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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times

PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times

PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times

Thoughtful insights into the world of psychiatry, this podcast provides timely clinical commentary, and practical cutting-edge pearls for you and your practice. As the voice of psychiatry, Psychiatric Times’ premiere online and print content is written by and for mental health care physicians and professionals. Here, you'll hear from clinicians, mental health care professionals, caregivers, and advocates regarding the world of mental health, ranging from specific psychiatric disorders to adverse effects of medications to the impact of the world’s events on the field of psychiatry. As a top psychiatric publication since 1985, Psychiatric Times provides up-to-date information and commentary synthesizing clinical research, practice guidelines, current events, bringing the world of psychiatry to your doorstep. To learn more, you can also visit us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/psychtimes) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/psychtimes) ! https://www.psychiatrictimes.com
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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 59: Blue Light Blockers: A Behavior Therapy for Mania
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10/07/21 • 18 min

Last month we taught you how evening light can worsen mood. Today, we teach you how to fix that.
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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 58: A Forensic Psychiatrist Takes the Stand

58: A Forensic Psychiatrist Takes the Stand

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09/28/21 • 10 min

[Note: this is the second half of the Psych Pearls interview with James L. Knoll IV, MD. In the first half of the conversation, Knoll discussed the challenges of treating patients with traits like psychopathy or anti-social personality disorders. – Ed]

Forensic psychiatrists have emotionally taxing jobs: They spend countless hours studying acts of violence and the individuals who commit them. How could anyone endure this job for more than a few years? James L. Knoll IV, MD, has survived decades in the field. In this edition of Psych Pearls, Knoll talks about how he maintains his mental well-being. He also reveals the childhood obsession that set him on his career path, reflects on how forensic psychiatry has changed over time, and looks forward to how it might change for the better in the future.
In this conversation, Psychiatric Times and Knoll cover:
1. His childhood fascination with the Jonestown murder-suicide. 2. How he got interested in forensic psychiatry. 3. The risk of burnout in forensic psychiatry (or any other psychiatric specialty). 4. How the arts and other creative endeavors can help psychiatrists stay mentally and physically well. 5. The tension at the heart of the forensic psychiatrist’s identity: are they primarily treaters of mental illnesses, or expert witnesses? 6. The new importance of social media for forensic investigations. 7. Why it’s important not to judge patients—no matter how difficult they may be.
Dr Knoll is professor of psychiatry and director of forensic psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, and clinical director of Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy, New York. He is Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of the Psychiatric Times and President-elect of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2022-23).


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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 57: Treating ‘Morally Objectionable’ Patients
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09/24/21 • 13 min

Psychiatrists are not strangers to difficult and even potentially dangerous patients, but James L. Knoll IV, MD, has made these populations one of his specialties. With decades of experience in forensic psychiatry, Knoll takes listeners deep into the US criminal justice system, where he treats both inmates suffering from detention-related psychiatric disorders and an especially challenging group that he has dubbed morally objectionable patients.
In this conversation, Psychiatric Times and Knoll cover:
1. What he means by the term morally objectionable patients. 2. How prisons’ strict social hierarchies can contribute to psychiatric illnesses. 3. The high prevalence of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in corrections—and their potential causes. 4. The different challenges of treating patients in prisons vs jails. 5. Why inmates with psychiatric illnesses end up in the correctional system for longer than those without psychiatric illnesses. 6. The role of mental health courts in improving psychiatric care in the correctional system. 7. The challenges of treating patients who are high in psychopathy or have anti-social personality disorders.
This is the first half of the Psych Pearls podcast with Dr Knoll. Stay tuned for the second half later in the week.
Dr Knoll is professor of psychiatry and director of forensic psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, and clinical director of Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy, New York. He is Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of the Psychiatric Times and President-elect of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2022-23).


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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 56: 5 Personality Traits of Olympic Athletes

56: 5 Personality Traits of Olympic Athletes

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08/18/21 • 22 min

In this edition of PsychPearls, Hannah Simon, MD, introduces a new series on teen and tween mental health. Her first guest is Andrew Chen, MD, MS, the chief medical officer for USA Nordic, the national leadership organization for Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping in the United States. They discuss the importance of mental wellbeing for peak athletic performance, the programs available for Olympic athletes, and how health care providers can help students succeed—in everything from the big game to the big test.

In this podcast they cover:
- Dr Chen’s path from medical school to the Olympic Games
- Simone Biles and fighting the stigma surrounding mental illness
- The mental health challenges facing school-aged children during the pandemic
- The importance of diet and nutrition for athletic performance and mental wellbeing
- 5 personality attributes that Olympians share (and what psychiatrists can learn from them)

Dr Simon is a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Acknowledgement: Thanks to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry for allowing us to present the Caring for Teens and Tweens podcast with experts in the field of psychiatry.

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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 54: Blue Light, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder

54: Blue Light, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder

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08/02/21 • 11 min

Blue light is getting blamed for everything from eye strain to cancer lately, but what does it do to our patients with depression and bipolar disorder. A lot, as you will see in this podcast, but it depends on what time of day it is shining.
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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 52: What Makes Men’s Depression Different?

52: What Makes Men’s Depression Different?

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06/25/21 • 22 min

Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD
PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST June is National Men’s Health Month, a good time to consider the unique mental health needs of men. In this edition of PsychPearls, Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD discusses mood disorders and the surprising symptoms that male patients may present.
In this conversation, Alpert also covers:
1. The etiology of major depressive disorder in men and women
2. Common comorbidities to depression among men
3. How to build a therapeutic alliance with men and encourage adherence
4. Effective pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions for men and women
5. Future directions for scientific research on mood disorders, including their connections to autoimmune, cardiac, and thyroid conditions.
Dr Alpert is the Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair in in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, and professor of psychiatry, neuroscience, and pediatrics at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 50: Dosing Tips for Lithium: How to Improve Tolerability
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05/18/21 • 15 min

PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST
Although lithium is a first-line treatment that ranks high on the list of patient’s favorites, it has fallen out of general use, particularly in the United States. When lithium works well, however, its benefits tend to last. It is among the top medications that prevent hospitalization.
For the full transcript, see https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/dosing-tips-lithium-how-improve-tolerability
About the hosts:
Chris Aiken, MD, is the Mood Disorders Section Editor for Psychiatric Times, the Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, and the Director of the Mood Treatment Center. He has written several books on mood disorders, most recently The Depression and Bipolar Workbook. He can be heard in the weekly Carlat Psychiatry Podcast with his cohost Kellie Newsome, PMH-NP. The author does not accept honoraria from pharmaceutical companies but receives royalties from PESI for The Depression and Bipolar Workbook and from W.W. Norton & Co. for Bipolar, Not So Much.
Kellie L. Newsome, PMH-NP, is the cohost of the Carlat Psychiatry Podcast and is also a practicing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Winston Salem, NC, at the Mood Treatment Center. Raised in Tasmania, Australia, Kellie moved to the United States in 1998.
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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 47: How Can One Mental Illness Generate the Opposite Mood Experiences?
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04/21/21 • 25 min

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many patients were already waiting months to see a psychiatrist. In this edition of Psych Pearls, we speak to James Phelps, MD, about the roots of the crisis and what psychiatrists can do to meet the nation’s mental health needs, especially through new models of collaborate care.
Phelps also reviews his long career treating bipolar and other mood disorders. He discusses some of the most exciting recent discoveries, including research on inflammation and circadian rhythm disturbance, and mood bias. He also reviews recent research on digital therapeutics, which may offer powerful new options for treatment.
Dr Phelps is research editor at the Psychopharmacology Institute, medical director at PsychEducation.org, and adjunct faculty at Samaritan Mental Health in Corvallis, Oregon. He is the bipolar disorder section editor for Psychiatric TimesTM and the author of A Spectrum Approach to Mood Disorders for clinicians and Bipolar, Not So Much for patients and their families.

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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times - 46: David Hellerstein, MD: Psychedelic Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
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04/06/21 • 31 min

In this episode of PsychPearls and the Columbia University Breakthrough Session, hosts Angela Coombs, MD, and Jennifer Sotsky, MD, discuss the possibilities and promise of psilocybin in treating psychiatric disorders and in enhancing everyday experiences with David Hellerstein, MD. Landmark studies and new research about the use of hallucinogens includes potential to treat:
  • Advanced stage cancer & death anxiety
  • Treatment-resistent depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Substance use disorders
Psilocybin (mushrooms) and other hallucinogens from plants and some animal life generate perceptual changes and hallucinations, altered physical sensations, strong emotional reactions, and even dissolution of self.
The question is whether these are wild rides or trips and whether they can result in lasting changes in the patient. Over time, some of the brain connections may become disrupted and new circuits may become activated.
Dr Hellerstein is a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and is conducting clinical trials of psilocybin. His books include Heal Your Brain: How the New Neuropsychiatry Can Help You Go from Better to Well (Johns Hopkins University Press).
About the hosts:
Dr Coombs is a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor in Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. She serves as the medical director and team psychiatrist at ONTrackNY Washington Heights Community Service clinic. She completed her public psychiatry fellowship and adult psychiatry residency at Columbia University where she was a chief resident and co-organized the curriculum on racial/ethnic mental health disparities. In addition to her clinical work in the public sector, she also works in Columbia's psychiatric emergency room and has a private practice in Upper Manhattan.
Dr Sotsky is a fellow in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center with a part time private practice. She was formerly a chief resident at Columbia’s psychiatry residency program. Before medical training, she received an MS in Narrative Medicine, an interdisciplinary field that studies illness through a humanities lens. She is co-author of Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide and has interests in medical education, psychotherapy, and medical humanities.
Acknowledgement: Thanks to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry for allowing us to present the Breakthrough Session podcast with experts in the field of psychiatry.
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During the first wave of COVID-19 cases in New York City, physicians of all kinds took on unfamiliar roles and, in many cases, potentially risked their lives to help their patients.
In this edition of Psych Pearls, a quartet of doctors remember the early, uncertain days the pandemic. Hosts Angela Coombs, MD, and Jennifer Sotsky, MD, talk to Sara Nash, MD, MS, and David Chong, MD, about their personal experiences, how the challenges of the pandemic have evolved over time, what has kept them going throughout the year, and why preexisting social inequalities made the pandemic even deadlier in some communities.
Dr Nash is assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and program director of its fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr Chong is associate professor of medicine and program director of the Internal Medicine Training Program at Columbia University Medical Center.
About the hosts: Dr Coombs is a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor in Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. She serves as the medical director and team psychiatrist at ONTrackNY Washington Heights Community Service clinic. She completed her public psychiatry fellowship and adult psychiatry residency at Columbia University where she was a chief resident and co-organized the curriculum on racial/ethnic mental health disparities. In addition to her clinical work in the public sector, she also works in Columbia's psychiatric emergency room and has a private practice in Upper Manhattan. Dr Sotsky is a fellow in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center with a part time private practice. She was formerly a chief resident at Columbia’s psychiatry residency program. Before medical training, she received an MS in Narrative Medicine, an interdisciplinary field that studies illness through a humanities lens. She is co-author of Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide and has interests in medical education, psychotherapy, and medical humanities.
Acknowledgement: Thanks to Columbia University Department of Psychiatry for allowing us to present the Breakthrough Session podcast with experts in the field of psychiatry.

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PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times currently has 38 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine and Podcasts.

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The episode title '60: How to Talk to Teenagers About Substance Use' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times is 19 minutes.

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Episodes of PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times are typically released every 13 days, 5 hours.

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The first episode of PsychPearls by Psychiatric Times was released on May 15, 2020.

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