Mind Dive

By interrupting a patient’s sleep for safety checks during the night, are psychiatric hospitals working against the benefits of inpatient treatment? Upon being discharged, many people have the same complaint: They felt like they didn’t get any sleep. Nighttime check-ins, a standard part of safety procedure, are likely a contributing factor.

Having poor quality of sleep or an increased amount of sleep disturbances during a hospital stay can take a significant toll on someone’s mental health. For clinicians, finding a way to monitor effectively for patient safety while lessening the potential disruption of their sleep is an important endeavor.

On this episode of the Mind Dive podcast, The Menninger Clinic’s Dr. Michelle Patriquin joins Dr. Bob Boland and Dr. Kerry Horrell to discuss her efforts to pioneer research in the field of wearable technology meant to improve patients’ sleep experiences while in the hospital. By finding less invasive methods of monitoring sleep, Dr. Patriquin champions a future of patient monitoring and protocols that promotes mental health sustainably, long after their hospital stay.  

“The dream is to improve outcomes for our most psychiatrically vulnerable patients that come for inpatient care,” said Dr. Patriquin. 

Patriquin also discusses how wearable technology may someday provide greater insights into a patient’s risk of suicide. 

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Listen to Episode 4: Approaching Addiction Psychiatry with Dr. Daryl Shorter 

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There is no one pathway to recovery for people battling addiction. Is approaching addiction psychiatry with one blanket method going to do more harm than help? 

Dr. Daryl Shorter, Medical Director of Addictions Services at The Menninger Clinic and professor at Baylor College of Medicine joins Mind Dive hosts Dr. Kerry Horrell and Dr. Bob Boland to discuss the landscape of different addiction treatment methods and how to approach them. 

On this episode, Dr. Shorter discusses how clinicians can best align their perspectives for a more successful outcome in treating addiction, citing that the most important concept is to always impart hope to those struggling with alcohol or substance abuse.

“Hope for the people that feel hopeless… treatment works, but we must get those struggling with addiction to the treatment,” said Dr. Shorter, “It may not always look the same for everyone there is no “one sizes fits all” approach to this. You have to try to tailor that care to the individual.” 

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Listen to Episode 3: “Navigating Boundary Violations with Dr. Glen Gabbard”

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The violation of a boundary can come in all shapes and sizes. Whether engaging in an innocent hug to console a grieving patient, navigating the gift-giving holiday season or being confronted with a patient’s online dating profile, the absence of clear boundary lines can cause confusion and inner turmoil for a clinician. As mental health therapists are now meant to navigate these traditional boundaries alongside the fairly new world of telehealth visits, professional consultation is an important resource. 

Dr. Glen Gabbard of the Baylor College of Medicine boldly explores the notion that no clinical professional is unsusceptible to boundary violations on this episode of the Menninger Clinic’s Mind Dive podcast. Join hosts Dr. Kerry Horrell and Dr. Bob Boland for this dive into the various ways that boundary violations occur, some considerations for therapists in managing these situations, and ongoing strategies for maintaining boundaries. 

Dr. Gabbard advises mental health clinicians to never underestimate the value of a consultation with a colleague and to always examine personal motivations in an out of the ordinary situation.

“When on the verge of a boundary violation, understand the dynamics of what is being repeated from your past or the patient’s past,” said Dr. Gabbard, “When you start going down the slippery slope of boundaries, often it’s because you are unconsciously reproducing something from your past. You need to think of where this is coming from and if it’s out of the ordinary for yourself.” 

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Listen to Episode 2: “Treating Grief vs. Depression Amidst COVID-19 with Dr. Nancy McWilliams” 

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Are you treating your patient for depression when they truly need grief counseling? How does one treat grief in a masochistic personality? What is the potential impact of treating a bereaved person for depression? The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented amounts of loss and bereavement, and mental health clinicians are grappling with differentiating between grief, depression and cases where both are at work. 

Accomplished author, psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Nancy McWilliams of the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology joins Mind Dive hosts Dr. Bob Boland and Dr. Kerry Horrell on this episode to discuss the nuances of treatment in these cases. Dr. McWilliams speaks to the potential consequences of treating a patient for depression when grief treatment would be more appropriate and how that could further the patient’s feelings of hopelessness. All this and much more during this discussion. 

“What we need to do with people who are grieving is just bear witness. It can feel very hard on a therapist not to do something,” said McWilliams, “To absorb pain is much harder than becoming a cheerleader for some technical way of dealing with the emotion.” 

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Join Dr. Kerry Horrell and Dr. Bob Boland for the first time as part of the Mind Dive podcast, presented by The Menninger Clinic. Our hosts discuss what the future holds for this podcast’s guests and topics, and how their professional lives led to hosting it. Explore the fascinating clinical dilemmas that arise in patient care and colleague relationships with two first rate professionals from The Menninger Clinic.

In recent years, clinicians are becoming more aware than ever of the importance of ongoing education in mental health treatment and research. Through conversations with distinguished guests on Mind Dive, great minds come together to explore the many lessons learned in their careers and through their research. In this, Menninger hopes to contribute to interested listeners from all corners of the mental health field. 

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Welcome to The Menninger Clinic's Mind Dive podcast, a twice monthly exploration of mental health topics from the professional’s perspective, including the dilemmas clinicians face in their practice. Hosts Dr. Bob Boland and Dr. Kerry Horrell dive into the complexities of mental health care through lively discourse with distinguished colleagues from near and far. 

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