Psychiatry and Mental Health

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Jeff Berlant, MD

Dr. Berlant tells about his experience in helping to develop a treatment for PTSD.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Jeff Berlant, MD

PTSD often in the news as an issue with soldiers returning from Iraq, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is really more common among civilians. Dr. Berlant discusses the often difficult diagnosis of this disorder and provides key information/behaviors an internist may look for to help diagnose a patient with PTSD.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Brian Decker, MSN, NP

Nurse Practitioner Brian Decker examines the many patient complexities physicians must consider before making a decision to medicate or refer out one of their family practice patients.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Brian Decker, MSN, NP

In this segment, Brian Decker discusses the mental health issues he most often sees in family practice.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: John Hardy, MD

How do we adjudicate children with severe psychological disorders? Is moral development possible? What if they murder? Dr. John Hardy talks about the developmental aspects involved in caring for children charged with crimes.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: John Hardy, MD

Dr. Hardy explains some of the more severe psychological disorders effecting children including bipolar disease and schizophrenia.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: John Hardy, MD

Do children who severely misbehave, experience anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders carry their problems into adulthood? Dr. John Hardy talks about these childhood disorders, their predictors and whether the disorders are likely to stay with the child as they grow up.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: John Hardy, MD

Dr. Hardy discusses the range of psychiatric issues that are most prevalent in children today and how to go about identifying and interpreting them.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: J. Douglas Hudson, MD

Dr. Hudson discusses including sleep education for physicians in training and throughout their careers.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Linda Clever, MD

Dr. Clever focuses on conversation groups and how to utilize this forum as a safe place for doctors and nurses to talk to each other.