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Clinical Psychiatry
Adult Psychiatry
Episode 001: The Basics of the Psychiatric Interview
Episode 006: Sensorium Part 1: Total Brain Function Optimization
Episode 008: Schizophrenia with Dr. Cummings: Controversies, Brain Science, Crime, History,
Exercise, Successful Treatment
Episode 011: Sensorium Part 4: Medications, Drugs (THC, Alcohol), Medical Issues, Sleep, and
Episode 013: Postpartum Depression with Dr. Pereau
Episode 014: Hormonal Contraceptives and Mental Health
Episode 019: How Psychiatric Medications work with Dr. Cummings
Episode 020: The History and use of Antipsychotics
Episode 024: The History, Mechanism and Use of Antidepressants
Episode 025: The History and Nuances of Bipolar Illness
Episode 031: Psychiatric Approach to Delirium with Dr. Timothy Lee
Episode 033: Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Episode 035: ADHD: Diagnosis, Symptoms &Treatment
Episode 037: How to treat violent and aggressive patients
Episode 039: Depression and Anxiety in Geriatric Patients
Episode 040: Reducing Inpatient Violence in a Psychiatric Hospital
Episode 046: Do I have Schizophrenia?
Episode 047: Schizophrenia, Differential Diagnosis & DSM5
Episode 048: The Unspeakable Mind – Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontline of
Episode 049: Clozapine for Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia
Episode 051: An Inside Look At Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, & Orthorexia
Episode 054: Suicide Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments
Episode 057: Why Lithium is a Great Option for Treating Bipolar, with Dr. Walter A. Brown
Episode 058: Lithium Indications, Mechanism, Monitoring, & Side Effects
Episode 060: Genetics and Environmental Factors in Suicide
Episode 061: Deciding for Others: Involuntary Holds and Decision Making Capacity
Episode 071: Valproic Acid: History, Mechanism, Treatment in Bipolar, Schizophrenia,
Aggression and Side Effects with Dr. Cummings
Episode 073: Catatonia: Diagnosis and Treatment
Episode 075: Cancer: Depression, Anxiety, And Hypoactive Delirium – A Dive Into Psycho-
Episode 091: Nortriptyline and the Tricyclic Antidepressants with Dr. Cummings
Episode 102: Anticholinergic Burden
Episode 108: Munchausen Syndrome, Factitious Disorder, Malingering, and Munchausen
Episode 109: Duloxetine and the SNRIs Deep Dive Part 1 with Dr. Cummings
Episode 112: Duloxetine and the SNRIs Deep Dive Part 2
Episode 115: Borderline Personality Disorder: History, Symptoms, Environment, Genetics &
Episode 117: Psychotic Disorders: Comorbidity Detection Improves Diagnosis, Treatment, and
Outcome with Expert Jeffrey Paul Kahn, M.D.
Episode 119: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Episode 122: Alzheimer’s Dementia
Episode 124: Commonly Prescribed Sleep Medications and Treatment for Insomnia
Episode 127: Using Antipsychotic Plasma Levels – Therapeutic Threshold
Episode 129: Psychosis: Management of Complex Treatment-Resistant Psychotic Disorders
Episode 132: Practical Psychopharmacology with Dr. Goldberg
Episode 141: Psychopharmacology Mediators
Episode 145: How to Manage Aggression with Psychopharmacology in an Inpatient Setting
Episode 152: ECT Efficacy and Controversies with Dr. Cummings
Episode 157: Polypharmacy in Psychiatry
Episode 158: Obesity and Weight Loss with Endocrinologist Rocio Salas-Whalen
Episode 166: Identifying Malingering with Dr. Phillip Resnick
Episode 167: Long-Acting Injectables with Dr. Cummings
Episode 169: Social Anxiety with Dr. Cummings
Episode 174: “Serotonin Toxicity”, Otherwise known as Serotonin Syndrome
Episode 182: Opioid Use Disorder with Dr. Cummings
Episode 183: Xylazine, Methamphetamines, Bath Salts, and Spice with Dr. Cummings
Episode 193: Buprenorphine and Opioid Use Disorder Management with Dr. Neal Christopher
Episode 197: Sick Enough: Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani On Eating Disorders
Episode 201: Psychotic Depression with Dr. Cummings
Episode 207: 5 Factors and Domains of Psychiatric Care
Episode 210: Q&A with Dr. Michael Cummings
Episode 211: Early Psychosis: Detection and Treatment
Child Psychiatry
Episode 004: Inpatient Child and Adolescent Suicidality, “Culture of Death”, “13 Reasons
Episode 136: Turn Autism Around with Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera
Episode 162: The Autism Wave with Dr. Cummings
Episode 180: Psychotherapy for Psychosis with Dr. Michael Garrett
Episode 181: Alcohol Use Disorder with Dr. Cummings
Psychotherapy
Episode 002: Cognitive Distortions and Practicing Truth
Episode 005: A Journey Learning Psychotherapy
Episode 021: How to Fix Emotional Detachment
Episode 026: Setting Boundaries in Relationships
Episode 027: How to Treat Emotional Trauma
Episode 028: Therapeutic Alliance Part 1
Episode 029: What is psychodynamic theory?
Episode 032: Therapeutic Alliance Part 2: Meaning and Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy
Episode 036: Therapeutic Alliance Part 3: How Empathy Works and How to Improve It
Episode 041: Therapeutic Alliance Part 4: What is Transference and Countertransference?
Episode 043: How to Help Patients with Sexual Abuse
Episode 050: The Process of Grief
Episode 053: Frontal Lobe Damage: Treating Patients through Grief, Acceptance, and Growth
Episode 055: How to Pick a Good Therapist
Episode 062: Therapeutic Alliance Part 5: Emotion
Episode 069: Therapeutic Alliance Part 6: Attachment Types and Application
Episode 070: Connecting with the Psychotic Patient, Therapeutic Alliance Part 7
Episode 077: Getting Better Results from your Patients as a Psychotherapist
Episode 082: How Does Mental Pain, Meaning in Life & Locus of Control Influence Suicidality
Episode 087: Disorganized Attachment: Fear without Solution
Episode 088: Disorganized Attachment: Fear Without Solution Part 2
Episode 103: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Dr. Steven Hayes
Episode 126: Psychotherapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Episode 130: Borderline Personality Disorder: Psychotherapy Schema Therapy
Episode 138: Working with Spiritual Struggles in Psychotherapy
Episode 140: Borderline Personality Disorder: Common Factors in Effective Therapies with Dr.
Episode 144: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D.
Episode 148: Karen Horney: Neurosis and Human Growth
Episode 150: Wishes and Fears – in Couples Therapy: Dan Wile and Dorothy Kaufmann
Episode 151: Dr. Robert Feinstein Learning Psychotherapy
Episode 154: The Integration of Psychotherapy as a Treatment Modality
Episode 159: What is Parental Alienation?
Episode 164: Listening Psychodynamically
Episode 168: Obsessive-compulsive Personality and the Personality Continuum with Dr.
Episode 171: Nancy McWilliams on Mental Health, Transference and Dissociation
Episode 175: Partial and Intensive Outpatient Program for Psychosomatic and Medical Illness
Episode 177: How Anxiety Can Lead to Growth
Episode 178: Red Face: Social Anxiety with Russell Norris
Episode 185: Narcissism with Jonathan Shedler
Episode 186: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Psychotherapy Results with Dr. Scott Miller
Episode 188: Depersonalization and Derealization
Episode 189: Non-Violent Communication with Matthew Lederman, MD
Episode 195: Dr. Robert Sapolsky: Baboons, Stress Research, Connection and Determinism
Episode 199: Motivational Interviewing with William Miller
Episode 202: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) with Dr. Judith Beck
Episode 203: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Lasting Impact on Health: A Comprehensive Guide
Episode 205: Beginning Treatment with Jonathan Shedler, PhD
Episode 208: What People Want From Therapy
Episode 209: PTSD and Cognitive Processing Therapy with Patricia Resick
Other
Forensic Psychiatry
Episode 003: Psychopathy with Michael A. Cummings M.D.
Episode 038: The Dark Triad (Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism), sexually violent
predators, Ted Bundy, and porn
Episode 072: How Much Violence is Due to Mental Illness?
Episode 093: Forensic Pedophilia
Episode 094: Cuties and the Oversexualization of Children in Our Culture
Episode 114: How To Identify A Female Psychopath
Episode 116: Interview on Psychopathy with Expert Carl Bruce Gacono, Ph.D., ABAP
Episode 123: Mass Shootings: An Interview with Criminologists Drs. Jillian Peterson and James
Densley, the Argument for Data-Driven Nuance, and Steps for Prevention
Episode 156: What Causes Mass Shooting in America?
Book Club
Episode 113: Book Club: Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search For Meaning”
Episode 120: Book Club: Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations”
Episode 128: Dostoevsky – Crime and Punishment
Episode 133: Blitzed: Nazi Germany, Hitler, Pervitin (Methamphetamine)- How Drugs
Big 5 Personality Traits
Episode 092: The Big Five: Neuroticism Part 1
Episode 095: The Big Five: Neuroticism Part 2
Episode 097: The Big Five Personality Traits: Conscientiousness Part 1
Episode 098: The Big Five: Openness
Episode 099: The Big Five: Conscientiousness Part 2
Episode 100: The Big Five: Agreeableness
Episode 101: The Big Five: Extraversion
Microexpressions
Episode 015: Microexpressions to Make Microconnections Part 1
Episode 016: Microexpressions: Fear, Surprise, Disgust, Empathy, and Creating Connection
Episode 017: Microexpressions in Psychotherapy Part 3
Episode 118: Using Microexpressions To Improve Empathy, Therapeutic Alliance & Emotional
Intelligence (Therapeutic Alliance Series Part 8)
Popular Culture
Episode 045: Schizophrenia in Film and History
Episode 067: Joker: An In Depth Character Analysis
Episode 121: Britney Spears – Discussion with a Conservatorship Lawyer and Several
Episode 161: The Encouraged Suicide of Conrad Roy by Michelle Carter
Diet and Exercise
Episode 009: Diet Optimization for Cognitive Function and Brain Optimization
Episode 010: Sensorium Part 3: Exercise as a Prescription for Depression, Anxiety, Chronic
Stress (like Diabetes) and Sensorium
Episode 012: Performance Enhancement with Dr. MaryEllen Eller
Episode 018: Prescribing Strength Training for Depression
Episode 059: Which Foods are Good for Mental Health?
Episode 096: The Best Exercise Program for Depression
Episode 131: Diet to Treat Depression and Anxiety
Episode 142: Exercise as a Drug for Mental Health and Longevity
Episode 163: Dr. Chris Palmer: Ketogenic Diet for Mental Health
Episode 165: Exercise for the Brain
Episode 179: Exercise & Mental Health 2023 Update
Episode 187: Best Diet For Mood Update 2023
Neuroscience
Episode 023: Emotional Shutdown – Understanding Polyvagal Theory
Episode 056: Is Elon Musk’s Neuralink a Science Fiction Horror Show or the Salvation of
Episode 139: Affective Neuroscience in Psychotherapy with Francis Stevens, Ph.D.
Episode 153: Consciousness & Emotion with Mark Solms
Ketamine and Psychedelics
Episode 030: Ketamine and Psychedelics with Dr. Michael Cummings
Episode 104: Psilocybin Therapy Part 1: History, Pop Culture, Safety and Side Effects, MDMA
Episode 106: Psilocybin Therapy – Part 2: Clinical Trials, Secondary Effects, Brain Imaging,
and the Future of Psilocybin Therapy
Episode 137: Ketamine Update with Brandon Kitay, M.D.
Episode 176: Microdosing LSD & Psilocybin: The Future of Psychiatry or Placebo?
COVID-19
Episode 076: COVID-19: Dealing with Panic, Anxiety, Delirium, and Mental Health
Episode 078: COVID-19 and the Brain: Delirium & Viral Encephalitis
Episode 079: Courage to have the Tough Conversations in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Episode 080: Meaning and Decision Making in times of Crisis
Episode 081: The Link Between Unemployment, Depression and Suicide in the COVID-19
Race
Episode 083: Racism & Trauma: Discussion with Danielle Hairston M.D.
Episode 143: Overdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in Black Patients
Helping the Mental Health Professional
Episode 007: Physicians Receiving Treatment, with Dr. Trenkle
Episode 028.5: Advice for Medical Students applying to Psychiatric Residency with Dr.
Episode 063: Interviewing Well For Psychiatry Residency & Beyond
Episode 090: How to Rock the USMLE Step 1 (or Any Big Test)
Episode 105: Vulnerability and Imposter Syndrome with David Burns
Episode 107: Hero’s Journey: Getting Rid of the Faulty Narratives
Episode 110: The Hero’s Journey for the Mental Health Professional
Episode 173: Real Self-Care with Pooja Lakshmin, M.D.
Social Media and Mental Health
Episode 065: Is Social Media Good for Mental Health
Episode 160: The Psychology Behind Catfishing
Substance Use
Episode 044: Marijuana and Mental Health
Episode 064: Does Cannabis Use Increase Schizophrenia and Psychosis?
Episode 066: Fentanyl: The Next Phase in the Opiate Epidemic
Other
Episode 022: The Psychology of Procrastination
Episode 034: Understanding Placebo
Episode 042: The Science Behind Forgiveness and How it Affects Our Mental Health
Episode 052: An Introduction to Psychodermatology: “The Mind-Skin Connection”
Episode 068: IQ: Predictability, Influences, Genes, Environment, & Trauma
Episode 084: Free Will in Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Part 1
Episode 085: Free Will in Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Part 2
Episode 086: Free Will in Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Part 3
Episode 089: How to Retire Happy with Dr. Osorio
Episode 125: Treating the VIP: Physicians and the Famous or Wealthy
Episode 134: The Strengths of Dyslexia
Episode 135: From Survive to Thrive with Margaret Chisolm, M.D.
Episode 155: Is Depression a Chemical Imbalance?
Episode 172: Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia with Nicholas Reid
Episode 200: 200 Episodes Later: A Journey Through Psychiatry Podcasting with Dr. Puder