E18 - Is Marijuana Good or Bad for the Brain?

In this episode, Dr. Andy Cutler talks with Dr. Robert Cotes about optimizing outcomes in early psychosis and why the first episode is a critical window for intervention. They discuss the impact of duration of untreated psychosis, recovery trajectories after a first episode, and ...  Show more

PsychopharmaPearls is NEI's focused podcast series highlighting the clinical insights that can sharpen your prescribing decisions. In this episode, Dr. Andy Cutler talks with Dr. Lisa Harding about how to choose between IV ketamine and intranasal esketamine for patients with diff ...  Show more

Dr. Sportelli is a Medical Physician who received a Bachelors degree in Biology as well as a Masters of Science degree in Biology from Montclair State University. He attended NYIT School of Osteopathic Medicine, and upon graduating with Honors in clinical science, Dr. Sportelli p ...  Show more

Dr. Yasmin Hurd is the Director of the Addiction Institute within the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System as well as the Ward Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Dr. ...  Show more

What about medical marijuana as a treatment for bipolar disorder? Now that cannabis is legal in many states, many people want to try smoking as a primary treatment method. Realistically, even before cannabis was legalized and regulated, people touted its benefits as a treatment o ...  Show more

Join The Savvy Shrink as we interview Dr Laura Dabney, MD, psychiatrist, who specializes in helping people to have healthy relationships. We talk about boundaries, self care and personal growth within boundaried relationships and what to do if you suspect there might be emotional ...  Show more