Psychiatry and Mental Health

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Clint Kilts, PhD

How do our brains sort out ethical and moral dilemmas? What can neuroimaging tell us? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Clint Kilts from Emory University to dicuss the neural representation of moral decision making.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Linda Clever, MD

In 1985, Senator Alan Simpson said of Secretary of Defense Caspar W Weinberger, “He’s a million rubber bands in his resilience”. Can the same be said of you? Dr. Linda hawes Clever discusses resilience in physicians with Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Linda Clever, MD

Working at the office, seeing patients at the hospital, spending quality time with your spouse, coaching the soccer team, helping kids with homework, having one or two committee positions at the hospital, attempting to run a marathon. Do you find yourself juggling commitments and not really living? Dr. Linda Hawes Clever, an expert on burnout discusses practical strategies with host Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Linda Clever, MD

What do you want to be when you grow up? Many of us are afraid to answer this question. We may be comfortable and productive in our current practice setting but not happy. How do you go about making decisions that may affect the rest of your professional life?

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Linda Clever, MD

Sir William Osler said that “a physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient”. Does this apply to everything? Dr. Linda hawes Clever discusses ways to write your own prescription for renewal with host, Dr. Leslie Lundt.

Host: Paul Raeburn

Guest: Jonathan Links, PhD

When disaster strikes, there are often as many or more people who suffer psychological wounds than physical maladies. Join host Paul Raeburn as he talks with Dr. Jonathan Links, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, about a new tool for disaster preparedness: the psychological first aid kit.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Capt. Mimi Tompkins

When disaster strikes the human body responds. Is there something we can do, at the scene, to delay or prevent the onset of PTSD? Host Dr. Larry Kaskel interviews Captain Mimi Tompkins, co-founder of the Air Line Pilot Association's (ALPA) Critical Incident Response Program, to discuss what physicians need to understand about the implications that a traumatic event has on the physical and psychological being of victims involved.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Capt. Mimi Tompkins

Once a diagnosis associated with war heroes, now we've seen PTSD caused by various kinds of stressful emergencies. For Capt. Mimi Tompkins, her experience piloting and landing a 1988 Aloha Airlines flight after a large section of the roof ripped off at 24,000 feet led to a PTSD diagnosis. She has since spearheaded efforts to develop a standardized response to airline personnel following a disaster. She talks to host Dr. Larry Kaskel about the processes that are in place now that were not in place at the time of the disaster she experienced in 1988.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Stephen Dewey, PhD

GVG, known as vigabatrin in the 70 countries where it is used for treating epilepsy, has a unique mechanism of action. Dr. Stephen Dewey of BHL explains to host Dr. Leslie Lundt his research into this compound and how it potentially could change the course of addictive disorders.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Stephen Dewey, PhD

Senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Dr. Stephen Dewey, tells host Dr. Leslie Lundt about his work educating 125,000 children and teens every year about how drugs of abuse affect the brain. Dr. Dewey also shares what he has learned from the students and how it has changed his research.