Psychiatry and Mental Health

Host: Gary Kohn, MD

Guest: Giovanni Cizza, MD, PhD

Dr. Cizza's research at the NIH has established that depression in pre-menopausal women may be as great a risk for osteoporosis as smoking or decreased calcium intake.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Dan Shapiro, PhD

Dr. Dan Shapiro, Director of the Medical Humanities Program and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Arizona in Tuscon, Arizona, discusses his book, Delivering Amelia: The Story of a Young Gifted Obstetrician's Mistake and the Psychologist Who Helped Her.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Claudia Baldassano of University of Penn has said that today’s guest “is a master at making tedious concepts come to life”. For many of us, nothing in medicine is as tedious as drug metabolism. Dr. Daniel Carlat tells host Dr. Leslie Lundt about his latest book, “Drug Metabolism in Psychiatry – A Clinical guide”.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Kevin Antshel, PhD

Does the diagnosis of ADHD qualify an adult for special accommodations under the ADA? ADHD expert Dr. Kevin Antshel explains how the process works to host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Kevin Antshel, PhD

Traditional wisdom says that people with ADHD have lower IQs. Is it possible to have ADHD and a high IQ? Syracuse University psychologist Dr. Kevin Antshel joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss twice exceptional children.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Wendy Troxel, PhD

Some relationships confer health benefits and others health risks. Married men and happily married women live longer, could better sleep be a reason why? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Wendy Troxel as she discusses her research on attachment and sleep.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Wendy Troxel, PhD

St. Jerome the Father of the Latin church said, “Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.” But is it, really? Sleep expert Dr. Wendy Troxel, a clinical health psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh, explains to host Dr. Leslie Lundt how the interplay between relationships and sleep affect physiological pathways.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Wendy Troxel, PhD

Anthony Burgess once said, “Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” Join host Dr. Leslie Lundt as she welcomes Dr. Wendy Troxel to discuss relationships and sleep.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, MPH

Dr. Sandro Galea looks at our current model for treating patients with PTSD from natural and man-made disasters. The search for effective strategies in mental health programs becomes imperative when we look at the lingering psychological impacts of Hurricane Katrina, years after the disaster.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, MPH

Dr. Sandro Galea, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, discusses the epidemiology of mood disorders among survivors of Hurricane Katrina along the U.S. Gulf Coast. According to Dr. Galea, early detection of stressors that are not being confronted, along with unmet expectations of disaster victims, both must be incorporated into disaster responses. Learn more with host Dr. Maurice Pickard.