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The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society
By Abbey StraussSociety & Culture
The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society episodes
- When Young Children are CaregiversConnie Siskowski RN PhD, is the director of the American Association of Caregiving Youth. This is a generally unseen epidemic of younger children who are caring for sick or disabled family. The organization speaks to the problem, how the responsibilities impact young children and teenagers, and the types of interventions needed.17 min
- St-st-st-utteringLisa Scott PhD, from Florida State University, outlines the nature, treatment, emotional burdens, and some of the new developing theories about stuttering. Included are notions that it may even have a neurological or genetic component.18 min
- Vanishing and Changing Playtime Styles for ChildrenJoan Almon, Executive Director for the Alliance for Childhood, offers frank observations and concerns that healthy playtime for children is vanishing from our schools and society. Her comments reflect the report Crisis in The Kindergarten -- Why Children Need to Play in School.20 min
- Religion and PsychotherapyKenneth Pargament PhD describes how most mental health work underestimates the power of religion in many people's lives. He talks of the importance of exploring this dimension with a patient.18 min
- Reflections on 62 years of being a psychologistRobert Weitz, PhD, is 96 years old. He worked as a clinical psychologist for 62 years. This is a spirited, instructive and thoughtful overview of his experiences and observations about mental health treatment from 1945 until is retirement just a few years ago. He talks of analysis, cognitive therapy, hypnotism, etc., and of the needed professional cooperation among all who treat mental illness.17 min
- OIL SPILL - Dealing with community collective griefDavid Randle, EdD, from St Petersburg Florida, explains the notion of collective grief on the community and those individuals who are suffering from the multiple losses following the oil leak. He further explains the attack and loss of collective identities, and the critical need to keep community and family systems intact.17 min
- Origins and Nature of Late Life DepressionsDan Blazer MD, from Duke University, speaks to items which can cause or worsen late life depression. These include the commonly considered biological issues, but he speaks too of social, psychological and spiritual-religious domains. There is an interesting discussion of wisdom.19 min
- Women: Depression & Cardiac DiseaseValerie Taylor MD, psychiatrist from McMaster University in Canada, speaks to the associations between depression and cardiovascular disease in women. Included are discussions of the metabolic syndrome, that adipose tissue becomes an endrocrine organ, the role of inflammation, gender bias, being overweight, etc., and how they can increase mortality and increase the risks of depression and cardiovascular problems.18 min
- Substance Abuse Among PrisonersSusan Foster, MSW, reports findings on the 2010 report, Behind Bars II, Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population from CASA at Columbia University (NY). She talks of the positive effect of treatment, the disparities between gender and racial-ethical needs and characteristics, and even about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. www.casacolumbia.org19 min
- Childhood Psychosis - Early Detection and InterventionSteven Adelsheim MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, talks of the program of outreach, detection, intervention and treatment for children showing early signs of psychosis. This is further outlined in the EARLY program at www.earlyprogram.,org18 min
About The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society
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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…
and non-professionals. Topics range from climate change issues and the basis of new medication research, COVID-19 issues, the effect of media on girls's self-images, discussions of violence, same-sex marriages, pollution, bullying, divorce, OCD, addictions, borderline personality disorders, mental health issues in the deaf, hallucinations, obesity, addiction in physicians, TMS, depressions, anxiety and stress, hypnosis, bullying, emotional and sexual abuse, MAOI, domestic violence, IBS, self-cutting, medication and children, eating disorders, medication metabolism, pharmacogenomics, forensic issues, dementia, suicide psychiatric treatment, love, care-giving youth, teenage LGBT issues, stuttering, play, PTSD, medication side effects, the effect of war violence on children, and so on. Please note that any opinion or position expressed in these interviews is not necessarily that of the host or of the Florida Psychiatric Society. Any individual treatment decision must be the product of a proper doctor-patient interaction. Likewise, new or additional information on each topic may have developed since the time the interviews occurred. Consult your physician for such possible changes. Additional production funding support comes from the Wellington Retreat, Florida. Knowledge has the power to understand and improve ourselves.