Episodes
This episode features an excerpt from the presentation, "Cultivating Future Generations of APA Leadership". Doctors Jacqueline Feldman and Dwight Kemp of the University of Alabama at Birmingham explore present efforts, discuss barriers to recruitment and retention, and review the necessary skills sets of good leaders.
Published 07/30/21
Published 07/30/21
This episode features an excerpt from the presentation, "Tell Me Something Good" by veteran NPR reporter Jacki Lyden, who discusses with compassion and humor the shifting narratives of family sacrifice, luck, and endurance that have made her and her mother long-term survivors. Lyden is the 2021 recipient of APA’s Patient Advocacy Award.
Published 07/21/21
This episode features an excerpt from the presentation, " The Carbon Footprint of Cancelling the APA, a Virtual Match, and More: Impacts of Psychiatric Activity on Global Warming" by Dr. Elizabeth Haase of Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center and the University of Nevada School of Medicine at Reno. She reviews the carbon footprint of the US healthcare system and of psychiatry specifically and describes the most effective ways to reduce the environmental impact of psychiatry.
Published 07/20/21
In this special series from The Medical Mind podcast, we’re sharing select highlights from APA On Demand 2021, an online collection of expert-led presentations covering emerging clinical topics, cutting-edge science and new therapies. In this episode, Dr. Damon Tweedy, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine, explores how the events of 2020 have disproportionately been linked to the experiences of Black people in the United States a
Published 07/01/21
This special episode is co-presented by SMI Adviser, a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness; and by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. SMI Adviser is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and administered by the American Psychiatric Association. These podcasts include the real-life experiences of people with mental illness and family members. Some of the content includes discussions of topics such as suicide attempts and may be...
Published 12/20/20
This special episode is co-presented by SMI Adviser, a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness; and by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. SMI Adviser is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and administered by the American Psychiatric Association. These podcasts include the real-life experiences of people with mental illness and family members. Some of the content includes discussions of topics such as suicide attempts and may be...
Published 12/04/20
This special episode is co-presented by SMI Adviser, a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness; and by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. SMI Adviser is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and administered by the American Psychiatric Association. These podcasts include the real-life experiences of people with mental illness and family members. Some of the content includes discussions of topics such as suicide attempts and may be...
Published 11/20/20
This special episode is co-presented by SMI Adviser, a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness; and by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. SMI Adviser is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and administered by the American Psychiatric Association. These podcasts include the real-life experiences of people with mental illness and family members. Some of the content includes discussions of topics such as suicide attempts and may be...
Published 10/09/20
This special episode is co-presented by SMI Adviser, a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness; and by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. SMI Adviser is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and administered by the American Psychiatric Association. These podcasts include the real-life experiences of people with mental illness and family members. Some of the content includes discussions of topics such as suicide attempts and may be...
Published 10/09/20
In this special series from The Medical Mind podcast, we’re sharing select highlights from APA On Demand 2020, an online collection of expert-led presentations covering emerging clinical topics, cutting-edge science and new therapies. In this episode, psychiatry professors Dr. Holly Swartz, at University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Michael Ostacher, at Stanford University, discuss Bipolar II Disorder. Their talk addresses the disorder, comorbidities, diagnosis and treatment. You can learn more...
Published 06/22/20
In this special series from The Medical Mind podcast, we’re sharing select highlights from APA On Demand 2020, an online collection of expert-led presentations covering emerging clinical topics, cutting-edge science and new therapies. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Morganstein, Chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Committee on the Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster, discusses how global pandemics, such as COVID-19, create profound social, economic, and psychological disruption. You...
Published 06/08/20
In this episode, Yuri Maricich of Pear Therapeutics and John Torous of the American Psychiatric Association's Health Information Technology Committee weigh in on mobile mental health apps: what’s new, what you need to know to evaluate an app, and what might be on the horizon.You can learn more about the APA App Evaluation Model and the Mental Health Innovation Zone on psychiatry.org.We want to know more about Medical Mind listeners! Take a minute to complete a brief listener survey at...
Published 12/31/19