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
- Copyright: Florida Psychiatric Society 2022
Podcasts:
Rosyln Malmaud, PhD, explains the binge eater, the etiology, symbolism of food, that it is also in men, and types of interventions.
Jonathan Meyer, M.D., from the University of California-San Diego. Part one discusses two new medications for tardive dyskinesia; part two addresses the psychosis often seen in Parkinson’s Disease. Detailed, but easy to understand
Andy Farah, MD, integrates his depressions, the heavy drinking, his head injuries, his suicide, and his genius
Two psychiatrists from Saudi Arabia discuss the nature and challenges of providing mental health care in Saudi Arabia.
Robert Moran, MD, psychiatry and addictionology, explains the issues of etiology and intervention, the inadequate use of evidence based knowledge, relapses, pregnancy, etc.
Dr Brian King is the deputy director at the U,S. Center for Disease Control for Research Translation in the Office of Smoking and Health.. He speaks to second hand smoke, educational efforts, known medical concerns, yet real successes lessening tobacco use, the remaining socioeconomic use patterns, etc.
Gail Price-Wise discusses a famous Miami malpractice case which was the result of defective and negligent culture-driven errors. She has since set up the Center for Cultural Competence to study and teach how to defuse prejudice and related bias. She shares her insights.
Two American psychiatrists discuss how and why, as children, they left Cuba, They speak to the processes, the struggles in Cuba, the work of immigrating, insights, and their on-going concerns with human rights both in Cuba and elsewhere. .
Catherine Passariello, Ph.D., explains how genetic testing can be used with psychopharmacology. She also gives some history, and an overview of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and epigenetics.
Rebecca Cox-MacDonald gives her story of smoking, and why and how she finally stopped. She is part of a CDC anti-spoking program.
Jacqueline Hobbs., M.D., psychiatrist, speaks to women's realities, situations of abuse, medications during pregnancy and breast feed, postpartum issues, PMS, libido changes in life, etc.
Amanda Terrell, Ph.D., works in programs to address the impact of poverty on physical, social, and emotional development. She discusses her observations, the program's outreaches, and other critical on-gong concerns.
Andrew Farah, MD, details the theory and interplay of l-methylfolate, homocysteine and depression. He explains how it is a different approach to some biological depressions.
Myria Levick, PhD, is a pioneer and leader in the theory and use of art therapy for all ages. She also speaks to her time working with Anna Freud. (Recorded in her living room.)
Kenneth Kosik, M.D., speaks on dementia, the etiology of, and practical ways to change life styles to mitigate its onset, research approaches, and other general observations. He is a reuroscientist/researcher/author at the Univ of California, Santa Barbara.
