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The Learn Psych Podcast is an every-other-week educational podcast on topics in psychiatry. It is targeted towards students and trainees, though certain topics may be relevant to a wide variety of healthcare providers.

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025 - Borderline Personalit...

02.05.2018

The Learn Psych Podcast returns from its prolonged holiday hiatus with a great new episode! Join us today as we discuss Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a cluster B disorder which many clinicians find difficult to treat. We are joined by ...

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02.05.2018 025 - Borderline Personality Disorder with Dr. Heather Schultz! The Learn Psych Podcast returns from its prolonged holiday hiatus with a great new episode! Join us today as we discuss Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a cluster B disorder which many clinicians find difficult to treat. We are joined by ...
12.01.2017 024 - Forensic Psychiatry with Dr. Lisa Anacker Forensic Psychiatry: In this month’s episode, we continue exploring psychiatry fellowships by talking about forensic psychiatry. Forensics is a large field so today’s episode tries to focus in on the criminal aspect of the subspecialty. Dr. Anacker discusses what got ...
11.01.2017 023 - Geriatric Psychiatry with Dr. Laurie Boore-Clor This month’s episode looks at what happens when psychiatry patients enter the golden years. That’s right, we explore the subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry. We talk with a geriatric psychiatrist about why she chose the field, what keeps it fun and ...
10.01.2017 022 Global Mental Health with Dr. Nakita Natala Today, we go global! Dr. Nakita Natala makes her first podcast appearance to discuss one of her passions - global mental health. It is an interesting talk looking at the big picture of global mental health and then diving into ...
09.01.2017 021 Dangers of Co-Ingestion with Julie Buckner and Dr. Allison Lin There is a hidden danger on college campuses across the country. Today, we examine this danger of combining stimulants and alcohol. We first speak with Julie Buckner, who started a foundation in her son's honor on his topic, after his ...
08.01.2017 020 Handling Drug Seeking Behavior Part 2 with Dr. Jouney & Dr. Wang In this episode, we create a role play scenario of a patient who presents on a very complicated psychotropic medication regimen seeking yet more controlled substances. Dr. Jouney and Dr. Wang will role play the scenario, and then we have ...
07.01.2017 019 Handling Drug Seeking Behaviors Part 1 with Dr. Ed Jouney and Dr. Jenny Wang Episode 019: Handling Drug Seeking Behaviors Part 1 In this episode, we create a role play scenario of a challenging patient who presents seeking benzodiazepines. Dr. Jouney and Dr. Wang will role play the scenario, and then we have a ...
06.01.2017 018 Cognitive Distortions with Dr. Ricks Warren! Psychiatry is more than just medicine...there is that whole talking part too! Today, we welcome Dr. Ricks Warren a psychologist at the University of Michigan to talk about cognitive distortions and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). We delve into both topics ...
05.01.2017 017 ECT - Electroconvulsive Therapy Learn Psych Podcast Episode 17 - ECT with Dr. Dan Maixner Topics covered: What is ECT? Electricity to the brain - where did this idea come from? Does ECT work? What conditions can ECT treat? What workup do you need ...
04.01.2017 016 Physician Mental Health with Dr. Kate Baker! Physician and trainee mental health is a popular topic being researched today. According to a paper published by Shanafelt and Noseworthy of the Mayo Clinic in 2016, over 50% of physicians are experiencing symptoms of burnout! They also describe how ...
03.01.2017 015 Childhood ADHD with Dr. Tom Fluent Episode 15: Dr. Tom Fluent joins us today to talk about childhood ADHD. We use Dr. Fluent's own personal story with ADHD to talk about the disorder, treatment, and how it effects a family as a whole. It should be ...
02.02.2017 014 Return of the Pod Announcements Return of the Pod - Announcements! We have a second host - please welcome Dr. Matt Hughes! Our next full episode (and also Matt’s debut) will come out on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, with the topic of diagnosis and treatment ...
10.24.2016 013 Podcast Announcements Announcements: The every-other-week production schedule is sadly unsustainable for me. I am unable to keep up with it myself and I will need to take a break. I am looking for help with developing content. If you are interested, message ...
10.05.2016 012 Treatment of Phobias with Dr. Kate Baker Episode 12: Dr. Kate Baker of the University of Michigan joins us again for an episode on the treatment of phobias, building upon the last episode on the diagnosis of phobias. This episode will cover topics like: - What is ...
09.21.2016 011 Diagnosis of Phobias with Dr. Kate Baker Today's show is about how to diagnose a phobia, with Dr. Kate Baker of the University of Michigan. In two weeks, we will be back with a second episode on treatment of phobias. This episode may be most helpful for ...
09.07.2016 010 Immature Defense Mechanisms with Dr. Michael Casher Today's episode is about immature defense mechanisms. We are back again with Dr. Michael Casher from the University of Michigan. Immature Defense Mechanisms covered in this episode: Acting out Denial Regression Projection Pasive aggression Dissociation Splitting Somatization Converstion Identification with ...
08.24.2016 009 Theory of Mind, Mature & Neurotic Defense Mechanisms with Dr. Michael Casher Episode 009 Theory of Mind, Mature & Neurotic Defense Mechanisms with Dr. Michael Casher Today's show explores Freud's "Theory of Mind" the id, ego, super-ego, the conscious, pre-conscious, and unconscious And we tie in what the theory of mind has ...
08.10.2016 008 Biopsychosocial Formulation with Dr. Michael Casher The biopsychosocial formulation is a way of writing an assessment of a patient in psychiatry. As the name implies, it combines biological, psychological, and social information to develop a full picture of the presentation. Although it was actually created to ...
07.27.2016 007 Capacity with Dr. Charles Surber Episode 7 - Assessment of Decision Making Capacity Today’s show is about how to resolve competing interests when a patient wants to do one thing, but the medical team thinks something else would be better. For example, what happens when ...
07.13.2016 006 Delirium with Dr. Charles Surber Episodes 6 with Dr. Charles Surber. On today’s episode, we discuss delirium, a clinical syndrome that many medical students will encounter, often while not on their psychiatry rotation. We define delirium, and then discuss the causes, risk factors, treatment, and ...
06.22.2016 005 Case with Dr. Ed Deneke Episode #5 with Dr. Ed Deneke. We explore a case about a patient who believes he is being poisoned. We discuss the differential diagnosis and also explore the question how a physician can best treat a patient who doesn’t believe ...
06.15.2016 004 Mental Status Exam part 2 with Dr. Michael Casher Mental status exam, part 2, with Dr. Michael Casher. Topics discussed in this episode include: Thought content - phobias, delusions Perceptions - hallucinations and what sorts of conditions hallucinations can be seen in Cognition Insight Judgment Dr. Casher will offer ...
06.08.2016 003 Mental Status Exam Part 1 with Dr. Michael Casher Episode #3, released on June 8, 2016 and recorded in Spring 2016. Today’s topic is the mental status exam, and I will be interviewing Dr. Michael Casher, one of the attending psychiatrists at the University of Michigan. We will cover: ...
06.01.2016 002 Intro to Psychiatry with Dr. Laura Hirshbein Interview with Dr. Laura Hirshbein, MD, PhD, of the University of Michigan. Podcast covers topics: - What is psychiatry? How does it compare to psychology or neurology? - What is a psychiatric illness, and how is a psychiatric illness diagnosed? ...
05.30.2016 001 Intro to the Learn Psych Podcast An introduction to the Learn Psych Podcast and its host. Podcast will cover topics in psychiatry, targeted primarily at medical students, residents, and other trainees.