Thank you Cam Mecham, OMS IV for developing this topic. This is part of a group of podcasts looking at presentation and management in the ER and beyond for substances of misuse. This podcast has limited benefit for shelf and board learning and that is mostly complete by the 15 minute mark.

Thank you Angelo Garcia, OMS III and Rhett Dotson, OMS III for participating.

The following link takes you to the NIDA article, freely available, that provided the backbone to this discussion: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/methamphetamine/overview

Thank you Jamon Hemingway, OMS IV, for developing this great topic. For the time (about an hour), this is a low yield podcast for shelf exam preparation. It addresses some issues that do show up on tests, but only infrequently. It has higher yield for somebody that might be interested in seeing some of the ways that scientists are looking for ways to identify schizophrenia and see if treatment is effective. It does tie together some of the aspects of the pathophysiological models of schizophrenia in a way that listeners may find interesting as well.

Thank you Cam Mecham, OMS IV and Rhett Dotson OMS III for participating in this podcast.

The article on P50 Auditory Processing that was referenced is linked below for those that would like to read an article that we found compelling. It is freely available through PubMed PMC access: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26289573/

Find more information here regarding the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: https://www.med.unc.edu/pgc/

ed: Shortly after publish to add website information for the PGC and the link to the Javitt and Sweet article.

Thank you Jamon Hemingway, OMS IV, for developing this very interesting podcast. Early research suggests some links between use of a ketogenic diet and improvement in the schizophrenia model in mice (prepulse inhibition).  Further, the effects of Beta-hydroxybutyrate seem widespread and the role that this molecule has in the fasting/starvation state also has a growing literature base. This presentation has little to no benefit for exam preparation, but was enjoyable to prepare and complete.

Thank you Angelo Garcia, OMS III and Rhett Dotson, OMS III for participating in this presentation.

Edited shortly after publish to correct errors in names for OMS III students.

Thank you Cam Mecham, OMS IV for developing this great topic. Thank you Rhett Dotson, OMS III, Angelo Garcia, OMS III and Jamon Hemingway, OMS IV for participating in this podcast.

This podcast is of moderate value for the first 14 or so minutes with regards to principles tested on exams and the remaining information was quite fascinating and more helpful in terms of what might be of value for an emergency medicine intern.

Edited shortly after publish to correct errors in names for OMS III students.

Ed: 9/9/2020 to improve name of podcast to distinguish between primary care physician and the intoxicant Phencyclidine)

Thank you Brandon Trujillo, OMS IV for the capstone to the series about treatment of depression. Thank you Natalie Pratt, OMS IV and Cam Mecham, OMS IV, for chipping in to provide additional expertise.

This podcast reviews some of the previous information from the podcasts describing medications, but focuses on the practical implementation of those strategies. It may have more benefit for the Standardized Patient than for learning principles needed for shelf and board exams. Even though the focus is not on those exams, there is repetition of many concepts that do show up on those exams.

Thank you Brandon Trujillo, OMS IV, for developing this podcast as another step in better understanding how to tackle difficult to treat depression. Thank you Natalie Pratt OM,S IV and Cam Mecham OMS IV for joining in!

This is a modest yield podcast for principles tested in exams and more helpful for understanding the options used to treat depression when it doesn't respond to first line treatments.

Thank you Brandon Trujillo, OMS IV for continuation of the podcasts focused on treatment of depression in a systematic fashion. Thank you Natalie Pratt, OMS IV; Cam Mecham, OMS IV; Angelo Garcia, OMS III and Rhett Dotson, OMS III for participating in the presentation.

This presentation covers high yield principles that are tested but the area of coverage is narrow.

Thank you Brandon Trujillo, OMS IV for continuing a thoughtful series on treatment of depression and key principles of algorithmic treatment and key aspects of antidepressant use. This is a modest yield podcast as there will be questions regarding principles in this podcast that are likely to show up in tests. Thank you Jason Hemingway, OMS IV and Natalie Pratt, OMS IV for participating in the discussion.

Thank you Brandon Trujillo, OMS IV for developing this topic. Thank you Natalie Pratt, OMS IV and Jamon Hemingway OMS IV for participating.

This is a high yield discussion about principles that are tested on board and shelf exams.

Thank you Nuriya Gadiwalla, OMS III for developing this important and fascinating topic. Thank you Jamon Hemingway, OMS IV and Ray Kwong OMS III for participating. 

This presentation has limited benefit for shelf preparation, but seemed to provide a great deal of education to students (and me) to help provide better care for my patients.

The current WPATH guidelines mentioned in this presentation can be found here: https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc