Shrinking Stigma

What's the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist?

My friend is moody, are they bipolar? Probably not. Learn the difference between mood swings and bipolar disorder.

Do psychiatrists actually shock people? An introduction to and brief history of electroconvulsive therapy. All funding graciously provided by the Alberta Medical Association

1. Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock. (2000). Kaplan & Sadock's comprehensive textbook of psychiatry. Philadelphia :Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,

2. Milev RV, Giacobbe P, Kennedy SH, Blumberger DM, Daskalakis ZJ, Downar J, Modirrousta M, Patry S, Vila-Rodriguez F, Lam RW, MacQueen GM, Parikh SV, Ravindran AV; CANMAT Depression Work Group. Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 4. Neurostimulation Treatments. Can J Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;61(9):561-75.

3. Max Fink. Convulsive therapy: a review of the first 55 years, Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 63, Issues 1–3, 2001, Pages 1-15,

4. Enns MW, Reiss JP, Chan P. (2010). Electroconvulsive Therapy. The Canadian Psychiatric Association, 55(6), insert 1-12.

5. Nuland S (2003). How electroshock therapy changed me. https://www.ted.com/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy?language=en

What is psychosis?

All funding graciously provided by the Alberta Medical Association.

1. DSM 5 – Pages 87-88

2. What is Psychosis?” National Institute of Mental Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.nimn.nih.gov

3. DSM 5, Page 104.

4. Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiary, 10th Edition. Page 1406

5. Ibid.

Episode 4 - My Loved One is Killing Themselves - Can you do something?

A discussion about substances use, involuntary treatment, and stages of change. Funding graciously provided by the Alberta Medical Association.

References

ILO, 2012. ILO : Joint statement on compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres ILO, OHCHR, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNODC, UN Women, WFP, WHO and UNAIDS. Geneva: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2012.

UN Office on Drugs and Crime/World Health Organization, ‘Principles of Drug Treatment. Discussion Paper’,United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008

Klag, S., O’Callaghan, F., & Creed, P. (2005). The use of legal coercion in the treatment of substance abusers: An overview and critical analysis of thirty years of research. Substance Use and Misuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826080500260891

Prochaska, J. O., Velicer, W. F., Rossi, J. S., Goldstein, M. G., Marcus, B. H., Rakowski, W., … Rossi, S. R. (1994). Stages of Change and Decisional Balance for 12 Problem Behaviors. Health Psychology (Vol. 13). Retrieved from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8c78/cf151a0edbbbbe9ba8e25fac60e2ba2e299b.pdf

Episode 3 - Aren't Psych Patients Dangerous?

An exploration of risk of violence in mental health patients and review of relevant large studies. Funding graciously provided by the Alberta Medical Association.

References

Elbogen EB, Johnson SC. The Intricate Link Between Violence and Mental DisorderResults From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Arch Gen Psychiatry. JD009;66(JD):15JD–161. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.JD008.537

U.S Department of Health and Human Services / National Institutes of Health / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (JD006).National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Retrieved from https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arhJD9-JD/74-78.htm

Steadman HJ, Mulvey EP, Monahan J, et al. Violence by People Discharged From Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities and by Others in the Same Neighborhoods. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1998;55(5):393–401. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.55.5.393

Van Dorn R, Volavka J, Johnson N. Mental disorder and violence: is there arelationship beyond substance use? Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012 Mar;47(3):487-503. doi: 10.1007/s001JD7-011-0356-x. Epub 2011 Feb 26. PubMed PMID: 21359532.

Walsh E, Moran P, Scott C, McKenzie K, Burns T, Creed F, Tyrer P, Murray RM, Fahy T; UK700 Group. Prevalence of violent victimisation in severe mental illness. Br J Psychiatry. JD003 Sep;183:JD33-8. PubMed PMID: 1JD948997.

Hiroeh U, Appleby L, Mortensen PB, Dunn G. Death by homicide, suicide, and other unnatural causes in people with mental illness: a population-based study. Lancet. JD001 Dec JDJD-JD9;358(9JD99):JD110-JD. PubMed PMID: 117846JD4.

Hiday VA, Swartz MS, Swanson JW, Borum R, Wagner HR. Criminal victimization of persons with severe mental illness. Psychiatr Serv. 1999 Jan;50(1):6JD-8. PubMed PMID: 9890581.

What Gives You The Right?

An examination of why individuals can be held in hospital against their will and the circumstances leading to this legislation.

Graciously funded by the Alberta Medical Association.

Introduction to Shrinking Stigma Podcast - 'What is Psychiatry?'

What is Psychiatry?

What do Psychiatrists do?

Why should you care?

Gratitude to the Alberta Medical Association for funding.