Concepts in Psychiatry

Concepts in Psychiatry episodes:

• 03.06.2019

  Episode 20: The Effects of Social Media on Mental Health – Part 2

  On today’s episode, we are discussing the second part of a two-part series on the effects of social media use on mental health, specifically with regards to anxiety and mood disorders. Click here to catch up on the first part....

  
• 02.20.2019

  Episode 19: The Effects of Social Media on Mental Health – Part 1

  On today’s episode, we are discussing the first part of a two-part series on the effects of social media use on mental health, specifically with regards to anxiety and mood disorders. Today’s episode will cover some of the history and...

  
• 12.13.2018

  Episode 18: Challenging Clinical Scenarios

  On today’s episode, we are working through six challenging clinical scenarios: everything from how to approach confrontational patients, to what to consider when deciding whether to answer personal questions from patients. I would love to hear what other tips and...

  
• 10.29.2018

  Episode 17: Gabapentin Abuse

  On today’s Medication Minute, we will be discussing gabapentin, including its pharmacology, use in management of psychiatric diagnoses, and it’s more recent growing potential for abuse. Gabapentin is a gamma-aminobutyric acid analog that is was approved for use as an...

  
• 09.10.2018

  Episode 16: Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics

  Today’s episode covers the treatment option of long acting injectable antipsychotics, including first generation and second generation options, and also how to appropriately convert a patient from oral antipsychotics to a long-acting injection version. Estimated adherence rate in patients taking...

  
• 06.07.2018

  Episode 15: α2-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists

  Today’s episode is part of our medication minute series, and today we will be doing a brief review of alpha 2 adrenergic receptor agonists and antagonists, in the context of their psychiatric uses. This discussion will include pharmacodynamics properties, indications...

  
• 04.22.2018

  Episode 14: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

  Today’s episode is all about the assessment, diagnosis and management of generalized anxiety disorder. We will first review the epidemiology of GAD, followed by discussion of the clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, and evaluation of GAD. We will then move on...

  
• 03.11.2018

  Episode 13: Treatment of Tobacco Use Disorder

  Today’s episode focuses on managing tobacco use in our patients. As most mental health professionals come to find, cigarette smoking is a common comorbid condition in our patient population. Sometimes our patients are noncompliant with follow-up with a primary care...

  
• 01.29.2018

  Episode 11: Alcohol Withdrawal

  Today’s topic is the management of acute alcohol withdrawal. On our last episode #10 from December 2017, we covered alcohol use disorder, including evaluation and management of this condition. Please review episode 10 for more information on alcohol use disorder....

  
• 12.04.2017

  Episode 10: Alcohol Use Disorder

  Today’s topic is the diagnosis and management of alcohol use disorder. Alcohol use disorder is a prevalent illness throughout the country, and it accounts for over 85,000 deaths per year in the United States, with an estimated yearly cost of...

  
• 11.06.2017

  Episode 9: Suvorexant

  Today’s episode is part of my Medication Minute series. As previously described, these shorter episodes feature information regarding a specific subset of psychiatric medication management. On today’s episode, I want to discuss a newer medication called suvorexant, or trade name...

  
• 10.23.2017

  Episode 8: Dementia in DSM5 – Part 2

  On today’s episode, we will discuss the second part of our 2-part discussion on neurocognitive disorders according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In our previous discussion on neurocognitive disorders, we reviewed the...

  
• 08.21.2017

  Episode 7: Augmentation Strategies for Treatment of Unipolar Depression

  On today’s episode, we will be discussing options for augmentation strategies in the treatment of unipolar depression. For many patients suffering from unipolar major depression, they can continue to suffer from symptoms despite treatment with multiple adequate trials of antidepressants....

  
• 08.07.2017

  Episode 6: Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Dysfunction

  On today’s episode, we will be discussing treatment of antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction. This is a topic that is incredibly important in terms of medication management in our patients and the side effects from some of those medications, and it is...

  
• 08.05.2017

  Episode 5: Dementia in DSM5 – Part 1

  On today’s episode, we will discuss the first part of a 2-part discussion on neurocognitive disorders according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Neurocognitive disorders involve acquired disruptions in one or more of...

  
• 07.24.2017

  Episode 4: Valbenazine

  Today’s episode is the first in my new Medication Minute series of this podcast. These shorter episodes will feature information regarding a specific subset of psychiatric medication management; anything from a new drug that is available to important side effects...

  
• 07.17.2017

  Episode 3: Assessment of Safety in an Emergency Setting

  On today’s episode, our topic of discussion is the assessment of patient safety in an emergency setting. This is a topic that I think is a good review at any stage in our training, as safety of our patient’s while...

  
• 07.10.2017

  Episode 2: Sleep-Wake Disorders

  On today’s episode we will be discussing sleep-wake disorders. We will first discuss a quick overview of normal sleep architecture, as well as the tools available for evaluation of sleep. We will then delve into the specifics of the various...

  
• 07.03.2017

  Episode 1: Medication-Induced Movement Disorders

  On today’s episode, we will be discussing medication-induced movement disorders. This is a broad topic, in which we find that many of the medications we use to help our patients not only in the mental health field, but in the...