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05.10.2021

The Psychcast goes on hiatus | Clinical Correlation

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....

05.05.2021

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

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...

04.28.2021

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

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...

04.26.2021

Crawling in my skin | Clinical Correlation

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...

04.21.2021

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

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...

04.14.2021

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

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...

04.12.2021

Patients can read our notes now? | Clinical Correlation

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...

04.07.2021

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

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...

03.31.2021

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

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...

03.29.2021

Spectrum vs. narcissism: An unlikely differential | Clinical Correlation

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 Monday...

03.24.2021

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

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...

03.17.2021

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

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...

03.15.2021

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

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...

03.10.2021

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

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...

03.03.2021

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

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...

03.01.2021

My C...cccccorona | Clinical Correlation

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....

02.24.2021

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

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...

02.17.2021

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

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...

02.15.2021

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

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...

02.10.2021

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

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...

02.03.2021

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

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...

02.01.2021

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

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...

01.27.2021

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

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...

01.20.2021

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

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...

01.18.2021

Doctor, doctor, give me the news | Clinical Correlation

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...

01.13.2021

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

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...

01.11.2021

The year of living dangerously | Clinical Correlation

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...

01.06.2021

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

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...

12.23.2020

Bulimia nervosa, telepsychiatry, cannabis | Best of 2020 Masterclasses

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]

12.16.2020

Recognizing medical symptoms that can mimic psychiatric diagnoses with Dr. Richa Bhatia

Richa Bhatia, MD, conducts a Masterclass on how to identify medical and neurologic illnesses that present with psychiatric symptoms and mimic psychiatric diagnoses. Dr. Bhatia is a board-certified general and child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice. She has no...

12.14.2020

A nonbinary discussion | Clinical Correlation

In this week's installment of Clinical Correlation, Dr. Renee Kohanski reminds listeners of our inherent desire to help one another and problem solve while cautioning against those who would place our most vulnerable populations at risk. Clinical Correlation is a...

12.09.2020

Using the ‘MASK’ strategy to help patients cope with pandemic-related anxiety with Dr. Eliza W. Menninger

Eliza W. Menninger, MD, spoke with Psychcast host Lorenzo Norris, MD, about how to help patients deal with anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Menninger is medical director of the behavioral health partial hospital program at McLean Hospital in...

12.02.2020

Managing patients with serious mental illness amid the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Oliver Freudenreich

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, talks with Lorenzo Norris, MD, about principles of pandemic management among patients with serious mental illness. Dr. Freudenreich reported receiving grant or research support from Alkermes, Avanir, Janssen, and Otsuka. He has served as a consultant...

11.30.2020

An unknown corpse | Clinical Correlation

In this week's installment of Clinical Correlation, Dr. Renee Kohanski tackles the very difficult and painful realities of a postelection country. Clinical Correlation is a bimonthly drop on the Psychcast feed. You can email the show at [email protected], and you...

11.25.2020

Focus on COVID-19 with Dr. Lisa W. Coyne, Dr. Christine Moutier, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Dr. Peter Yellowlees

This week, we revisit four shows that offer guidance to clinicians for addressing the mental health fallout from COVID-19. Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, founder of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents in Belmont, Mass., focuses on helping children...

11.19.2020

Cannabis and cannabinoids: Weighing the benefits and risks of use by psychiatric patients with Dr. Diana M. Martinez

Diana M. Martinez, MD, conducts a Masterclass on marijuana’s effects on psychiatric disorders. Dr. Martinez, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, New York, specializes in addiction research. She disclosed receiving medication (cannabis) from Tilray for one study and has...

11.16.2020

Have we lost too much? | Clinical Correlation

In this week's installment of Clinical Correlation, Renée Kohanski, MD, ponders the loss of professional courtesy and the larger implications of medicine-shifting paradigms. Clinical Correlation is a bi-monthly drop on the Psychcast feed. You can email the show at [email protected], and...

11.11.2020

Anxiety, OCD, and the use of ACT therapy to help children and adolescents cope amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond with Dr. Lisa W. Coyne

Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, spoke with Psychcast host Lorenzo Norris, MD, about strategies that can be used to help children and adolescents deal with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder amid COVID-19. Dr. Coyne, a clinical psychologist, is founder of the McLean...

11.04.2020

Brain imaging, ‘neuropolarization,’ and why it’s so difficult to bridge the partisan divide with Dr. Yuan Chang Leong

*** There is a transcript available for this episodes at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/940969 Yuan Chang Leong, PhD, spoke with Psychcast host Lorenzo Norris, MD, about his research into the neural underpinnings of right- and left-leaning individuals. Dr. Leong is a postdoctoral scholar...

11.02.2020

Getting to "No" you |Clinical Correlation

Renee Kohanski, MD, discusses managing difficult referrals from trusted colleagues. Clinical Correlation is a bi-monthly 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/podcasts/psychcast.

10.28.2020

Preventing suicide & destigmatizing mental anguish during the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Christine Moutier

Christine Moutier, MD, joins Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss how clinicians can scale up interventions to reduce suicide rates amid the pandemic. Dr. Moutier is chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. She reported no disclosures. Dr....

10.21.2020

Using technology and data-driven systems to help detect signs of mental distress with Dr. Rebecca Resnik and Dr. Philip Resnik

Philip Resnik, PhD, returns to the Psychcast, this time with his research partner and wife, Rebecca Resnik, PsyD, to discuss the interface between language, psychiatry, psychology, and health. Dr. Philip Resnik appeared on the show previously to discuss artificial...

10.19.2020

Professional passive aggression|Clinical Correlation

Dr. Renee Kohanski discusses how important personal and professional development is among physicians in the workplace. Is your current job worth it? Clinical Correlation is a bi-monthly drop on the Psychcast feed. You can email the show at [email protected] and you can...

10.14.2020

Assessing and treating older adults with dementia symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Masterclass with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta, MD, conducts a Masterclass on treating geriatric patients with symptoms of dementia, particularly amid the restrictions tied to COVID-19. Dr. Gupta is chief medical officer at BryLin Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. He is also is a clinical professor...

10.07.2020

Psychcast/Blood & Cancer crossover episode: Using cognitive-behavioral therapy to help cancer patients cope with depression and anxiety in the COVID-19 era

David Henry, MD, host of the Blood & Cancer podcast, joins Psychcast host Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss steps clinicians can take to alleviate the distress associated with receiving a diagnosis of cancer. Dr. Henry is clinical professor of medicine...

10.05.2020

Dogs in the time of face masks|Clinical Correlation

Dr. Renee Kohanski, MD, uses a proverb to discuss how she talks to patients about face masks, and how she talks to patients with face masks on. What's hiding behind the mask? * * * Clinical Correlation is a bi-monthly...

09.30.2020

Managing the anxiety tied to COVID-19, virtual learning, and school/college reopenings with the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry’s Media Committee

Psychcast host Lorenzo Norris, MD, talks with members of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry’s Media Committee about how to help patients navigate the uncertainties associated with educating K-12 and college students during the pandemic. The discussion is moderated...

09.23.2020

Marijuana exposure on brain development, risk of psychosis, PTSD, and other negative outcomes - assessing the latest research with Dr. Richard Balon

Richard Balon, MD, returns to the Psychcast, this time to conduct a Masterclass on the impact of marijuana use on patients, particularly adolescents. Dr. Balon is professor of clinical psychiatry and anesthesiology and associate chair of education at Wayne State...

09.21.2020

Death penalty competency – fostering open conversation|Clinical Correlation

Introducing Clinical Correlation, a new podcast drop from the Psychcast. Renee Kohanski, MD, began producing observational segments for the Psychcast since its inception in April 2018. Clinical Correlation episodes will be published on Mondays twice per month. In this first...

09.16.2020

Helping pediatric patients navigate anxiety and anxiety disorders during the COVID pandemic with Dr. Jeffrey Strawn

Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD, talks with host Lorenzo Norris, MD, about assisting children and adolescents with anxiety and anxiety disorders, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Strawn, a previous Psychcast guest, discusses ways for mental health clinicians to think...

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