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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Podcasts:
Joel Winner MD explains genetic testing, or pharmacogenomics, as a technique to identify how and why different people metabolize medications. Such knowledge can then help more safely choose medications or doses.
Pam Gionfriddo speaks to the importance of community support systems and programs to help with intervention, support groups and programs, and education. She also speaks to the role of mental health groups in political and public advocacy on behalf of the mentally ill and their family. .Ms. Gionfriddo is CEO of the Mental Health Association in Palm Beach County, Florida
Steve Resnick, MD, explains the nature of white and brown fat, insulin, why what once saved us is now killing us, childhood onset diabetes, and some simple but critical lifestyle changes needed to address the obesity epidemic.
Robert Moran MD straightforwardly outlines the state of knowledge, science, the use and real dangerous, of the designer drugs spice and kratom.
David Scheiderer MD explains the HPA axis and it's impact on our moods, as well as information about the new research on the role of inflammation and intestinal bacteria in moods, the gut-brain connection, etc.
Aldo Morales, MD, explains how monthly naltrexone injections block the euphoria from opiates and alcohol, and how this can help the addict in their treatment.
Donald Cavanaugh discusses his insider thoughts, observations and experiences about the psychological realities of same-sex marriages.
Susan Buchanan MD explains the impact of lead and mercury on fetal development, how to reduce the metal and pesticide exposures, etc. She also speaks about the endocrine disruptor influence on current living systems and across generations.
Andrew Rosen, PhD, examines the nature of the etiologies and treatments, personal self-image, possible denial, social and cultural perspectives,and other motivations and personality characteristics found in the obese person.
Shari Kaplan, LCSW, outlines the critically important steps in dealing with the emotions both in an abused child and those within his/her parents.
Mindy Rosenbloom MD,a psychiatrist from Brown University, explains why a correct diagnosis can be missed.
Robert SIlber MD explains the characteristics of IBS, how to do a proper work-up, treatment types, and the 65% overlap with psychiatric disorders.
Joshua Kantrowitz MD explains the growing and exciting science of NMDA and glutamate's roles in understanding, and perhaps treating, schizophrenia, including what agents are in clinical research.
Joan Magill, PsyD, returns with a further discussion of the very common problem of holiday blues,how it is real suffering, and how it differs from major depressions, causes and interventions, personal expectations and disappointments, anniversary grief and lost feelings even away from the standard major holidays, etc
Ryan Hall, MD, forensic psychiatrist, discusses complex aspects of pedophilia: the types, origins, definitions, victim treatment, offender treatment, frequency, relapse, and the impact of computer pornography.
