The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

By The Carlat Psychiatry Report

Alternative Health Medicine

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From the editors of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, this weekly podcast brings clear, engaging, and practical updates on clinical psychiatry. Through expert interviews and authoritative reviews, we cover all things psychiatric with an independent eye. The Carlat Report has operated free of pharmaceutical support since its inception in 2003. Hosted by Chris Aiken, MD, and Kellie Newsome, RN.

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08.05.2020

Dialectical Behavior Therapy ─ DBT ─ has become the gold standard for borderline personality disorder, and other therapies are starting to go head-to-head with DBT in clinical trials. We reviewed one that fared well, Good Psychiatric Management, in our Summer ...

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08.05.2020 Borderline Personality Disorder: Listen with Care [60 Sec Psych] Dialectical Behavior Therapy ─ DBT ─ has become the gold standard for borderline personality disorder, and other therapies are starting to go head-to-head with DBT in clinical trials. We reviewed one that fared well, Good Psychiatric Management, in our Summer ...
08.03.2020 The Best SSRI Part 2 Are the SSRIs really that different? If a patient doesn't respond to one will they respond to another? We sift through three decades of research to find answers. Published On: 8/3/20 Duration: 19 minutes, 13 seconds Got feedback? Take the ...
08.01.2020 Which Medications Should You Stop Before ECT? Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) depends on the seizure threshold, so you don’t want to throw that off before starting it. Anticonvulsants and benzodiazepines are concerning, as are antidepressants. Although bupropion has a notorious risk for seizures, a recent meta-analysis of all ...
07.29.2020 A New Confidentiality Law [60 Sec Psych] SAMSHA has changed their laws around the release of substance use information, and the result applies to more mental health professionals than one might think. Read more. (https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/202007131330 ) Published On: 7/29/20 Duration: 4 minutes, 11 seconds Got Feedback? Take ...
07.27.2020 The Best SSRI Part 1 We search through the rubble of 1990's marketing to find out what makes the SSRIs different, and encounter along the way our word of the day: Zimelidine. Published On: 7/27/20 Duration: 10 minutes, 47 seconds Got feedback? Take the podcast ...
07.26.2020 Preventing Trauma With Racial Socialization [60 Sec Psych] Race-based traumatic stress affects mental health in young people of color. A 2019 paper in American Psychologist puts that racial socialization into a framework some listeners may be familiar with. [Link (https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-01033-006.html)] Published On: 7/25/20 Duration: 5 minutes, 51 seconds ...
07.26.2020 Preventing Trauma With Racial Socialization [60 Sec Psych] Race-based traumatic stress affects mental health in young people of color. A 2019 paper in American Psychologist puts that racial socialization into a framework some listeners may be familiar with. [Link (https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-01033-006.html)] Published On: 7/25/20 Duration: 5 minutes, 51 seconds ...
07.22.2020 Promoting Assertiveness in Adolescents [60 Sec Psych] What can mental health clinicians do to help our patients who may be dealing with discrimination in their day-to-day lives? Assertiveness is a specific skill that we can model and teach our patients. A paper by Bhardwaj and Vishwas in ...
07.22.2020 Promoting Assertiveness in Adolescents [60 Sec Psych] What can mental health clinicians do to help our patients who may be dealing with discrimination in their day-to-day lives? Assertiveness is a specific skill that we can model and teach our patients. A paper by Bhardwaj and Vishwas in ...
07.20.2020 How to Talk to Patients with Autism Patricia Eaves reveals common pitfalls and shares her top tips for communicating with patients with autism. Read more in the recommended text, "The TEACCH Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorders" by Gary B. Mesibov et al. Plus the word of the ...
07.20.2020 How to Talk to Patients with Autism Patricia Eaves reveals common pitfalls and shares her top tips for communicating with patients with autism. Read more in the recommended text, "The TEACCH Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorders" by Gary B. Mesibov et al. Plus the word of the ...
07.18.2020 Implicit Bias Training in Health Care [60 Sec Psych] What practical role do we have as mental health professionals in creating a more fair and just society? Doctors Javeed Sukhera and Chris Watling published a framework for integrating implicit bias recognition in medical education that makes a lot of ...
07.18.2020 Implicit Bias Training in Health Care [60 Sec Psych] What practical role do we have as mental health professionals in creating a more fair and just society? Doctors Javeed Sukhera and Chris Watling published a framework for integrating implicit bias recognition in medical education that makes a lot of ...
07.15.2020 Here’s What Happens When You Treat ADHD in the Elderly [60 Sec Psych] In 2004 the FDA approved the first stimulant for adult ADHD: Adderall XR. Now it’s nearly 20 years later, and some of those patients are elderly. Yet there are only a few studies of stimulants in people over age 50 ...
07.15.2020 Here’s What Happens When You Treat ADHD in the Elderly [60 Sec Psych] In 2004 the FDA approved the first stimulant for adult ADHD: Adderall XR. Now it’s nearly 20 years later, and some of those patients are elderly. Yet there are only a few studies of stimulants in people over age 50 ...
07.13.2020 How to Treat Untreatable Depression Joseph Goldberg, MD shares his top psychopharm strategies for highly-treatment resistant depression, and weighs in on whether further medication trials are ever futile. Published On: 7/13/2020 Duration: 15 minutes, 46 seconds Related Articles: "When Further Medication Trials Seem Futile (https://www.thecarlatreport.com/the-carlat-psychiatry-report/when-further-medication-trials-seem-futile/)," ...
07.13.2020 How to Treat Untreatable Depression Joseph Goldberg, MD shares his top psychopharm strategies for highly-treatment resistant depression, and weighs in on whether further medication trials are ever futile. Published On: 7/13/2020 Duration: 15 minutes, 46 seconds Related Articles: "When Further Medication Trials Seem Futile (https://www.thecarlatreport.com/the-carlat-psychiatry-report/when-further-medication-trials-seem-futile/)," ...
07.11.2020 I Feel Better Naked [60 Sec Psych] Whether gardening outdoors or hiking in the woods, getting back to nature is generally good for mental health. But what about just getting naked? Today we report on the first randomized controlled trial of naked activity on body-image anxiety. Published ...
07.11.2020 I Feel Better Naked [60 Sec Psych] Whether gardening outdoors or hiking in the woods, getting back to nature is generally good for mental health. But what about just getting naked? Today we report on the first randomized controlled trial of naked activity on body-image anxiety. Published ...
07.08.2020 A New Cause of Depression: Light at Night [60 Sec Psych] Evening light is associated with so many health risks ─ cancer, diabetes, heart disease ─ that the AMA has a position statement on it. Psychiatrists may need to pay attention as well. It’s been linked to depression, mania, and poor ...
07.08.2020 A New Cause of Depression: Light at Night [60 Sec Psych] Evening light is associated with so many health risks ─ cancer, diabetes, heart disease ─ that the AMA has a position statement on it. Psychiatrists may need to pay attention as well. It’s been linked to depression, mania, and poor ...
07.06.2020 The Mindful Breather: A Patient Guide A podcast you can share with your patients. Dr. Greg Sazima walks us through a stress reduction technique that combines mindfulness with abdominal breathing. Dr. Sazima is the author of the upcoming book, Practically Mindful: A Physician’s No-Nonsense Guide to ...
07.06.2020 Melatonin Makes its Debut in Bipolar Disorder [60 Sec Psych] It’s tempting to think that melatonin will help in bipolar disorder. As we covered last month, disrupted circadian rhythms are one of the leading causes of bipolar, and blue-light blocking glasses ─ which increase the brain’s own melatonin ─ are ...
07.06.2020 The Mindful Breather: A Patient Guide A podcast you can share with your patients. Dr. Greg Sazima walks us through a stress reduction technique that combines mindfulness with abdominal breathing. Dr. Sazima is the author of the upcoming book, Practically Mindful: A Physician’s No-Nonsense Guide to ...
07.06.2020 Melatonin Makes its Debut in Bipolar Disorder [60 Sec Psych] It’s tempting to think that melatonin will help in bipolar disorder. As we covered last month, disrupted circadian rhythms are one of the leading causes of bipolar, and blue-light blocking glasses ─ which increase the brain’s own melatonin ─ are ...
07.05.2020 The Microbiome in Mood Disorders This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
07.05.2020 The Microbiome in Mood Disorders This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
07.04.2020 Word of the day: Ultradian cycling Every disorder has its obscure terminology, and the word of the day from the International Bipolar conference is: Ultradian cycling. Published On: 7/4/2020 Duration: 4 minutes, 41 seconds Got feedback? Take the Podcast Survey (http://www.thecarlatreport.com/podcastsurvey).
07.04.2020 Word of the day: Ultradian cycling Every disorder has its obscure terminology, and the word of the day from the International Bipolar conference is: Ultradian cycling. Published On: 7/4/2020 Duration: 4 minutes, 41 seconds Got feedback? Take the Podcast Survey (http://www.thecarlatreport.com/podcastsurvey).
07.03.2020 Unexpected Results on Lithium and the Kidneys This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
07.03.2020 Unexpected Results on Lithium and the Kidneys This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
07.02.2020 Can therapy work on its own in bipolar II? This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
07.02.2020 Can therapy work on its own in bipolar II? This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
07.01.2020 Celebrex for Bipolar Depression This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
07.01.2020 Celebrex for Bipolar Depression This week we’re podcasting from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference, where we’ve been scouring the virtual halls for all that is practical and newsworthy. The yield is high so tune in for a new episode every day. ...
06.30.2020 A Diet for Bipolar Disorder The first clinical trial of a modified diet for bipolar disorder in this daily dispatch from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference. Published On: 6/30/2020 Duration: 7 minutes, 50 seconds Got feedback? Take the podcast survey (http://www.thecarlatreport.com/podcastsurvey).
06.30.2020 A Diet for Bipolar Disorder The first clinical trial of a modified diet for bipolar disorder in this daily dispatch from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders 2020 conference. Published On: 6/30/2020 Duration: 7 minutes, 50 seconds Got feedback? Take the podcast survey (http://www.thecarlatreport.com/podcastsurvey).
06.29.2020 Will the Best Atypical Stand Up? Daily dispatches from the International Bipolar Disorders Conference. There are four atypical antipsychotics that treat bipolar depression, but which have the best balance of efficacy and tolerability? Published On: 6/29/2020 Duration: 5 minutes, 15 seconds Transcript: Will the Best Atypical ...
06.29.2020 Will the Best Atypical Stand Up? Daily dispatches from the International Bipolar Disorders Conference. There are four atypical antipsychotics that treat bipolar depression, but which have the best balance of efficacy and tolerability? Published On: 6/29/2020 Duration: 5 minutes, 15 seconds Transcript: Will the Best Atypical ...
06.27.2020 The Stats on a Dayvigo: A New Hypnotic [60 Sec Psych] Lemborexant/Dayvigo is the second in sleep med to join the orexin receptor antagonist family. It’s now on the pharmacy shelves, where it sits beside Suvorexant/Bellsomra, released in 2015. Landry I, Nakai K, Ferry J, et al. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety ...
06.27.2020 The Stats on a Dayvigo: A New Hypnotic [60 Sec Psych] Lemborexant/Dayvigo is the second in sleep med to join the orexin receptor antagonist family. It’s now on the pharmacy shelves, where it sits beside Suvorexant/Bellsomra, released in 2015. Landry I, Nakai K, Ferry J, et al. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety ...
06.26.2020 Do Grief Support Groups Help or Harm? [60 Sec Psych] Your patient is experiencing profound grief after the death of his wife. He can’t afford individual therapy and wonders if a support group can help. Will talking about grief to a room of strangers just trigger him more, or will ...
06.26.2020 Do Grief Support Groups Help or Harm? [60 Sec Psych] Your patient is experiencing profound grief after the death of his wife. He can’t afford individual therapy and wonders if a support group can help. Will talking about grief to a room of strangers just trigger him more, or will ...
06.24.2020 The Strongest Meds for Treatment Resistant Depression [60 Sec Psych] Lithium, atypical antipsychotics, ketamine, thyroid… these consistently rank among the most effective medications for treatment resistant depression, but which is the strongest? Strawbridge R, Carter B, Marwood L, et al. Augmentation therapies for treatment-resistant depression: systematic review and meta-analysis. Br ...
06.24.2020 The Strongest Meds for Treatment Resistant Depression [60 Sec Psych] Lithium, atypical antipsychotics, ketamine, thyroid… these consistently rank among the most effective medications for treatment resistant depression, but which is the strongest? Strawbridge R, Carter B, Marwood L, et al. Augmentation therapies for treatment-resistant depression: systematic review and meta-analysis. Br ...
06.23.2020 Who Will Get Cognitive Decline? [60 Sec Psych] The brain changes that lead to dementia can be seen as early as 25 years before the illness starts. We can’t test for those changes, but who might be at risk? This meta-analysis led by Carol Hudon looked at studies ...
06.23.2020 Who Will Get Cognitive Decline? [60 Sec Psych] The brain changes that lead to dementia can be seen as early as 25 years before the illness starts. We can’t test for those changes, but who might be at risk? This meta-analysis led by Carol Hudon looked at studies ...
06.22.2020 Borderline Personality Disorder: The Do's and Dont's Don't have a DBT center near you? Dr. Lois Choi-Khan has developed a new form of psychotherapy that may work almost as well. In this interview she shares her top tips from this pragmatic approach called Good Psychiatric Management. Featuring ...
06.22.2020 Borderline Personality Disorder: The Do's and Dont's Don't have a DBT center near you? Dr. Lois Choi-Khan has developed a new form of psychotherapy that may work almost as well. In this interview she shares her top tips from this pragmatic approach called Good Psychiatric Management. Featuring ...
06.22.2020 Borderline Personality Disorder: The Do's and Dont's Don't have a DBT center near you? Dr. Lois Choi-Khan has developed a new form of psychotherapy that may work almost as well. In this interview she shares her top tips from this pragmatic approach called Good Psychiatric Management. Featuring ...

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