The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society
Summary: Listen to 15-20 minute long interviews of experts on various topics related to mental and general health. The topics will be continuously expanded. The interviews are designed for both professionals and non-professionals. Topics range from climate change issues and the basis of new medication research, COVID-19 issues, the effect of media on girls's self-images, discussions of violence, same-sex marriages, pollution, bullying, divorce, OCD, addictions, borderline personality disorders, mental health issues in the deaf, hallucinations, obesity, addiction in physicians, TMS, depressions, anxiety and stress, hypnosis, bullying, emotional and sexual abuse, MAOI, domestic violence, IBS, self-cutting, medication and children, eating disorders, medication metabolism, pharmacogenomics, forensic issues, dementia, suicide psychiatric treatment, love, care-giving youth, teenage LGBT issues, stuttering, play, PTSD, medication side effects, the effect of war violence on children, and so on. Please note that any opinion or position expressed in these interviews is not necessarily that of the host or of the Florida Psychiatric Society. Any individual treatment decision must be the product of a proper doctor-patient interaction. Likewise, new or additional information on each topic may have developed since the time the interviews occurred. Consult your physician for such possible changes. Additional production funding support comes from the Wellington Retreat, Florida. Knowledge has the power to understand and improve ourselves.
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- Artist: Abbey Strauss MD
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Podcasts:
William Ondo, M.D., explains this condition that may have a role in Lew Gehrig's Disease, Parkinson Disease, brain injuries and dementia. He also speaks to its treatment.
Dr. Zulqurnain Asghar from Pakistan describes his efforts to improve outreach for mental health in Pakistan, including two of his effective programs using mental health camps and empowering women, through education, to be the owners of their own fates and bodies.
Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., Chairman Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, speaks to the if and how of understanding, preventing, and predicting violence.
Concerns about the use, safety and shift of attitudes towards marijuana policy and use. A forum. Introduction by Donna Hearn, Ph.D.
Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren presides over the mental health court in Broward County, Fl, She speaks to it's intriguing history, style, philosophy, and challenges. This is an award winning court.
In September 1941, Albert Einstein wrote and read on London’s 'Science Conference' this 8 minute piece on language, science, and mental health. This is that essay in Einstein’s own voice.
Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., from Columbia University (NY), reviews the nature of treatment, the history of psychiatric diagnosis, the interacting roles of verbal and biological interventions,, the DSM project,, and other notions key to psychiatric understanding and care.
Judge Steven Leifman, (Dade County Florida) recounts his entry into the world of the courts and the mentally ill, gives an overview of the history of these entities, offers insight into why problems developed, and tells of his process to make good changes in these areas in Dade County.
Krithika Iyer, M.D., explains the nature and great danger of this newest of the designer drugs. Her comments stem from theory and actual clinical experiences with it's users.
Elias Sarkis, M.D., mentions other aspects of ADD, the difference between child and adult conditions, it's impact on life's processes, etc.
Neil Buckholtz, Ph.D., Director of Neuroscience at the National Institute of Ageing (part of NIH) describes in detail the current treatment and research domains about dementia.
Jesse Selkin, Psy.D., discusses the definitions of infidelity, culture variances, the effect of web pornography, and some of the styles and dynamics of relationships associated with infidelity.
Donna Vanderpool, J.D., explains the advantages and dangers of telemedicine, privacy issues, an overview of common state laws, and how this will become more and more a part of the practice of medicine.
Larry Bush, M.D., explains why measles has returned, the nature and concepts behind vaccination,how two of the major tools in control of infections are sanitation and vaccination, etc.
Susan Gallagher-Ross, Ph.D.,introduces this exciting approach to dealing with trauma and how to psychologically grow from difficult experiences. She also openly discusses her own reaction to her cancer.
