and the implications for patient care. Dr. Shim is the Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at...

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We're so tired, we haven't slept a wink | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - February 01, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
The Beatles aren't the first group to write about sleep and surely won't be the last. In these next two programs, Dr. Kohanski shares some of her pearls, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic, on those gymnastic, jumping sheep. Clinical Correlation is published every other Monday on the Psychcast...

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Why some people cannot accept reality, even when presented with facts with Dr. David H. Rosmarin

Psychcast - January 27, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
David H. Rosmarin, PhD, joins Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss how to think about the concept of denial and its role in the sociopolitical challenges of our society. Dr. Rosmarin is a clinical psychologist and director of the spirituality and mental health program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, ...

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Dr. Dorothy Lewis of 'Interview with a Serial Killer' and 'Crazy, Not Insane' on a lifetime in psychiatry

Psychcast - January 20, 2021 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Guest host Eva Ritvo, MD, interviews Dorothy Otnow Lewis, MD, about her more than 40-year career in studying death row inmates as examined in the HBO documentary “Crazy, Not Insane.” Dr. Lewis is clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale University, New Haven, Conn. She has no disclosures. D...

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Doctor, doctor, give me the news | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - January 18, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
In this week's installment, Dr. Renee Kohanski explores the identity crisis facing many physicians today. Clinical Correlation is a bimonthly drop on the Psychcast feed. You can email the show at [email protected], and you can learn more about MDedge Psychiatry here: https://www.mdedge.com/p...

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Addressing how individual and social determinants affect mental health equity and inclusion with Dr. Regina James

Psychcast - January 13, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Regina James, MD, tells her personal story and discusses how to understand health equity with guest host Carol A. Bernstein, MD. Dr. James is deputy medical director and chief of the division of diversity and health equity at the American Psychiatric Association. She also serves on the advisor...

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The year of living dangerously | Clinical Correlation

Psychcast - January 11, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
As we begin 2021, Renee Kohanski, MD, muses about the roller coaster journey she and her listeners have been on during the challenging times of 2020. Clinical Correlation is a bimonthly drop on the Psychcast feed. You can email the show at [email protected], and you can learn more about MDed...

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Providing psychiatric consultation services for individuals living in nursing homes with Dr. Bradford L. Frank

Psychcast - January 06, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Bradford L. Frank, MD, MPH, MBA, conducts a Masterclass on how to provide nursing home consultations for psychiatrists. The documents Dr. Frank refers to during this Masterclass are available at (https://bit.ly/3rWqfcK) Dr. Frank is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist who provides consult...

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Bulimia nervosa, telepsychiatry, cannabis | Best of 2020 Masterclasses

Psychcast - December 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Three of our favorite masterclasses back-to-back-to-back. The Psychcast will return with new content in 2021.  Bulimia nervosa (01:53) Episode 104  Telepsychiatry (12:58) Episode 111 Cannabis (39:17) Episode 137 Email the show at [email protected]

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