Authors


Andres Barkil-Oteo, MD, MSc

Latest:

Supporting Health Care Workers in Distress While Avoiding “Trauma” Narratives

The current COVID-19 crisis is a wake-up call to how dangerously our health care workforce has been chronically over-stretched. Effective solutions are discussed.


Martino Belvederi Murri, MD

Latest:

Can Exercise Decrease Mortality Risk in Patients With Depression?

Physical activity and exercise are recognized as fundamental tools for reducing the impact of chronic diseases, including depression.


Panteleimon Ekkekakis, PhD

Latest:

Can Exercise Decrease Mortality Risk in Patients With Depression?

Physical activity and exercise are recognized as fundamental tools for reducing the impact of chronic diseases, including depression.


Leela Magavi, MD

Latest:

Treating ADHD in Children: Concerns, Controversies, Safety Measures

In this podcast, we speak with a psychiatrist about topics ranging from what prompted her to pursue a career in child psychiatry to treatment strategies and common conditions comorbid with ADHD.


Abhijit Ramanujam, MD

Latest:

TMS: A Useful Clinical Tool for Treatment-Resistant Depression

How can transcranial magnetic stimulation help patients with treatment-resistant depression?


Ashley VanDercar, MD, JD

Latest:

My Patient Lost Their Job…Now What?

Unemployment is associated with an array of social and psychological complexities, directly affecting patients' self-esteem and perceptions of self-worth. When a patient loses their job, the psychiatrist has 4 tasks.


Fara White, MD

Latest:

My Patient Lost Their Job…Now What?

Unemployment is associated with an array of social and psychological complexities, directly affecting patients' self-esteem and perceptions of self-worth. When a patient loses their job, the psychiatrist has 4 tasks.


Gaia Sampogna, MD, PhD

Latest:

Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Premature Mortality in Patients With Serious Mental Illness

The mortality rate is unacceptably high in patient with serious mental illnesses. Several psychosocial interventions have been developed that may benefit these patients.


Mario Luciano, MD, PhD

Latest:

Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Premature Mortality in Patients With Serious Mental Illness

The mortality rate is unacceptably high in patient with serious mental illnesses. Several psychosocial interventions have been developed that may benefit these patients.


Rachel Loewy, PhD

Latest:

Research in the Time of COVID-19: Virtual and Digital Technology in Studies of Early Psychosis

The use of technology that supports remote methods of communication, assessment, and mental health care has become more timely, and important for researchers to adopt, refine, and implement.


Dost Ongur, MD, PhD

Latest:

Research in the Time of COVID-19: Virtual and Digital Technology in Studies of Early Psychosis

The use of technology that supports remote methods of communication, assessment, and mental health care has become more timely, and important for researchers to adopt, refine, and implement.


Tara A. Niendam, PhD

Latest:

Research in the Time of COVID-19: Virtual and Digital Technology in Studies of Early Psychosis

The use of technology that supports remote methods of communication, assessment, and mental health care has become more timely, and important for researchers to adopt, refine, and implement.


Piper Meyer-Kalos, PhD, LP

Latest:

Promoting Resiliency After First-Episode Psychosis

Simple but powerful strategies for drawing on patients’ existing character strengths and long-term goals.


Ragy R. Girgis, MD, MS

Latest:

Research in the Time of COVID-19: Virtual and Digital Technology in Studies of Early Psychosis

The use of technology that supports remote methods of communication, assessment, and mental health care has become more timely, and important for researchers to adopt, refine, and implement.


Antonio Waldo Zuardi, MD, PhD

Latest:

Exploring the Relationship Between Cannabidiol and Psychosis

The acute psychotomimetic effect of cannabis is transitory, but evidence indicates that the chronic use, especially if started in adolescence, contributes to the occurrence of schizophrenia.


José Alexandre Crippa, MD, PhD

Latest:

Exploring the Relationship Between Cannabidiol and Psychosis

The acute psychotomimetic effect of cannabis is transitory, but evidence indicates that the chronic use, especially if started in adolescence, contributes to the occurrence of schizophrenia.



Harris A. Eyre, MD, PhD

Latest:

Our Brains Need Us to End Plastic Pollution

How can we halt the plastic crisis and end plastic pollution once and for all?


Thomas M. Dunn, PhD

Latest:

Clean Eating to the Extreme

Although weight loss may be a favorable feature of healthful diets, "clean eating" can be taken to extremes. In this video, we interview Thomas R. Dunn, PhD, author of a recent CME for Psychiatric Times. Orthorexia Nervosa.


Nicole Hawkins, PhD, CEDS

Latest:

Orthorexia Nervosa

With increasing interest in pathologically healthful eating, there is considerable need for additional research and psychiatrists who can diagnose and treat orthorexia nervosa (ON). 


Allie Shapiro, MD

Latest:

Clinical Insights for Treating Depression and Anxiety Youth

Child psychiatrists offer their real-world experience of what they have seen in practice, together with tips and suggestions for clinicians who may be seeing similar symptoms in their young patients.



Andrea Mendiola, MD

Latest:

The Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugees During the Pandemic

Assisting and empowering refugees is important now more than ever.


Lilanthi Balasuriya, MD, MMS

Latest:

The Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugees During the Pandemic

Assisting and empowering refugees is important now more than ever.


Randall Weingarten, MD

Latest:

The Art of Sharing

Thoughts on how we celebrate with our patients when they achieve a milestone in their work or convey a more finely tuned awareness of themselves.


Benjamin Druss, MD, MPH

Latest:

Addressing Premature Mortality: Living With Serious Mental Illness

Living with a mental illness is all too often accompanied by poverty and social disadvantage, which contribute to shortened life spans and reduced quality of life. However, there approaches for addressing many of the preventable causes of poor health and mortality in this patient population.


Emma E. McGinty, PhD, MS

Latest:

Early Mortality in SMI: Federal and State Policy Initiatives

Policy initiatives can improve both physical and mental health care quality and outcomes for those with serious mental illnesses.


Gail L. Daumit, MD, MHS

Latest:

Early Mortality in SMI: Federal and State Policy Initiatives

Policy initiatives can improve both physical and mental health care quality and outcomes for those with serious mental illnesses.


Eliza Buelt, MD

Latest:

The Never-Ending Loop: Homelessness, Psychiatric Disorder, and Mortality

Mental health conditions are highly prevalent in homeless populations. Further research and advocacy are needed to address the obstacles that homeless individuals encounter in accessing mental health care.


Jack Tsai, PhD

Latest:

The Never-Ending Loop: Homelessness, Psychiatric Disorder, and Mortality

Mental health conditions are highly prevalent in homeless populations. Further research and advocacy are needed to address the obstacles that homeless individuals encounter in accessing mental health care.

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