Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
Episodes
The Fentanyl Epidemic
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fentanyl is a highly addictive drug which has led to the deaths of countless people including several well known celebrities. Fentanyl is being used t...
Is Social Media Good for Mental Health?
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since its introduction in the early 2000's, social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. It influences culture, current affairs, and c...
Does Cannabis Use Increase Schizophrenia and Psychosis?
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David Puder, M.D., and Victoria Agee discuss possible links between marijuana use and psychosis. There a multiple studies which revea...
Interviewing Well For Residency & Beyond
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode we will be covering a special topic-interviewing well-for psychiatry residency, and even in other interviews post residency. I ...
Therapeutic Alliance Part 5: Emotion
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
People often think of emotions as ethereal, complicated depths that are difficult to explore. They are actually adaptive physical reactions to stimuli...
Deciding for Others: Involuntary Holds and Decision Making Capacity
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Mark Ard, a chief resident physician at Loma Linda University's Psychiatry p...
Genetics and Environmental Factors in Suicide
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the previous episode on Suicide, we discussed epidemiology, general risk factors, and associations of suicide with various mental health disorders...
Which Foods are Good for Mental Health?
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Dr. Drew Ramsey, a nutritional psychiatrist. When I was a resident, I saw him give a lecture on die...
Lithium Indications, Mechanism, Monitoring, & Side Effects
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lithium is indicated for a number of things. Most clearly, as a mood stabilizer in bipolar spectrum disorders. It is unique among mood stabilizers in ...
Why Lithium is a Good Option for Treating Bipolar, with Dr. Walter A. Brown
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Podcast is joined by Dr. Walter A. Brown, Clinical Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and H...
IS ELON MUSK'S NEURALINK A SCIENCE FICTION HORROR SHOW OR THE SALVATION OF HUMANITY?
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the more controversial components of the Neuralink presentation was Musk's inclusion of his beliefs about the future of humanity and artificial...
How To Pick A Good Therapist
10 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Working with a good therapist often requires fewer sessions than other therapists to see improvement; in contrast, working with a therapist you don't ...
Suicide Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments
03 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Jaeger Ackerman, 4th year medical student about suicide risk factors and treatments. As a therapist...
Frontal Lobe Damage: Treating Patients through Grief, Acceptance and Growth
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, I interview Steven, one of my patients who had a rare form of a stroke—in the right orbital frontal cortex. He parti...
An Introduction to Psychodermatology: "The Mind-Skin Connection"
20 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is Psychodermatology? At the most basic level, Psychodermatology encompasses the interaction between mind and skin. It is the marriage between th...
An Inside Look At Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, & Orthorexia
13 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is an eating disorder? One of the most important things about anorexia and bulimia is understanding that they are caused by a complex interplay o...
The Process of Grief
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grief is the multifaceted response—emotional, behavioral, social—to a loss or major life adjustment (like a divorce, loss of a job, etc.). Bereave...
Clozapine for Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is clozapine? Not only is clozapine the gold standard medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, it is also one of the most unique drugs u...
The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontline of PTSD Science
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, occurs when someone experiences or subjectively experiences a near death or psychologically overwhelming even...
Schizophrenia Differential Diagnosis & DSM5
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Schizophrenia is a diagnosis of exclusion. Doctors and therapists need to be able to rule everything else out before they can land on schizophrenia as...
Do I have Schizophrenia?
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical manifestations Many people worry that they have schizophrenia. I receive messages or inquires often of people asking about symptoms and manif...
Schizophrenia in Film and History
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is schizophrenia? It is a psychotic disorder that typically results in hallucinations and delusions, leaving a person with impeded daily function...
Marijuana and Mental Health
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of of the podcast, I will discuss marijuana use and how it affects mental health with Daniel Binus, the chief psychiatrist at Beaut...
How to Help Patients With Sexual Abuse
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of the podcast, I interview Ginger Simonton, a PhD student finishing her dissertation. We will cover her in-depth research on allev...
The science behind forgiveness and how it affects our mental health
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the podcast, I talk about the power of forgiveness. It's scientifically proven that forgiveness can impact our health. As me...
What is Transference and Countertransference?
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is transference? Historically the term "transference" refers to the feelings, fantasies, beliefs, assumptions and experiences unconsciously displ...
Reducing Inpatient Violence in a Psychiatric Hospital
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Dr. David Puder dives into the critical issue of inpatient violence with special guests Dr. Gillian Fri...
Depression and Anxiety in Geriatric Patients
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Dr. Carolina Osorio, a geriatric psychiatrist (and one of my favorite people). After she finishe...
The Dark Triad (Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism), sexually violent predators, Ted Bundy, and porn.
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview...quite a few people! We are covering Ted Bundy, America's most infamous serial killer, and since t...
How to treat violent and aggressive patients
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The words "aggression" and "violence" are sometimes used synonymously, but in reality, aggression can be physical or non-physical, and directed either...
How Empathy Works And How To Improve It
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Empathy is the ability to understand another's state of mind or emotions. It is also is being able to feel, understand and share with someone else in ...
ADHD: Diagnosis, Symptoms & Treatment
15 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
People who truly have ADHD typically experience inattentive and hyper symptoms across all areas of their life. For example, if they are in a job that ...
Understanding Placebo
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is placebo? The original meaning of the word placebo is, "I will please." That statement comes from a time when doctors didn't have our modern co...
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For many, motherhood is a beautiful, unique, and meaningful experience. The mother-child bond is a relationship that has the potential to be a deeply ...
Therapeutic Alliance Part 2: Meaning and Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode CME activity objectives: In the context of a therapeutic alliance, apply the information given in this episode to help draw out meaning in oth...
Psychiatric Approach to Delirium
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Delirium is an acute change in a person's sensorium (the perception of one's environment or understanding of one's situation). It can include confusio...
Ketamine and Psychedelics with Dr. Michael Cummings
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Dr. Cummings, a reputable psychopharmacologist, about ketamine. We talk about psychedelics, the res...
What is psychodynamic theory?
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the podcast, I interviewed Allison Maxwell, a social worker and PhD student of clinical social work. I refer patients to her...
Advice for medical students applying to psychiatric residency
16 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy Lee has talked to thousands of medical students about how to applying for residency programs, and here, he gives us a few tips on how to make ...
Therapeutic Alliance Part 1
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is a therapeutic alliance? The therapeutic alliance is a collaborative relationship between the physician and the patient. Together, you jointly ...
How to Treat Emotional Trauma
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is trauma? Emotional trauma comes from stress that is overwhelms a person's neurological system. Some stress can be good and formative, or it can...
Setting Boundaries in Relationships
11 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What are boundaries? When we refer to boundaries, we are talking about emotional walls that are healthy. Boundaries are meant to keep us in relationsh...
The History and Nuances of Bipolar Illness
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss: The history of bipolar illness, mood stabilizers, common treatments, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy goals, and more. Fo...
The History, Mechanism and Use of Antidepressants
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of the podcast, Dr. Michael Cummings and I talk about the history of antidepressants, and their use in overcoming depression an...
Emotional Shutdown—Understanding Polyvagal Theory
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Polyvagal theory by Stephen Porges explains three different parts of our nervous system, and their responses to stressful situations. Once we understa...
The Psychology of Procrastination
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is procrastination? Procrastination is the act of avoiding something through delay or postponement. You might be procrastinating when: There is a...
How to Fix Emotional Detachment
30 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever feel out of touch with your emotions? Or have you ever felt like you had to hide your real emotions? When people do that—emotionally det...
The History and Use of Antipsychotics
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest podcast, Dr. Cummings and I talked about antipsychotics, the particular branch of psychopharmacology that deals with medicines that trea...
How Psychiatric Medications Work with Dr. Cummings
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Podcast, Dr. Puder interviews Dr. Cummings, a psychopharmacologist. They discuss the way med...
Prescribing Strength Training for Depression
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Can strength training help alleviate depression? In this episode, Dr. David Puder is joined by Trent Jones, a Starting Strength athlete, to discuss ho...
Using Microexpressions in Psychotherapy
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the third and final installment on microexpressions, Ariana Cunningham and Dr. David Puder talk about how learning microexpressions can help you bu...
Microexpressions: Fear, Surprise, Disgust, Empathy, and Creating Connection Part 2
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Microexpressions are brief, involuntary facial expressions that are cues to the true emotions that someone is feeling. We see microexpressions in tiny...
Microexpressions to Make Microconnections Part 1
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Microexpressions are brief, involuntary facial expressions that are cues to the true emotions that someone is feeling. We see microexpressions in tiny...
Hormonal Contraceptives & Mental Health
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New research on hormonal contraceptives, "the pill", and how it influences mental health. Dr. David Puder and Dr. Mona Mojtahedzadeh explore: Claims a...
Postpartum Depression with Dr. Pereau
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Overcoming Postpartum Depression Link to show on: iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, PlayerFM, PodBean, TuneIn, Podtail, Blubrry, Podfanatic ...
Performance Enhancement with Dr. MaryEllen Eller
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our bodies are "wired" to perform. Learning how to consciously modulate your internal sympathetic state is the key to unlocking optimal performance. T...
Sensorium: Medications, Drugs (THC, Alcohol), Medical Issues, Sleep, and Free Will
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn: Why to optimize medical issues like hypertension and diabetes Change psychiatric and non-psychiatric medications to optimize brain function Opt...
Exercise as a Prescription for Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Stress (like Diabetes) and Sensorium
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Western society faces is the most unhealthy we've ever been. It's reached epidemic proportions: depression, anxiety, poor focus and sensorium issues, ...
Diet on Cognitive Function, Brain Optimization, Sensorium Part 2
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What are the best diets for the brain and cognitive function? How much does diet influence our sensorium? What particular foods are important? H...
Schizophrenia with Dr. Cummings: Controversies, Brain Science, Crime, History, Exercise, Successful Treatment
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Puder addresses the fascinating realm of schizophrenia with Dr. Cummings, a previous guest in the show. Dr. Cummings is a psychia...
Physicians Receiving Treatment, with Dr. Trenkle
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I had a discussion with Dr. Darcy Trenkle on the difficulty of providers to get psychiatric treatment, using ourselves as the examples. In...
Sensorium: Total Brain Function Optimization Part 1
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sensorium is the total brain capacity for focusing, processing, and interpreting. It is not a static state—it can fluctuate throughout the day. I...
A Journey Learning Psychotherapy, with Randy Stinnett, Psy.D
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week David Puder, M.D., has a discussion with Randy Stinnett, Psy.D, regarding his journey to become an excellent therapist. Randy shares aspec...
Inpatient Child and Adolescent Suicidality, "Culture of death", "13 Reasons Why" with Dr. Britt
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I will be interviewing William Britt, PhD level clinical psychologist, an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy, object relations the...
Psychopathy with Michael A. Cummings M.D.
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Cummings and I discuss psychopathy: the fearless, empathyless people, who see others as objects, and have the inability to attach...
Cognitive Distortions and Practicing Truth
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discussed cognitive distortions with Adam Borechy. Usually cognitive behavioral therapists deal with cognitive distortions by helping the...
The Basics of the Psychiatric Interview Part 1
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, I talk about my approach to seeing a new patient for the first time. I go over the importance of empathy and psychological sa...