PsychEd Episode 39: Electroconvulsive Therapy...

Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This is our second book club episode centered around the novel Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health by Thomas Insel, MD.This book is a part memoir / part manifesto written by o ...  Show more

Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers harm reduction principles.Hosts: Dr. Andrew Nguyen, Dr. Zakia Hussain, and Shelly PalchikAudio editing: Dr. Kate BraithwaiteEpisode Evaluation: Dr. Angad SinghResources ...  Show more

Award-winning researcher ⁠Dr. Holly Swartz⁠ breaks down the "bipolar clock", and proposes a fresh approach to take charge of your bipolar symptoms by timing your light exposure, temperature, body position, eating, and social contact. Dr. Swartz also discusses the science behind s ...  Show more

Cluster B This show aims to educate the audience from a scientifically informed perspective about the major cluster B personality disorders: narcissism, histrionic, borderline, and antisocial. References: American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manu ...  Show more

In this groundbreaking episode, we dive into Bruce Levine’s explosive new article, “Scientific Misconduct and Fraud: The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin,” published on CounterPunch in January 2024. Levine’s critique reveals th ...

Professor Dr. Sheri Johnson (University of California Berkeley) and mental health educator Victoria Maxwell discuss the relationship between creativity and bipolar disorder, how to maintain creativity outside of mood episodes, and answer questions from the TalkBD audience.