The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society

The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society

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The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society episodes

  • The Immigrant Child's Mental Health Needs
    Eugenio Rothe MD. psychiatry professor at Florida International University, outlines the special needs and pressures that can lead to mental health problems in an immigrant child. Many defining terms are explained, as are descriptions of systems that can prevent mental health issues in his group.
    18 min
  • Response and Remission -- Goals of Treatment
    James Jacobson MD, a psychiatrist, explains the goals of response and remission in the treatment of depression. He discusses the notions of how long treatment must continue, when medications might need to be changed, the Black Box warning, the importance of proper diagnosis, etc. December 2010
    17 min
  • The Holiday Blues
    Joan Magill, PsyD, examines the differences between depression and sadness, the need to reach out to people who may appear troubled during the holiday season, of our social needs, how these conditions may present in children or the elderly, and other aspects of what are commonly called the Holiday Blues.
    18 min
  • Moods and Menopause
    Vivian Burt MD, professor emeritus of psychiatry and founder/director of the Women's Life Center at the Geffen School of Medicine (UCLA), describes the science of menopause, the role of estrogen, the clinical presentations, psychiatric risk factors, role of body weight, etc, and treatments for menopause
    16 min
  • The Cocaine Vaccine
    Thomas Kostan, MD, from Baylor Medical College Department of Psychiatry, is involved with the development of a cocaine vaccine. He discusses the history, the science and the realities of a vaccine to the effects of cocaine.
    17 min
  • The Epidemic of Unintentional Drug Poisoning Deaths
    Richard Weisler MD, from both the Duke University and University of North Carolina School's of Medicine, explains and outlines the enlarging epidemic of unintentional drug poisoning deaths. This has been called a pharmaco-epidemic. The numbers and trends are daunting, and it is a public health emergency.
    21 min

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Listen to 15-20 minute long interviews of experts on various topics related to mental and general health. The topics will be continuously expanded. The interviews are designed for both professionals…