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Marijuana: A Realistic Update
– Aldo Morales, M.D., psychiatrist and
addictionologist, provides from experience a no-nonsense and balanced overview
of cannabis use, issues with quality control of dispensary products,
understanding addiction levels, the need for research and the topics being
explored, worries if used in a still developing brain, the cannabis abuse
disorder, etc. August 2023 Listen
Helping Young Children Resist
Substance Abuse - Linda Reihs is an educator, author, and
substance abuse counselor. She promotes non-drug use with ‘knowing’ and not
just ‘saying no’, teaching resilience, parents’ and
siblings’ roles, not getting help to needy students especially when they move
into middle school, keeping kids on a good track, the experiential preventive
mode, literature to create ego-building strengths, framing designs for each
day, of ‘no failures-just delayed successes,’ etc. This is a valuable perspective
from many in-school experiences. July2023
Listen
Psilocybin Use in Oregan and
Colorado. -- Two different systems for psilocybin use.
Wired Magazine posted an excellent podcast, presented here. Many clinical and
political concerns. Worth a careful listen and discussion. June 2023 Listen
Real Experiences - How
Policies Help Or Worsen The Substance Abuse Challenge.
Jeff
Singer, M.D., senior fellow at the Cato Institute, who gave Congressional
testimony, speaks to the fascinating Iron Law of Prohibition issue, the need to
overcome old mythologies, nuances, and stigmas about the problem, etc. A very lively,
pithy, yet necessary historical and contemporary offering of hard reduction and
other key insights and thoughts. In conjunction with the Palm Beach County
Medical Society. May 2023 Listen
The Power Of
The Family and Other Systems in Adolescent Drug Abuse Treatment. John
Dyben, Ph.D., with a primarily psychosocial approach to addiction, but also of appropriate
medication use, discusses that kids grow up and mature too quickly; of essential
family and system treatments; that addiction is a chronic illness; of social-cultural
message influences; to make ‘healthy’ the new norm; to connect to the whole
person; the power of fellowship and conjoint family activities, etc. A
reflective listen. In
conjunction with the Palm Beach County Medical Society. May 2023. Listen
Workable and Real Concepts
About The Nature of Addiction. Daryl
Shorter, M.D., offers functional and pragmatic contexts of addiction, of what
leads to successful remission, the key essentials of biological versus
psychological origins, that all substance use is not always abuse, etc. April
2023. Listen
Slavery And Its Ongoing
Psychosocial Legacy – Benjamin Bowser, Ph.D.,
sociologist, gives the legacy’s history, that it still remains a very potent
contributor to racism, of the cultural based post-traumatic slave syndrome, of
what slavery did to
the psychology of the slaves and how much of that still lives to this date, and
of the origin and legacy of whiteness, Jim Crow, etc. Intriguing, captivating,
perhaps painful, but so necessary to study and discuss. February 2023 Listen
LGBTQ+, Stigma, And The Hospice Experience --
Kimberly Aquaviva, Ph.D., M.S.W., begins with her
family experiences and why they refused hospice care for her partner. She then
gives a overview of current discriminations,
inadequate training, and other challenges when hospice and LGBTQ+ patients
should function together. Instructive and telling observations. March 2023 Listen
Safely Mixing Buprenorphine And Fentanyl -- Sarah
Kawasaki, M.D., details the challenges of safely mixing buprenorphine and
fentanyl. The mere number of fentanyl overdoses, be it knowing or not knowing
fentanyl was consumed, requires preparing for possible clinical dangers of too
rapidly using buprenorphine. Definite protocols are used and are being studied.
Essential clinical data. March 2023 Listen
Dextromethorphan – An Old
Drug With A New Psychiatric Use -- Richard
Jackson, MD, psychiatrist, introduces us to the use of dextromethorphan in the
treatment of psychiatric disorders. He provides an overview, experiences, how
it is currently being used as an antidepressant and why it is formulated as it
is. A good outline. February 2023 Listen
Stigma – Origin and Reduction
-- Heather Howard., PhD, MSW, speaks to her study
of how to address stigma, from those who express it to those who receive it.
She talks of how this can effect readiness to ask for help. Leaves the listener
with insightful thoughts and ways to reduce it. Much of her work as been with
shame, past traumas, and /or substance abuse in women during pregnancy. Easy to
understand, yet scholarly. February 2023 Listen
Psychotherapy – How To Frame
It, How To Use It – Stefan Pasternak, M.D., on how
the therapist-patient relationship is the cornerstone of psychotherapy, and about
the challenges of developing a goal for the therapy, the physiologic and
medication aspects of therapy, of coming to an accurate diagnosis, cognitive
versus psychodynamic techniques, psychological mindedness, when a change of
therapist may be needed, etc. January 2023
Listen
Learn from the Past #3 - These
Wires Carry Words! - Broadcast on July 1, 1946, by Advances in Research, this 15 minute
radio piece is an excellent, fluid and valuable historical review of our
developing communication tools, with stories about, and credits to, the
scientists and thinkers who started the process that brought us to our ever-expanding
dependence on electronic communications. It has a delightful 1940’s flare. From
the public domain. Posted December 2022. Listen
Ketamine – Rakesh Jain, M.D., gives its history, how it works, why it is
so different and its enticing future, the roles of glutamate and GABA, nasal
versus intravenous forms, the value of concurrent psychotherapy, etc. Succinct
and thorough. November 2022 Listen
*Learn From The Past #2 - Nikola Tesla’s 1937 Predictions From the February 1937 Liberty Magazine interview, as told
to George Viereck, the distinctive inventor accurately predicts much of our
current world, on war, the changing of women’s roles, energy, environmental and
social shifts, computers, the internet, etc. He was incorrect on some items, but perhaps only as of yet. 11 Minutes.
Observant & thoughtworthy. Adapted from YouTube and Magellan
Streaming. October 2022. Listen
*Learn From The Past #1 - Our Water – Its
Role, Its Supply, And Our Needs - A 14 minute audio from the National Association of
Manufacturer’s 1950’s educational and advocacy piece of the then appreciations
and concerns with useable and sustainable water, including draughts and
floods, in our community lives and our
biosphere. Imagine what the producers would say now, over 65 years later.
October 2022. Listen
A Drug Czar Speaks To
Substance Abuse Policy Issues – John Hulick, the current Palm Beach County and the former NJ
State Drug Czar, on his mandates, the revising of policy models and choices, of
getting thick-skinned statistics, his personal family substance abuse
experiences, the massive need to educate, to increase capacity by reducing
recidivism, that often less expensive and lengthier softer care produces better
outcomes, and the challenges of funding and creating both preventive systems,
interventions, and adequate and skilled long term follow-up care. Sept
2022 Listen
Monkeypox – Larry Bush, M.D., infectious disease specialist, details the
history of this virus, its characteristics, hosts and vectors, the already
existing treatments and unique aspects of the
monkeypox vaccine, the relationship to smallpox, how to approach such an
infection, the reappearance of polio and measles, and a true overview and
insightful look at the three real and desired endpoints of vaccine development
and use. August 2022 Listen
Keeping The Healers Healthy -
For Doctor’s Day, 2022,
at the West Palm Beach VA Hospital, psychiatrist Abbey Strauss spoke that
physicians must accept they are also regular people with the full inventory of
emotional problems, how to deal with compassion and other fatigues, the high
physician suicide rate, to not be alone, how to get and use help, and the
decisive value of keeping themselves healthy, honest, and not embarrassed or scared.
These themes actually apply to everyone. August
2022. Listen
*Climate Change Questions
That Psychiatrists Need To Ask Both Themselves and
Their Patients - Psychiatrists Beth
Hasse and David Pollack pose such questions, including those about eco-anxiety
and when to - or not to - bring these issues into the treatment activity. Very
timely given the current worldwide heat waves. Much talk of how vital and
evolving diagnostic and treatment strategies are developing to proportion
treatments to all existent domains of life, which now include climate matters.
July 2022. Listen
Might Addiction Not Be A Disease? – Carl
Fisher, M.D., psychiatrist at Columbia University, argues that ‘disease’ is the
wrong concept as he outlines the urge leading to addictive behaviors, that it
oversimplifies, what is the place of free will, the three broad reasons
fostering addictions, various social mitigators, long term outcomes, and his
own recovery from alcoholism. Posted also with the Palm Beach Medical Society
Opiate Task Force. June 2022 Listen
Life With One’s Own Adult
Children Who Suffer Mental Illness. –
Maria, using only her first name, candidly shares her feelings and life being
the parent of the adult mentally ill. She discusses the process of learning and
accepting this reality, the parental pain, the differences between she, whose
children are still alive, and those whose children died by suicide or
otherwise, the importance of helping others and getting support groups, to find
the right questions to ask, of when one must let go for a period, of one’s
personal life, etc. She is a platform from which to gain insight and strength.
June 2002. Listen
Old But Still True: On
Addiction.
Former US Drug Czar Robert DuPont, M.D., in 1997, outlines the theories
of all addictions, what it does to the brain, the roles of pleasure, honesty,
character, family and background, risk-taking aversion or comfort, preventions
and treatments, the importance of AA and NA, the relative risks of some
becoming addicted or not, nicotine and alcohol use, etc. He wrote “The Selfish
Brain.” This interview contains so much wisdom about the same problems that
continue to exist after 25 years. Posted
also with Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. Recorded in
1997; reposted June 2022. Listen
The Pandemic Kids – Priti
Kothari, child psychiatrist, outlines how the different age groups suffered
differently during the pandemic, the educational and social pressures and
delays, the need perhaps of a gap year to catch up, disruptive behaviors with
the reasoning fundamental to treatment approaches, etc. Thoughtful concerns
about what happened and how to offset any setbacks. June 2022. Listen
Extended Quantities Of Take Home Opioid Agonists in Opioid Disorder Treatment. Tara
Gomes, epidemiologist in Ontario, Canada, speaks to enlightening research that
larger quantities of take home buprenorphine and methadone, and as such are
multi-day dose packets, can be safe and productive in stabilized patients. The
project was partially in response to covid caused travel restrictions. Some of
the results was that this strategy reduced barriers, the fears of increased
overdoses were unfounded, and it maintained treatment. This is like the U.S.
methadone maintenance clinic model but within the Canadian structure. Done with the Palm Beach County Medical
Society Opiate Task Force. May 2022. Listen
Violence and School Shootings.
Phil Heller, Psy.D., a forensic psychologist, worked with many,
including teenagers, who committed deadly violence. His notes and ground level
comments from 12 years ago are still so true today. From our archives. Recorded
February 2008 Listen
Emergency Room Approaches and
Protocols For Substance Abusers. Steve
Keen, M.D., gives a very detailed discussion of his real-time, on-going emergency
room program, with specifics on how to rapidly stabilize, start medication
assisted treatment, give psychosocial interventions and follow up referrals,
deal with shame or patient’s hesitancy, the challenging omnipresence of
fentanyl and related new drugs, etc.
Done with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. May
2022. Listen
Harm Reduction Strategies With Opiate Abusers – Journalist,
and former opiate abuser Maia Szalavitz, defines harm reduction as keeping
people from getting hurt rather than stopping them from getting high, that
needle exchange encourages treatment, of needing good coping skills before
giving up the substance, what changed her life, her work to promote harm
reduction, etc. An honest and energetic discussion. Done with the Palm Beach
County Medical Society Opiate Task Force, May 2022.
Listen
The Strong Benefits Of Suboxone Use During Incarceration – Elizabeth
Evans, PhD, associate professor at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst,
reports that giving Suboxone to jailed opiate using prisoners significantly
reduced legal recidivism and other post release relapse and morbidity. Lisen to
the encouraging details of her the study, and to her current and related future
work. Done in collaboration the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task
Force. April 2022. Listen
Biphasic And Segmented Sleep
– It Was Once “The Normal”. Roger
Ekirch, PhD, a historian at Virginia Tech, on our different sleep patterns that
were normal before the industrial revolution.
A fascinating look at sleep patterns, the first and second sleeps, and
the social and biological drives and basis of how we sleep. March 2022. Listen
Changes In Psychotherapy’s
Focus Because Of Covid. Roz Malmaud, PhD, and Andy
Rosen, PhD, note that patients are now focusing more on the pre-Covid, usual
problems. Both discuss, however, issues with telemedicine’s legal and insurance
matters, being unable to give patients questionnaires to complete or handouts
for them to use, to see how they interact in the waiting rooms, the real
paradigm shifts away from traditional therapy arrangements and schedules, and
of how patients must learn how to tolerate social uncertainty, etc. The need
for telemedicine during the pandemic brought many therapeutic methods to new
notions that need refinement and integration insofar as to how we now
communicate and interact. The tools are different. March 2022 Listen
Balanced Pain Management – Lynn
Webster, M.D., discusses issues of over and under use of pain medications, his
research on dosing and response issues, the critical psychological components
in pain management, the correct use of non-opioid medications and non-medicinal
pain treatments, changing attitudes towards pain management, etc. An articulate
and experienced based discussion. Done in collaboration with the Palm Beach
County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. February 2022. Listen
Opiate Abuse & Overdose In The Elderly – Lori
Ann Post, Ph.D., describes the dramatic recent increase in overdose deaths in
this group, gender and other demographics, causes, interventions, and the
on-going studies to better define and reduce this horrible social and emotional
affliction. Done with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force.
February 2022. Listen
ERAS: Effective Techniques
Enhancing Recovery and Better Controlling Post-Operative Pain. Luke
Elms, M.D., straightforwardly addresses ERAS’s (Enhanced Recovery After
Surgery) beneficial medical and psychological strategies for compassionate pain
control, of faster recovery with fewer complications, to help patients
emotionally prepare for surgery and how this may reduce post-surgery pain
leading to subsequent improper pain medication use, about surgery and pain
control in patients with opiate use problems, etc. Done with the Palm Beach
Medical Society Opiate Task Force. January 2020. Listen
Covid Updates – The Variants,
The Vaccines, & The New Pills. Infectious
disease specialist Larry Bush, M.D., explains mutations, monoclonal
antibodies, vaccine history and use, boosters, B cells and T cells, and the
safe use of the potentially game-changing arrivals of the Pfizer and Merck medications.
Dec 2021. Listen
Physicians In Recovery –
Giving Them Jobs. Steve Chambers, M.D, hires these physicians
to help them return to a fuller and productive life. He talks of the joy,
pitfalls, rules, approaches, and real gifts evolving from offering these
opportunities. This episode is part of the Physician’s Wellness Project of the
Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. Dec 2021 Listen
Psychological Support To Patients With Cancer – Darci
McNally, M.S.W., Director of Support at the Lynn Cancer Institute in Florida,
speaks of how they address patients with cancer, the emotional needs, the
psychological fatigue, different interventions, community supports, etc. This
is a heartfelt, valuable, and seasoned guide for patient’s
and their families during the cancer experience. November 2021 Listen
Attention
Deficit Disorder – Ludmila de Faria, psychiatrist, conveys her approach to
explaining and treating this disorder, its historical and biological origins,
the diagnostic nuances, and the necessary interaction of the medical and
psychological domains. She also comments on what happens when marijuana is
added to this condition. November 2021. Listen
New
Approaches To The Perioperative Use Of Buprenorphine –
Lynn Kohan, M.D., an
anesthesiologist, speaks to the attitudes towards, and the effectiveness and
strategies of, using buprenorphine to obtain pain and psychological relief in
both treated and untreated opioid using surgical patients. She discusses the
MOUD – an acronym for the Medication treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
– in regards to both the critical medical, surgical,
and psychological clinical treatment concerns and protocols, discharge
planning, etc. Produced in collaboration
with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. November 2021 Listen
The Benefits Of The More Aggressive Use Of Buprenorphine In The Emergency Room - Andrew Herring, M.D., and Arianna Campbell, P.A., outline, give history, and reflect on opioid using people presenting to an ER, of how this technique better engages patients and gives more rapid symptom relief, when and how to use these dosing strategies, of the areas that are still unknown and need study, of the rising opioid overdose deaths and addiction, and, most critically, to the definite psychological benefits this approach gives to all involved. Produced in collaboration with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. November 2021 Listen
Hospice
And The Covid Challenge. Christine McMichael,
Executive Director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation of
Massachusetts, speaks of the hospice mandate despite the Covid world, and how,
with commitment and resilience, the hospice community rose to that obligation.
She also speaks to the emotional tolls and reactions within the hospice staff
and the patients and families for whom they provided service. October 2021 Listen
* Working
With The Psychological And Social Realities Of Climate
Change. Gary Belkin, M.D.,
psychiatrist, and former Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Health Department, on
why he sees the present climate changes as so extraordinarily urgent and
critical, and how communities and individuals can, without rhetoric or panic,
implement essential changes using concepts such as the ‘social climate,’ etc.
Timely. October 2021. Listen
A
Physician’s Addiction And Recovery Such That He Is
Again Practicing Medicine. Alan Schwartz, M.D., now an addictionologist, on
his addiction, the gut-level nature of addiction, of absolutely needing others
to undo his addiction and failures, the shame and stigma hurdles, the on-going
maintenance of recovery, and how it did not destroy his career. Produced in
collaboration with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force.
September 2021. Listen
* Four
Short Stories - Why Mental Health Providers Worry About Climate Change. Four mental health
providers share their personal stories. They speak to the urgent need to plan
for and teach both community and mental health resilience as we face climate
changes. Done in collaboration with the Climate Psychiatry Alliance. September
2021. Listen
* Climate
Change Heat Is A Public Health Problem. Caroline Dumont, M.D.,
from Yale University, outlines the frequent and critical impacts of prolonged
hot weather and heat waves on our mental health, suicide rates, productivity,
problems with access to staying cool, medical issues, etc. A brief but very
timely synopsis to consider. Done conjointly with the Climate Psychiatry
Alliance. September 2021. Listen
Covid
Vaccinations – A Through Overview. Larry Bush, M.D.,
infectious disease specialist and researcher, plainly yet scientifically
reviews the mRNA history, risk/benefits, on-going studies, mutations
and variants, how vaccinations work, boosters, etc., and the true benefits they
give the recipients. August 2021. Listen
Into And
Out Of My Addiction – A Doctor’s Personal Story. Richard Morgan, D.O.,
explicitly tells how his addiction started, grew out of control, his legal
problems including lengthy jail time, and what he learned and uses to support
his on-going recovery. An extraordinarily honest and grassroots unmasking. Done
jointly with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. July 2021.
Listen
Managing
Opioid Use During Pregnancy. Kay Roussos-Ross, M.D., obstetrician and psychiatrist, clearly outlines these
concurrent challenges insofar as screening, legal and postpartum issues,
perinatal care, medications for cravings or psychiatric conditions, community
services, etc. Done in partnership with the Palm Beach County Medical Society
Opiate Task Force. June 2021. Listen
A Novel
Physical Therapy Approach To Pain Reduction. Physical Therapist Jeff
Frankart describes the history and use of an evolving new approach to pain,
without needing PT machines, advanced while he worked with combat injured
soldiers in US Military Hospitals, the role and reduction of pain medication
use, that after training it can be done at home, etc. April 2021. Listen
Being The
Child Of German Holocaust Survivors – Life As A 2G - Saerina Tauritz was born
in a displacement camp after liberation during World War II. This is her story,
her insights, experiences, and emotional heirlooms, of what it was like to have
that as part of her history, to be a 2G – a second generation - and then to
grow up and eventually have her own family in the United States. April 2021 Listen
Substance
Abuse Screening Tests – Strengths and Weaknesses
– Richard Saitz, M.D, from Boston, speaks to the strengths,
weaknesses, and importance of standardized scales such as the SBIRT (Screening,
Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment), to identify patients with risky
substance use patterns that need acknowledgement and treatment. Conjointly
produced with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. March
2021 Listen
Another
Medical Doctor Talks About His Own Addiction And
Recovery, Attitudes, and Needed Interventions. Peter Grinspoon, M.D.,
from Boston, speaks to his own addiction and recovery. He follows with a frank
and energetic focus on the how and why of addicted physicians, the role of
medications and buprenorphine, what is helpful to recovery, the position of
regulatory agencies, basic definitions of addiction, etc. Done in conjunction
with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. February 2021. Listen
A
Physician Speaks About His Own Addiction and His On-Going Recovery - Sean Fogler, M.D.,
discusses his history and recovery. He addresses key mental health needs for
physicians, professional attributes that can impede recovery, stigma, personal
connections, how he maintains recovery, addiction as a disease, etc., all done
with sincerity, candor, and hope. This interview done with the Palm Beach
County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. January 2021 Listen
* Nuclear
Weapons Are Still Here. Robert Gould, M.D.,
reminds us that these lethal devices remain as real dangers to our ecosystems
and our lives and communities. He speaks to the history, the treaties, and what
is being done and what is needed, to prevent these real hazards and unthinkable
damages with devices that still be here after Covid-19. December 2020 Listen
The New
Covid-19 Vaccines – Real History, Real Strengths, Real Concerns. Larry
Bush, M.D., infectious disease specialist, discusses the origin and expected
clinical benefits of the
vaccines now appearing, when to use them, of multiple vaccinations, different
age and risk groups, etc. November 2020. Listen
An
Uncomplicated Office Tool To Screen For Substance
Abuse – Bertha Madras, M.D., former US Deputy Drug Czar
and currently a professor at Harvard University, discusses the widely used
evidence based Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral To Treatment (SBIRT)
tool, to identify patients with such conditions, as well as its history,
reliability, etc. Co-posted with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate
Task Force. November 2020. Listen
Medical
Marijuana – A Status Update. Kathleen Brady, M.D.,
Ph.D., from the Medical University of South Carolina, addresses the changing
relationships in our society to marijuana as a medicine. She speaks to what is
known and not known about the common and current formulations of cannabis use,
what clinical signals are being seen, the need for additional studies, etc.
November 2020. Listen
Racism –
Its Origin, Its Characteristics, and Thoughts on How to Reduce Or Remove It. Benjamin Bowser,
Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the California State University, speaks to
the various and material aspects of racism, of the progress thus far in matters
of racism, and what ground level cultural changes must occur for substantive
changes to follow. October 2020 Listen
* Better
Understand Mental Health Conditions – A New Concept. Lise Van Susteren, M.D.,
proposes that stresses produce an ‘Emotional Inflammation.’ She wrote a book
about it, in which she discusses this interesting concept, its origins and
manifestations, the impact of Covid-19 and climate changes, and then practical
ways to reduce it. September 2020 Listen
If, And
How, Does Covid Shift The Themes, Styles And Goals of
Psychotherapy? Roz Malmaud, Ph.D., and Andy Rosen, Ph.D., both
seasoned psychotherapists, discuss some of changes, themes, and pivot
points that telemedicine and the Covid crisis produce, and how it may modify –
or not -- the styles and goals of psychotherapy. August 2020 Listen
* Food
Insecurity, Covid, Climate Change, Poverty And Job
Loss: Will These Take Us Closer To A “2020 Vision” Level Of Discussion Of Our
World? Bashyam Iyengar, M.D., returns to
expand on the reality of these issues, with a focus on the growing incidence of
food insecurity, the types and origins of insecurity, interventions, etc., and
the interplays within the above items. This is further highlighted by the
current hurricane season overlapping the covid need for service reallocations
and therefore limits of support systems. August 2020 Listen
* What We
Can’t See Can Hurt Us – Probing Particulate Matter In “Our” Air. Philip Landrigan, M.D.,
from Boston College, explains the nature, origin, and health impact of
particulate matter in our air, that it can cause preterm births, cardiovascular
and other diseases, of the wholesome advances we had made to reduce it, but now
of worrisome new set-backs. August 2020 Listen
A Better
Way To Stop Pain Medications. Travis Rieder,
Ph.D., a bioethicist at Johns Hopkin Medical School, speaks to the problems he
had in getting proper medical guidance to stop his pain medicine use after
personally suffering a brutal accident. He is candid and open to the benefits
and concerns of opioid use, acute versus chronic pain, and the need to educate
prescribers how to properly start, and how to properly discontinue, pain
medications. This is co-posted with the Palm Beach County Medical Society
Opiate Task Force. August 2020 Listen
Covid and
the Neuroscience of Social Isolation - Andreas
Meyer-Lindenberg, professor of psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg,
gives a clear, 5 minute overview of brain function,
socialization, problems with isolation, of how social network size is
associated with survival, management, etc., both with covid and other crises.
This, with permission, is the audio of his YouTube talk. August 2020 Listen
The Covid
and The Mask – One Minute of Needed Historical Perspective. A friend sent me this
link. I am still looking for hard data on the producers. Many thanks to them,
however. This piece is too important not to immediately distribute. July 2020. Watch.
Medical
Ethics And The Opioid Crisis: A Discussion. Kenneth Goodman, MD, a
medical ethicist from Miami, candidly speaks to the state of, and changes
within, medicine’s proper use of opioids, legitimate pain, addiction, medical
education, the philosophy of medication marketing, the history of “Pain As The
5th Vital Sign” notions, etc. This is done in
conjunction with the Palm Beach County Medical Society Opiate Task Force. July
2020. Listen
* Climate
Changes And Other Events That Can Increase
Homelessness. Bashyam Iyengar, M.D.,
practices family medicine with the homeless in Northeast Florida. He offers his observations about the not often
considered associations of climate change (e.g., storms, etc.) and
other similar events (e.g., Covid-19, etc.) that could also cause a fall into
homelessness, and how communities should understand, change, prepare, and
respond. June 2020. Listen
US Supreme
Court Rules On Sexual Discrimination. In June 2020, the
US Supreme Court ruled, in a 6-3 decision, that job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender is prohibited
by law. This has been called one of the most important legal decisions
regarding the LGBT rights in the United States. An untold number of people
suffer many mental health complications because of the fear of discrimination.
Attached is the October 2019 oral argument and the court’s written decision
(lengthy). It’s important to know the logic and the details. June 2020. Listen To The Argument Read The Decision
The
Emotional and Mechanical Aspects of Hospice Care During The
Pandemic. Webinar #5. Samantha Brooker and
Kathleen Diamond, from the Old Colony Hospice in Massachusetts, discuss the
challenges for family, patients, and staff, as they deal with the Covid-19
pandemic, wanting to keep the hospice mandates, and trying to safely help
everyone during this time of extraordinary multiple human tests. Hosted by the
Palm Beach County Medical Society. June 2020 Listen
Opioid
Abuse and Covid-19 – Two Ongoing Crises – Urgencies, Interplays,
Approaches. Robert Stutman, retired chief of the NYC DEA
office, now works to reduce the origins and impacts of the opioid use disorder,
about the on-going high overdose statistics, of political and socially
meaningful issues of awareness, treatments, and stigma hurdles, etc. He also
has concern about its co-morbidity with the covid pandemic. Many interesting
thoughts. This episode is the project of the Palm Beach County Medical Society, and is co-posted with us. June 2020. Listen
* Heat
Waves, Pregnancy, and Psychiatry. Dolores Malaspina, M.D.,
Department of Psychiatry, Mt Sinai Medical School, New York, on heat’s
association to pre-term birth, to the combination of heat with use of
psychiatric medications during and pregnancy, and also
to the data suggesting later resultant psychiatric and medical problems,
etc. June 2020. Listen
Will There
Be A Therapeutic Role for Psilocybin? Carol Mathews,
M.D., from the University of Florida, speaks to the history of this class of
molecules, and to the current research exploring its potential role as a
psychotherapeutic agent. May 2020. Listen
Children,
Teenagers, Older People – Dealing With The
Psychological Aspects of Covid-19. Webinar #4. Psychiatrist
Samantha Saltz and Psychologist Robert Spiro engage in a lively and practical
discussion on dealing with behavioral pressures and changes, fear and
uncertainty, parental authority, honesty, the role of language style in
families, etc., during this crisis. Hosted by the Palm Beach County Medical
Society. May 2020. Listen
Glutamate:
The Increasing Need To Know About It. Rakesh Jain, M.D.,
a psychopharmacologist, provides a straightforward and detailed overview
of glutamate’s multiple key roles in medicine and psychiatric functions.
Recorded March 2020. Listen
More About
Mental Health Issues Related To The Pandemic: Webinar
#3. Drs. Pasternack, Schillinger and Strauss panel a detailed
discussion of the current and potential long term post-pandemic effects of
these stresses on physicians and others, with attention to time tested
strategies and practical interventions. Hosted by the Palm Beach County Medical
Society. May 2020 Listen
Herd
Immunity - Its Role In Public Health – Infectious disease
specialist Larry Bush, M.D., explains the concept and how it is used,
especially in public health decisions. Timely information given the re-opening
of areas of our community. He also updates regarding transmission, treatment and vaccine developments. April 2020. Listen
Personal
Anxiety and That In The People With Whom We Work.
Webinar #2. Hosted April 16, 2020, from the Palm Beach County Medical
Society, these are some of the more established, practical, and durable
suggestions to psychologically steady all of us through the related anxieties.
April 2020. Listen
Inside
More? Keep Cleaner Air At Home -- Tips. This pamphlet is from a
joint project of My Green Doctor.org and the Florida Medical Society.
April 2020. Read
Emotional
Care Of The Elderly and Demented During The Pandemic –
This is real but under discussed
challenge. Three psychiatric nurses speak to maintaining good care and how
telemedicine doesn’t always work with these patients. Valarie Kolbert, ARNP,
Keith Jones, ARNP, Jorge Padron, ARNP.
April 2020 Listen
Proper
Psychotherapy For Pandemic Triggered Anxiety -- Andy Rosen
is a psychologist who discusses the mixture of established and additional
approaches needed for pandemic related anxiety, but also about how patients can
better know who to choose as a psychotherapist, especially given the large
number of internet offerings for psychotherapy. April 2020 Listen
COVID-19 - A Community Forum:
Realistic Anxiety In ‘All’ Health Care Workers. Webinar #1. Hosted
on April 2, 2020 by the Palm Beach County Medical
Society, on issues and self-management ideas of stress and other changes facing
everyone in health care, including office staff. April 2020. Listen
During the Pandemic - Teach
Grandma to Be Smart-Phone Savvy. Call
anybody you think needs advanced training with their smart-phones -- a
grandparent, an uncle, whomever. Ask them if they know how to face time or
follow a text message link to make a video connection with their doctors or
anybody else. If they don’t know, walk them through it the best you can. Many
patients don’t know how to do this, get too easily flustered, etc. Maybe will
call it #teachmecallme Then give
them a call every day or so. A call to them will feel as good as a call to you.
April 2020
Food Insecurity and
COVID-19 -- The Importance of Asking. We understate the extent
of food insecurity. Yesterday, an elderly, living alone patient, and only after
gentle questioning, admitted she is too afraid to go food shopping. She can't
afford ordering from restaurants. She also worried about our food supply. Plans
were outlined for her to call friends, clergy, local food banks, etc. Asking
people about their food supply gets a different kind of thank you. Watch CNBC’s piece on our food supply.
April 2020.
The Emotional Impact of
COVID-19 On Both Physicians And Their Patients. Brent
Schillinger, M.D., gives an thoughtful synopsis and dialogue on how to identify
and address the anxiety and emotional responses to COVID-19 in themselves and
in their patients, with uncluttered and frank ideas. (This episode is
conjointly posted with the Palm Beach County Medical Society) March 2020. Listen
Fueling Protection – Coronavirus: Four Basic CDC Screening Questions. This fuels protection and not the fire; the list may change. Monitor local health officials for directions. Talk to your doctor if you have any ‘yes’ answers. Continue to wash your hands, don’t touch your face, maintain social distance, don’t panic, don’t be indifferent, and act responsibly. Come back and listen (below) to Dr. Bush talk about the virus. March 2020. Listen.
E-gaming and Internet Addiction -- Etiology and Treatment. Brian Schaflin, M.S.W., treats teenagers and young adults for e-gaming and internet addictions. He explains the problem and offers an approach and treatment model. March 2020 Listen
Vaccines – What We Know, And
What We Need To Know. Larry
Bush, M.D., specializes in infectious diseases. He explains vaccines, their
uses and safety, real roles, new developments, etc. This podcast was done in
partnership with the Palm Beach County Medical Society. Posted here March 2020. Listen
Being Verbally Abused. Roz
Malmaud, Ph.D., discusses what is all too common a palpably disruptive and
destructive reality in many lives. She outlines the familiar characteristics
and offers one therapeutic approach to the victims. February 2020. Listen
* Be “Bee” Savvy –Veterinarian Sid Lehr on the unyielding and
interwoven roles that we and bees play in our common ecosystems, that they are
food producing animals, of the pollination business, some history, killer bees,
farming and insecticide practices, antibiotic use, how to approach swarms that
temporarily bivouac, etc. February 2020 Listen
The Growing Problem of
Physician Fatigue and Burnout – Psychiatrist
Bruce Saltz speaks to the concepts, concerns, etiology, and recommendations to
prevent and reduce physician burnout. His comments apply to many other people
as well. This podcast was done in partnership with the Palm Beach County
Medical Society. Posted here February 2020 Listen
The Corona Virus – An Eleven
Minute Overview. Larry Bush, M.D., who specializes in
infectious diseases, gives a succinct overview of the virus, the specific
history, of medical and social concerns, how to manage, etc. January 2020 Listen
* Are Cell Phones Medically
Safe – Growing Concerns Anthony
Miller, a physician and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, is
part of the international EMF Scientist group’s petition to the UN and WHO to
further study growing concerns and a growing database suggesting medical ill
effects result from current extensive exposure to electromagnetic radiation,
including fertility, cancer, developmental, school Wi-Fi, and other issues. The
rise of the 5G cell phone system has unique concerns. This under-considered
public health concern is discussed by Dr. Miller. January 2020. Listen
* The 2018 IPCC Report on
Climate Change. In 2015, the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change asked the International Panel on Climate Change to, in 2018,
report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius. This is that
report.
Speaking To Young Children
About Violence. Shortly after Robert Kennedy’s
assassination in 1968, Fred Rogers, also known as Mr. Rogers, addressed the
issue of the impact on young children of the extensive media coverage of
violence. This is a four minute excerpt from a show that spoke to these issues.
The concerns are equally true today and what better gift to give our children
than stimulating ideas in the adults around those children on how to cope with
problems that are increasingly prevalent. December 2019. Listen
* Climate Crises And Templates for Preparation and Intervention
- Learning From Post Hurricane Puerto
Rico. Carissa
Caban Aleman is a psychiatrist at the Florida International University. She
talks of her work in post hurricane Puerto Rico, gives us her hands-on
experiences and templates on preparation and interventions, emotional issues,
community activity, and also speaks to impending climate crises and changes
that will need this type of planning and coordinations.
December 2019 Listen
Mental Disabilities - US Supreme
Court – Olmstead
v LC., a 1999 decision that those with mental disabilities have the right to
live in communities rather than institutions, with certain caveats. A pivotal
case. This is the oral argument and Judge Ginsberg reads the decision. November Listen
Designing The Living Spaces in the
Space Station. Terrance
Glassman is an architect directly involved in this project. The discussions and
issues surrounding so many human needs that faced the project are fascinating
and illuminating. November 2019 Listen
* The Green Doctor’s Office. Todd Sach, M.D., discusses the
‘My Green Doctor’ program. Supported by many medical organizations, it brings a
critical sustainability education format for better health for patient and
staff. While it often saves money for medical offices, it more so shows how
medical offices are community role models. October 2019. Listen
The Insanity Defense -- US Supreme Court. The actual oral argument in
Kahler vs Kansas, done October 7, 2019. Topics reflect the history and nature
of legal, moral and psychiatric insanity, culpability, intentions and how one
chooses to commit a crime or not, mens rea, etc. The court’s decision will
be posted when available. October 2019. Listen
* Urgent Public Health Concerns Regarding
Climate Change’s Effects on Mental and General Health. David Pollack, M.D., speaks to
timely issues that include the CAARE program, the critical need to further
train health care providers and others, of the climate change first responders,
the ‘once you know’ concept, his genuine belief that
much can be done to prepare for the changes, etc. October 2019 Listen
Jung Explains Why His Friendship With Freud Ended. From a 1959 BBC interview. One always benefits
from listening to major thinkers.
October 2019. Listen.
* Climate Change Induced Anxiety. Janet Lewis, M.D., speaks to what
is also being called ‘eco-anxiety’, about the emerging fears and anxieties
stemming from climate changes, when people are overwhelmed by the rush of
complex political and scientific declarations, of the need to discuss
strategies to help adults and children deal with what they read and hear, the
role of hope and advocacy, and so on. September 2019 Listen
* Air Pollution: The Impact on Mental
Health. Elizabeth Haase, M.D., defines
air pollution and that the WHO ranks it as an under discussed major crisis. The
inhaled particles cause various psychiatric and medical diseases in our bodies.
She also speaks to the importance of, and how to discuss air pollution, even
with children. August 2019 Listen
The Amazing Healing Power of Art. Aric Attas, an artist, twice
suffered from cancers. Out of necessity he found ways to use art and music to
ease his suffering. He now gives those techniques to others. He also speaks about
the Arts in Medicine associated with the University of Florida and involvement
in local cancer treatment centers. He was a guest on NPR in June 2019. August
2019 Listen
* Psychiatric Concerns: Heat Waves And Behavior. Robin Cooper, MD., describes
growing research and concerns that heat waves do indeed alter behavior,
including increased suicide and other violence, productivity, medical concerns
and the need for proper hydration and cooling, education, interventions, etc.
August 2019 Listen
Insights From History That
Explain Mental Health Approaches and Treatments. Fernando E
Forcen, M.D. and Ph.D.,
psychiatrist and health historian, reviews the evolution of these
topics from antiquity, through the Renaissance and later, mixing science and
migrations, other cultural and societal issues up through today, etc., and the absolute value of this knowledge in
modern mental health care. July 2019 Listen
Psychiatric Medications –
Update And The TAAR Receptor, Inflammations,
Glutamate, GABA, etc. Andy Cutler, M.D., researcher
and clinician, speaks to the above issues and the changes, successes, and
existing challenges in medication development and use. (TAAR – Trace Amine Associated
Receptor). July 2019 Listen
Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry – Current Approaches, Family Dynamics, Interventions, Marijuana,
etc. Samantha Saltz, M.D., on how to do a diagnosis,
useful treatment types and integrations, the need to involve family, and
thoughts about marijuana product consumption in these age groups, etc. June
2019 Listen
Roe v Wade & The US Supreme Court
- Listen To The Two Hearings. The court asked
if this is a legal, religious, medical, or other issue. On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas
statute banning abortion, that a right to abortion was implicit in the 14th
Amendment as a right to privacy. Psychological aspects were also discussed.
Soon again to be in the courts, this background might help. May 2019 Listen
– 1971 Hearing. Then the Listen
– 1972 Hearing.
Medical and Psychiatric Needs
in Moria, the Greek Refugee Camp. Paul Hart. M.D., in 2019, volunteered his
services at Moria, the Greek Refugee Camp. He speaks to
the medical, psychiatric and other needs in the camps,
the costs, acute versus chronic conditions, family and group cohesion, supply
chains, reasons for and the hardships of migration, etc. May 2019 Listen
* Health And Social Impact
Realities Of Nuclear Accidents and Weapons. Peter Wilk, M.D., a psychiatrist, gives a
history and updates on the known public health hazards of nuclear accidents and
weapons. He believes the weapons provide more psychological insecurity than
security, and he provides approaches and links to reduce the ruinous and
unapologetic biosocial blows of both nuclear weapon use and when unintended
problems occur with other nuclear devices.
May 2019 Listen
* Fewer Bees And The Food
Chain -- Maureen
McCue, M.D., from Iowa, explains these concerns, and how by prioritizing our
needs for food and a lifestyle, and of land devoted to economics rather than
nutrient values, we have jeopardized the balance and sustainability of the food
chain. This is considered an epic and impending danger, and as a possible
extinction event, to our public health and survivability. May 2019 Listen
* Climate Changes: How They
Impact Mental Health – Susan
Clayton, Ph.D., from the University of Wooster, discusses the known and
anticipated impacts that climate changes have on our mental health. She
suggests ways to prepare without panic, and to some of the emotional obstacles
seen as people prepare for the gamut of lifestyle and community changes that
are of real concern. April 2019 Listen
U.S. Nursing Students -- Care
To The Guatemalan Poor - Rhonda Goodman, R.N., from Lynn University in
Florida, reports on her years of taking nursing students to work with the
medically underserved, and their many impacts on reducing cervical cancer,
childhood malnutrition, and other
conditions, as well as the powerful approaches to medicine fostered in the
students by this experience. Her program is successful and flourishing for both
patient and student. April 2019 Listen
Adverse Childhood Experiences
– Its Nature and Effects. Ely Niroomand,
from the University of Miami, on how traumatic childhood events can produce
physical and emotional problems later in life. She gives examples, rating
scales, and how it is being used in many professions to reduce and better
understand these subsequent life problems. March 2019 Listen
Mass Shootings – Ideas From
Two People: A Shooter’s Mother, and Then
An Almost Shooter
These
TED talks passionately capture much of the fundamental material and teachings about
such tragedies, mental health, guns, and the role of violence, both with and
without suicide. Both talks are combined into a single 23-minute audio file;
the video files are on YouTube or TED talks.
First, Aaron Star: why he almost was a mass murderer, then Sue Klebold: her son was a Columbine School shooter. An
interesting note to consider is that both young men cut themselves. March 2019.
Listen
to both talks.
Bringing The Vulnerable To A
Level Of Resilience - Medical Students Visit Their Patient’s Homes. Pedro Greer, M.D., from the Florida
International University, describes a flourishing program that puts medical
students directly into the patients’ homes to see the many whys and reasons
they get sick, cannot get to or afford care, and the
other tangible psycho-financial-cultural-social components of their lives, etc.
February 2019 Listen
* Heat and The Melting Ice – History, Impacts and What To Do About It -- Alan
Lockwood, M.D., addresses the history of, and current pressing scientific
concerns, regarding global warming. Included are the growing political, social,
physical and psychological (i.e., stress and
insecurity) impacts of major changes in fresh water supplies, methane releases,
heat, etc. February 2019 Listen
Gun Violence
Insights – Bill
Durston, M.D., former emergency room physician, former US Marine, and now with
“Americans Against Gun Violence”, articulately expands the perspective and
magnitude of gun violence with history and statistics, including his ideas on
how to lessen the problem. February 2019 Listen
* Our Health Changes With Climate Changes – Lynn
Ringenberg, M.D., Professor Emeritus at the University of South Florida,
expresses her crisis but not panic level of concerns regarding how climate
warming and other changes impact our physical and emotional health. February
2019 Listen
Prisoner Suicide - Seena Fazel, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry
at the University of Oxford (England), studies this sizable problem. He speaks
to interesting findings and etiologies, which lead to useful suggestions.
January 2019 Listen
Executing Someone
Who No Longer Remembers Their Crime – US Supreme Court. Convicted of murder and sentenced to death,
post-sentencing medical changes argue there is no longer a memory of the crime;
should he be executed? Many associated
mental health issues. Argued in October 2018 as Madison v Alabama. January 2019 Audio available: Listen In February 2019, the court vacated the
lower court decision and remanded for
renewed consideration of his capacity to have a rational understanding of why
Alabama wants to execute him. Read
The Opinion – Audio Not Available
Teaching Psychotherapy to
Psychiatrists. Uma
Suryadevara, M.D., from the University of Florida, teaches psychiatry residents
the art and manners of verbal psychotherapies. She describes the reasons,
needs, and challenges of skills with this important aspect of mental health
care. December 2018 Listen
Cognitive Changes as a Domain
of Depression. Roger
McIntyre, M.D., a psychiatrist from University of Toronto, clearly explains the
now better understood cognitive changes during depressions. He also speaks to
key diagnostic processes and challenges, the roles of other conditions and
medication/substance use, etc. November 2018
Listen
On Depression by Someone Who
So Suffers. William
Storey suffers from depression. He eloquently articulates and explains his
resultant attitude, approach, what advice he offers, and his overall intriguing
conceptualizations. October 2018 Listen
Immigration and Judicially Mandated Family
Separations – The Psychological Aspects. Guadalupe
Lara, MSW, comments and looks at this process, focuses on the need to
understand the culture from which these children come, the roles of family, connections,
and love, feeling protected, potential long-term emotional sufferings, the
guilt felt by these children, etc. She
has worked with these groups. September
2018 Listen
The Other Pain Management Techniques. David
Casio, Ph.D., outlines the important, non-medical, ‘other’ and often quite
effective methods and approaches to managing chronic pain, how long it takes to
learn these methods, the positive outcomes, etc. September 2018 Listen
Sigmund Freud – The Only Known Audio Recording On December 7, 1938, a BBC radio crew recorded
Sigmund Freud in Hampstead, North London. Eighty-one years of age, suffering
from advanced jaw cancer. every word was spoken through agony. The pain was
unbearable, and several months later he asked his doctor to administer a lethal
dose of morphine. This is the only known
audio recording of Freud. Below is the
transcript Listen “I started my professional
activity as a neurologist trying to bring relief to my neurotic patients. Under
the influence of an older friend and by my own efforts, I discovered some
important new facts about the unconscious in psychic life, the role of
instinctual urges, and so on. Out of these findings grew a new science,
psychoanalysis, a part of psychology, and a new method of treatment of the
neuroses. I had to pay heavily for this bit of good luck. People did not
believe in my facts and thought my theories unsavory. Resistance was strong and
unrelenting. In the end I succeeded in acquiring pupils and building up an
International Psychoanalytic Association. But the struggle is not yet over.”
--Sigmund Freud, 1938
Common Sense Pain Management Approaches – Daniel Cartledge, M.D., gives
an approach style to appropriate pain management and work-up, concurrent
emotional problems, traditional and alternative interventions, the proper role
of cannabis, etc. August 2018 Listen
Insights Into Autism – Susan Kabot, Ph.D., speaks to the history and range
of presentations of autism, that is also an adult condition with social and
relationship realities, of its biases, how to manage it when a child and when
in the workforce, etc. August 2018 Listen
Transferring Trauma Across Generations.
Ira Brenner, M.D, speaks about psychological traumas and how the
impacts can be transmitted across generations, needed interventions, some
diagnostic and biological issues, etc.
July 2018 Listen
Ketamine – An Update. Robert Pollack, a psychiatrist, gives some history
of how this medication found a psychiatric utility, proper use protocols, what
is thought to be its mechanism of action, its potential future, etc. June 2018 Listen
The Transgender Person Brandi Baumkirchner, PhD, speaks to the inner feelings of gender dissonance, then transition
challenges, of helping transitioning families, the importance of using the
correct language, etc. May 2018 Listen
Attention Deficit Conditions in Older Adults. David Goodman, MD, emphasizes
the nature, treatment, proper diagnosis, and other measures of ADD disorders in
older adults. April 2018 Listen
Understanding The Placebo, Including Its Clinical Use Walter Brown, MD, from Brown
University, speaks to the fascinating history of, nature of, and the potential
clinical use of the placebo in treatment, including in substance abuse
treatment. April 2018 Listen.
Psychological Approaches To Trauma, Such As A
School Shooting. Danny Brom, Ph.D., founder of the Israeli Center for Treatment of Psychotrauma, lays out the nature of trauma and then gives
basic, time-proven suggestions to professionals, family, and the larger
community, on how to best understand and manage the levels of the emotional
responses, for different age groups, following such gruesome events. February
2018 Listen
The Emotional Component Of Pain. Jay Goldman, DDS and LCSW,
who ran the Orofacial Pain and TMJ Clinic at the NYU Dental School, gives
important perspectives on the understanding and treating of chronic pain. He is
now a psychotherapist. January 2018 Listen
Cellular Receptors. James Woods, a psychiatrist in Memphis, explains the notions and roles
of cellular receptors in the treatment of psychiatric conditions, and how
advances here will improve diagnostic and treatment accuracy. Common receptors
are 5HT’s for the serotonin and D2, D3, etc., for the dopamine systems. January
2018 Listen
The Process of Growing Up. Susan Neiman, Ph.D., director
of the Einstein Forum in Berlin, explores the experiences and stages needed to
‘grow up.” She brings us a thought provoking mixture of philosophical and other
processes in the development of maturity.
January 2018. Listen
Update/Overview of Movement Disorders. Bruno Gallo, M.D., a neurologist in Miami, speaks in an
understandable manner about ataxia, dyskinesia, Parkinson’s Disease, tremors,
chorea, etc. He talks of causes and of the established and new treatments. He
ends with an explanation of deep brain stimulation. December 2018 Listen
A County State Attorney’s Efforts To Conquer The
Opioid Crisis. Palm Beach
County (Florida) State Attorney Dave Aronberg gives an overview of the problem
and then speaks to his taskforce’s work to stop, using legal tools, the
destructive cycle of sober homes, patient brokering, and insurance loopholes
which feed and encourage the opioid crisis. This includes arrests made of those
involved with these activities, working with other groups and agencies, etc. November 2017 Listen
Cannabis and Chronic Pain – A Literature Review -- Devan
Kansagara, MD., speaks to the current station of cannabis use in the control of
chronic pain, the real research interests, suggesting how physicians should
address marijuana use with their patients, potential of risks, etc. November
2017 Listen
The Critical Psychology Of Living Spaces – Architect
Terrence Glassman on our connections to our living spaces, a bit of a history
overview, the emotional and functional aspects of a healthy environment and
sense of a safe community, his shift from knowing how to design to learning
what to design, etc. November 2017 Listen
Integrating Chronic Pain Treatment With
Co-Existing Mental Health Problems. David Cosio, Ph.D., addresses this
common problem and how to approach it. He offers his clinical experiences and
observations, with a co-emphasis on educating clinicians on the need for
treatment consistency and team efforts. September 2017 Listen
Residential Programs for the Mentally Ill – A Successful Model. Elaine Rothenberg, Ph.D., directs such
a program in SE Florida. With 20 years of existence, it has evolved into a
project that deserves a close study and considerable modeling. September 2017 Listen
The Binge Eater – Roslyn Malmaud, Ph.D.,
discusses the nature, common etiology, symbolisms, and treatment of binge
eating and this type of attachment to food. It happens in men too. This is an
understandable, ground level look at basic dynamics and real-time interventions.
August 2017 Listen
Tools for Tardive Dyskinesia and Parkinson’s Psychosis – Jonathan
Meyer, M.D., from the University of California-San Diego. Part one discusses
two new medications for tardive dyskinesia; part two addresses the psychosis
often seen in Parkinson’s Disease. Detailed, but easy to understand. August
2017 Listen
Understanding Hemingway’s Brain – Andrew
Farah, M.D., psychiatrically integrates the genetic background, the numerous
concussions, his alcoholism, his suicide, and his genius. August 2017. Listen
Mental Health in Saudi Arabia – Update.
Haifa Gahtani and Yasser Dabbagh, both psychiatrists in
Saudi Arabia, openly discuss the history and growing roles and practices of
mental health care in Saudi Arabia. Included are topics of culture and
religion, women, and even insurance issues. July 2017 Listen
The Opioid Crisis – Needed Information.
Robert Moran, M.D., psychiatry and addictionology,
outlines issues of etiology, prevention and intervention, the failure to use evidence based science and medicine, relapses, addiction and
pregnancy, etc. June 2017. Listen
Smoking – An Update from the CDC. Dr. Brian King, deputy
director at the U.S. Center for Disease Control, for Research Translation in
the Office of Smoking and Health, speaks to first hand
and second hand smoke, anti-smoking educational real successes and challenges,
acknowledged medical concerns, socioeconomic use patterns, state legislative
differences, smoking advertising, etc.
April 2017 Listen
Cultural Insensitivity, Prejudice, & Dangerous Profiling. Gail
Price-Wise discusses a famous Miami malpractice case which was the result of
defective and negligent culture-driven errors. She has since set up the Center
for Cultural Competence to study and teach how to defuse prejudice and related
bias. She shares her insights. March 2017
Listen
On Being a Cuban Refuge to the USA. Jose de la Gandara and Rigo Rodriguez are both
psychiatrists. Both left, as children, Cuba’s Castro government. They speak to
the emotional and mechanical processes, the impacts on their lives and
families, some of their personal histories when they lived in Cuba, of their
on-going concerns about human rights in Cuba and elsewhere, and the deep
insights from the residual and feelings that still live within them. January
2017 Listen
Genetic Testing and Mental Health Treatment. Catherine
Passariello, Ph.D., explains how to use genetic testing in psychopharmacology.
She also explains the differences between pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic
processes, a brief overview of epigenetics, etc. December 2016. Listen
My Yes, and Then My No, of Cigarette Use. Rebecca
Cox-MacDonald gives her story of tobacco use, why she started and how she
stopped. One element is to be passionate about quitting and to respect one’s
body. She is part of a U.S. Center for Disease Control anti-smoking project.
November 2016 Listen
On Women and Their Inner Lives – Jacqueline
Hobbs, M.D., from the University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry, speaks
to the traumas of sexual disrespect and abuse, cultural issues of expectations,
libido changes, breastfeeding, hormonal realities, pregnancy and/or post-partum
and mental illness, the need for a safe place to discuss these issues, etc.
October 2016 Listen
Poverty, Growth, and Mental Illness – Amanda
Terrell, Ph.D., offers her concrete professional observations and concerns. She
works to reach out to families to reduce how poverty impacts mental, social and physical growth. October 2016. Listen
L-Methylfolate, Homocysteine and Depression. – Andrew
Farah, M.D., revisits and details the roles of these substances in the
treatment of depression, the theory, the prospects, and how it may shift
approaches to some biological depressions. August 2016 Listen
Art Therapy – A Powerful Tool.
Myria Levick, Ph.D. is a pioneer, teacher, and
researcher in art therapy. She discusses, with examples, how useful it can be
across all ages and how it can be helpful to understand emotional and cognitive
development in children. She speaks as well about working with Anna Freud.
(Recorded in her living room.) July 2016. Listen
Dementia – Understanding and Managing. Kenneth
Kosik, M.D., neuroscientist and author from University of California (Santa
Barbara), speaks to the treatment, research goals and expectations, and
practical life style changes that can mitigate its
onset and course. June 2016 Listen
* Mental Health After Disasters – Orlando, et. al. -- Robert Ursano, M.D., Chair of Disaster Psychiatry for the American
Psychiatric Association, carefully explains typical post event reactions, the
better style of interventions, details acute from chronic reactions, etc. June
2016 Listen
‘Into The Magic Shop’ – James Doty, M.D., a neurosurgeon, retells the
story (in his book of the same name) that changed his life insofar as helping
him be a more humanistic physician, the role of mentors, pacing oneself, choice
of values, etc.,
all leading to the creation of the Center for Compassion and Altruism and
Education at Stanford University. May 2016 Listen
Living in the International Space Station – Tom
Marshburn, M.D., and an US astronaut, speaks to the science and his two
experiences in space, first working in the shuttle and then living in the space
station, and of the many research spin offs, the life patterns in space, of no
gravity, medical changes, etc., giving us many fascinating details. April 2016.
Listen
The Aging Process – Attitudinal and Other Aspects – Deirdre
Robertson, Ph.D., describes her research into cognitive and physical decline,
fragility, and how perceptions of aging mitigate the aging process, etc. From The Irish Longitudinal Study of Aging (www.tilda.tcd.ie). She is
now at Columbia University, NY. April
2016. Listen
Gambling – Luke Clark, Ph.D., from the University of
British Columbia, explains gambling: the impetus, evolving theories,
characteristics, the drive, that it is an addiction, and the interventions and
treatments. February 2016. Listen
The Zika Virus - Larry Bush, M.D., specializes in infectious
diseases. He examines the nature, history, and concerns with the Zika virus
outbreaks. February 2016. Listen
Helping Veterans – Mary Houlahan, R.N, and former Captain with the
US Marines, offers a poignant
explanation about the importance of knowing about a person’s military history
as part of their medical care, of trust issues with veterans, and of the
critical, yet simple and ever so powerful impact of reaching out to them.
February 2016 Listen
* As The Sea Level Rises – Roderick King, M.D., from the Florida Institute
of Health Innovation and an Associate Professor, Dept. of Public Health
Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, steadily details the
challenges, and how the world must coordinate efforts to offset and adapt to
changes in society, the geography of some of our communities, medical issues,
weather changes, etc., in response to global climate change. January 2016. Listen
Physician Burnout – Penelope Ziegler, M.D., outlines the process,
common causes, nature, and needed interventions related to physician burnout.
These patterns apply to other professions as well. Dr. Ziegler is the medical
director of the Professionals Resource Network (Florida). December 2015 Listen
All About Group Therapy – Holly Katz, Ph.D., explains the reasons,
approaches, roles, and great value of group therapy. She addresses the unique dynamics
occurring in groups, core differences support versus counseling groups, between
individual and group interactions, and doing so in an easy to understand and
engaging manner. She is the training director at the Faulk Center for Group
Therapy in Boca Raton, Fl. November
2015. Listen
My Life Being Bipolar – Hakeem Rahim suffers from a bipolar disorder.
He describes how the impact it has on his life. He works as a very active
advocate and speaks on mental health issues and challenges. Also attached at
the end of this interview is a recording of his testimony on mental health to a
US Congressional Committee. November 2015 Listen
* Sustainability Challenges – Cultural, Economic, and
Environmental – Natalie Schneider, Climate Change and
Sustainability Coordinator for Palm Beach County (Florida), outlines the
necessary concepts and challenges to maintain sustainability, how to grow in a
manner that allows future generations to have available resources, how people
adapt to these demands, etc. October 2015
Listen
Chronic Pain in Kids, Teenagers, and the Elderly – Kern Olson,
Ph.D., a pain psychologist, discusses the common pain types in these three
groups, and the importance of behavioral interventions, the ability to
articulate pain, family involvements, sleep issues, medications’ role, and
marijuana use, etc. October 2015. Listen
* Sugar Cane Burning – The Downwind Health Effects. Julia Hathaway, from the Sierra Club, describes
the concerns about the health effects of large scale sugar cane burning, and
why and how other countries use green harvesting instead. October 2015 Listen
* Pesticides and Our Health – Jeannie
Economos explains the serious health concerns regarding pesticide exposure,
including effects on human development, fertility, and disease, the need for
medical attention to occupational exposure, endocrine disruption, informational
links, and the Lake Apopka story. (Co-posted with Palm Beach County Medical
Society) August 2015 Listen
Pseudobulbar Affect – William Ondo, M.D., from the University of
Texas, explains this disorder, of how an expressed emotion is not always
matched to the felt emotion, its possible role in brain injuries, Parkinsonism,
Lew Gehrig disease, or dementia, and its history and its treatment. August 2015. Listen
Grassroots Mental Health – Pakistan. – Dr. Zulqurnain Asghar, a psychologist in Islamabad, describes
the unmet mental illness challenges in his country. These include his work with
a mental health camp and a program to empower women through education, designed
to prevent and deal with mental and other health problems. (More background at www.pmha.org.pk) July 2015. Listen
Three Psychiatrists’ Concerns About Marijuana – Three
psychiatrists, Aldo Morales, Dean Rotondo and Abbey Strauss, share their
concerns and experiences with the clinical aspects of marijuana use. From a
forum of April 29, 2015, in Palm Beach County, Fl. Opening comments by Donna
Hearn, Ph.D. July 2015 Listen
The Mental Health Court – Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren presides over the 18
year old award winning mental health court in Broward County, Florida. Hear her
intriguing comments to its history, philosophy, challenges, and style. June
2015 Listen
The Common Language of Science – In
September 1941, Albert Einstein wrote and read on London’s Science Conference this 8 minute piece on language, science, and mental
health. This is that essay in Einstein’s own voice. June 2015 Listen
Decriminalizing the Mentally Ill – Judge Steven
Leifman, 11th Judicial Court (Florida),
recounts his entry into dealing with the mentally ill, gives an overview and
history of mental health and the courts, why problems developed, and outlines
the good changes made in Dade County that can be a model for other communities.
May 2015 Listen
Flakka – Another Designer Drug -- Krithika
Iyer, M.D., explains the nature and great danger of this newest of the designer
drugs. Her comments stem from theory and actual clinical experiences with its
users. April 2015. Listen
Why Speak About ADD? -- Elias Sarkis, M.D., speaks to other aspects of
the condition, the differences between child and adult presentations, how it
can so dramatically impact the course of a person’s life, etc. April 2015 Listen
Dementia Update – Neil Buckholtz, Ph.D., Director of
Neurosciences at the National Institute of Aging (part of the NIH) discusses in
detail the state of the research and treatment domains for dementia. March
2015. Listen
Infidelity – Jesse Selkin, Psy.D., discusses the definition
of infidelity, culture variances, the role of web pornography, the role of
trust, and the nature of styles of relationships in which infidelity is
associated. March 2015. Listen
Telemedicine – Donna Vanderpool, J.D., a medical malpractice
carrier’s risk manager, explains the rising presence of telemedicine, it’s
history, it’s potential, and it’s dangers, including a discussing of privacy
and various state requirements, even for psychotherapy only. February 2015. Listen
Measles Again -- Really –
Larry Bush, M.D., explains why measles has returned, how it is spread,
the concepts and history of vaccinations, and that the major tools against
infection are sanitation and vaccination. February 2015. Listen
Post-Traumatic Growth -- Susan Gallagher-Ross, Ph.D., explains how
trauma can lead to growth with certain psychological concepts and approaches,
all to help people better develop and thrive following a crisis. She presents
some personal experiences as well. January 2015 Listen
Stalking – Phil Heller, Psy.D., talks with blunt detail
about the make-up of stalkers, rejection and rage, what triggers stalking, the
legal challenges, how to deal with it, etc. December 2014 Listen
The Robin Williams’ Suicide – Mindy
Rosenbloom, M.D., considers the reality and risk factors of depression and
suicide regardless of economic and social positions. We also spoke of the
special place Mr. Williams had in our society. November 2014 Listen
Sexual Pressures on Special Needs Girls – Maureen
Whelihan, M.D., a gynecologist, openly discusses the sexual worlds’
of special needs girls, including birth control, social pressures,
emancipation, relationships, advice to parents, etc. Some comments overlap the
needs of mainstream girls as well. October 2014 Listen
Effects of Adolescent Marijuana Use - Edmund
Silins, Ph.D., explains his recently published study on the consequences on
school completion, suicide, and subsequent illicit drug abuse in those who
smoked marijuana before and through age 17. October 2014. Listen
Latino’s and Their Mental Health Needs – Daniel
Jimenez, Ph.D., highlights the importance of critically understanding the
harmonics of cultural backgrounds of Latino’s when they have mental health
needs. October 2014. Listen
Inflammation and Psychiatry – A New World – Charles
Raison, M.D., explores this fascinating new world that connects inflammation
and psychiatric issues, the research, the theories, and the possible new set of
understanding and treatments. September 2014. Listen
Understanding Menopause -- Maureen
Whelihan, M.D., gynecologist, presents the practical data, interventions, and
some truths about this very real phase of life event. August 2014 Listen
The Industrialization of Marijuana: Reflections of Tobacco? Kimber Richter, Ph.D., (University of Kansas)
and Sharon Levy, M.D. (Harvard University) discuss the effects of
industrializing marijuana as a public health issue that reflects the history of the tobacco industry.
August 2014 Listen
Ebola -- Larry Bush, M.D., an infectious disease
specialist, explains Ebola and other viral concerns, including origin, spread,
treatment, and prevention. August 2014 Listen
Psychiatry and Space Travel – Ronald Moomaw, D.O., NASA flight
surgeon/psychiatry, explains the unique challenges and methods of supporting
those in long term space flight. He is directly involved with the International
Space Station project. A fascinating look into this area. July 2014 Listen
Ketamine and Depression. Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Chair of the Department
of Psychiatry (University of Miami) discusses the history, nature of, and
dangers to ketamine use as we currently understand it, but that careful
research with ketamine may give us clues and tools into a clinically safe
intervention to help the truly treatment resistant depression. July 2014. Listen
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Blending Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis – Mark
Solms, Ph.D., from South Africa, brings these two domains into a necessary
union because both are integral aspects of our lives. He is also co-chair of
the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society. June
2014. Listen
Cellular Receptors and Psychiatric Medications – Youssef Hausson, M.D., from Zucker-Hillside Hospital in New York
City, discusses the common cellular receptors (dopamine, serotonin,
norepinephrine, etc.) important to the treatment of certain psychiatric
conditions. June 2014. Listen
Medical Marijuana – David Gross, M.D., takes on this critical
topic. He discusses the possible medical potential that might follow
trustworthy scientific research, concerns with the exposure – especially to the
teenage brain -- to the marijuana plant, potential legal challenges, etc. April
2014 Listen
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