Two Shrinks Pod

Pod 11 - Hunter talks to Dr James McCracken a medical oncologist about the unique aspects of working in oncology. James tells us how he got into medicine and then we discuss what it is like working in oncology and how both doctors and psychologists cope and manage with the stresses of working with cancer patients. The pod finishes off with a medical focused 'Things we came across' section. This pod should be of interest to anyone who wonders what the other side of the medical/psychological curtain looks like. Also - there is a slight sound issue that gets worse towards the end of the pod - sorry about that - unsure as to what was causing it.  

Articles:

Mastering resilience in oncology https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28561649

Spectre of cancer (pdf of article) http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1124&context=health_article

Chocolate survival times http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7198

James Bond's drinks http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7255

10 - To celebrate our 10th episode, we're going rogue this week (while maintaining a secure attachment to psychological research) and sampling an assortment of weird and wonderful papers with 10 things we came across. Hear Hunter talk about the controversial diagnosis of Anakin Skywalker, try to convince Amy her cat is not exhibiting attachment behaviour and consider why people like spicy food. Amy finds out why she's sure she's always right, makes Hunter insecure about his unusual first name and talks about children's imaginary friends. Join us for more!

Hunter's articles:

Anakin Skywalker - part one, two, three and four

Spicy food

Feline attachment styles

Psychiatry in a combat zone

Politician's personalities

Delusional disorder in Seinfeld

Amy's articles:

Nostalgia and identity

The SPOT effect (or why I'm always right)

Imaginary friends

Unfortunate first names

Medical conspiracy theories

09 - This week we obsess about Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and have a rigid, ordered and controlled discussion about being, well, rigid, controlled, and pre-occupied with order. OCPD is a very interesting disorder, it is one of the most common personality disorders and many people (ie. psychologists) seem to have traits of it. Hunter finishes up discussing learning theory and My Fair Lady, whilst Amy talks about celebrity admiration. 

Amy's articles: 

OCPD and experiential avoidance: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27845528

OCPD and adolescence:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10862-010-9189-2

Celebrity Admiration : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24653942

Hunter's articles: 

OCPD and interpersonal functioning : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223891.2014.934376

OCPD and schema therapy :  http://www.schematherapieopleidingen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Arntz-Schema-Therapy-for-Cluster-C-Wiley.pdf

My Fair Lady : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2004.00443.x/abstract

08 - This week we're taking a look at stalking - how have Australian psychologists been stalked and is this something we're trained to manage? We also chat about the attachment styles of people who stalk and consider the treatment implications. Before wrapping up, Amy ponders the theatre of reading and Hunter quotes untranslatable words. Tune in and find out if you have a touch of sisu or have ever felt heimat

Amy's articles

Attachment and stalking

Library collections

Hunter's articles

Psychologist's experiences of stalking

Untranslatable words

This week we talk at length about doctors in training and the high rates of stress that they experience. We've tried to give an overview of the literature and so it is a grab bag of articles looking at resilience factors, prevalence of distress, emotional coping strategies as well as emerging treatments. We then take a lengthy detour (or perhaps more aptly termed a cul de sac) into a discussion about what doctors and psychologists/psychiatrists wear in our segment 'things we came across'.

Hunter's articles:

Graduate entry medical students : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26498151

 CBT for perfectionism in medical students: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28397103

What not to wear (psychiatry attire): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40596-016-0611-2

Amy's articles: 

Potential predictors of distress in medical students: https://www.dovepress.com/potential-predictors-of-psychological-distress-and-well-being-in-medic-peer-reviewed-article-AMEP

(How) do medical students regulate their emotions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154027/

Doctor's attire (Korea) : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22445730

Doctor's attire (Hawai'i) : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=slippers+and+a+white+coat

06 - We take a look at anxiety in childhood. Amy takes us through some common symptoms before Hunter chats about using play in exposure therapy. We finish our anxiety segment with some research exploring the changes in children’s anxiety by supplementing their treatment with a brief parental anxiety intervention.

Plus, ever wondered if you’ve got the right traits to make it into Big Brother? Or considered building your own functioning spider man suit? Tune in for some handy hints.

Amy's articles:

Brief parental anxiety management

Spider man's suit

Hunter's articles:

Playful exposure therapy

Big Brother

05 - This week we're taking a look at the Dark Triad - psychopathy, narcissism and machiavellianism. Amy provides some definitions before we compare notes on a collection of interesting articles. From cyber aggression to succeeding at work, the Dark Triad has been linked to a variety of behaviours, relational patterns and characteristics. We end the episode with some highly rigorous in-house research by Hunter on his Harry Potter house, self-diagnose a touch of misophonia and consider the relational impact of phubbing. 

Want to take a look at a measure of the dark triad? Paulhus & Jones' Short Dark Triad (SD3) is available free online - http://personality-testing.info/tests/SD3/ 

Amy's Articles:
Cyber aggression
Risk Taking
Here's the misophonia article

Hunter's Articles:
Observed suffering
Academic Majors
Doping attitudes
Career success
And here is Phubbing

04 - This episode we talk about attachment theory which is one of the dominant theories in psychology. We give background about the theory, Amy then talks about a parenting intervention based on attachment theory, Hunter talks about how attachment influences emotional support and distress in cancer patients. We finish with some fun articles in 'things we came across'  discussing wedding reality tv watching, and the personality traits of Hogwarts house members.  

Article links below:

Parent, child interaction therapy as an attachment-based intervention

The influence of attachment and emotional support in end-stage cancer

Harry Potter and the measures of personality: Extraverted Gryffindors, agreeable Hufflepuffs, clever Ravenclaws, and manipulative Slytherins

Tuning Into Fantasy: Motivations to View Wedding Television and Associated Romantic Beliefs

fivethirtyeight.com - how to spot a front runner on the 'Bachelor' or 'Bachelorette'

03 - On this pod we discuss identity and how it changes when someone develops schizophrenia or when they are traumatised and develops Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. We talk about the ways identity can change and how this can be related to symptoms/outcome. We have a pretty in-depth discussion that should be of interest to anyone who knows someone with schizophrenia or who has been traumatised, or if you have worked with anyone experiencing these problems. We finish up with our segment 'things we came across'. 

The sound levels are a little off in this one - we got a second mic and in the excitement of setting it up we didn't adjust the levels properly. 

Article Links:

Trauma and identity

Schizophrenia and identity

Amputee envy

Espionage and psychopathology

Pod 02 - We discuss two articles looking at the therapeutic alliance between client and therapist. Hunter talks about a study with adults and how the alliance impacts on therapy outcomes. Amy talks about the differences/challenges in therapeutic alliance when working with children. We finish up with some interesting articles in 'things we came across'. 

Therapeutic alliance predicts outcome (adults) 

Therapeutic alliance and working with children

Dog and Cat People

Astronauts