Learn Psych Podcast

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025 - Borderline Personality Disorder with Dr. Heather Schultz! Feb 05, 2018

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The Learn Psych Podcast returns from its prolonged holiday hiatus with a great new episode! Join us today as we discuss Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a cluster B disorder which many clinicians find difficult to treat. We are joined by Dr. Heather Schultz who will give us tips and advice to turn this sometimes challenging population into a rewarding one. In addition, she will go over diagnostic criteria, evidence based treatments, and some clinical examples. Plus, we play a little game at the end! Thanks for listening.

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024 - Forensic Psychiatry with Dr. Lisa Anacker Dec 01, 2017

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Forensic Psychiatry:

In this month's episode, we continue exploring psychiatry fellowships by talking about forensic psychiatry. Forensics is a large field so today's episode tries to focus in on the criminal aspect of the subspecialty. Dr. Anacker discusses what got her interested in forensics and then we talk about forensic evaluations, the insanity defense, violence risk assessment, and guns. Even if you are not interested in forensic psychiatry, it is a great discussion. Hope you enjoy!

Actuarial Risk Assessment Instruments mentioned today:

PCLR - psychopathy checklist revised

V-RAG - violence risk appraisal guide

COVR - classification of violence risk

HCR-20 - historical clinical risk management tool

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023 - Geriatric Psychiatry with Dr. Laurie Boore-Clor Nov 01, 2017

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This month's episode looks at what happens when psychiatry patients enter the golden years. That's right, we explore the subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry. We talk with a geriatric psychiatrist about why she chose the field, what keeps it fun and interesting, as well as different challenges the elder patient brings to the visit. The episode is full of great tips, fun stories, and is intended for everyone. Even if you are not interested in geriatric psychiatry, it is a great discussion. Hope you enjoy!

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022 Global Mental Health with Dr. Nakita Natala Oct 01, 2017

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Today, we go global! Dr. Nakita Natala makes her first podcast appearance to discuss one of her passions - global mental health. It is an interesting talk looking at the big picture of global mental health and then diving into Dr. Natala's own experiences in the field. There are some interesting stories and this episode provides some cool insights into the challenging, yet rewarding, field. Enjoy!

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021 Dangers of Co-Ingestion with Julie Buckner and Dr. Allison Lin Sep 01, 2017

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There is a hidden danger on college campuses across the country.

Today, we examine this danger of combining stimulants and alcohol. We first speak with Julie Buckner, who started a foundation in her son's honor on his topic, after his life was tragically cut short.

Then, we interview Dr. Allison Lin, an addiction psychiatrist at the University of Michigan, to learn more about addiction in general.

Hope you enjoy it!

Some resources we discussed today:

www.joshelevinefoundation.org

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020 Handling Drug Seeking Behavior Part 2 with Dr. Jouney & Dr. Wang Aug 01, 2017

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In this episode, we create a role play scenario of a patient who presents on a very complicated psychotropic medication regimen seeking yet more controlled substances. Dr. Jouney and Dr. Wang will role play the scenario, and then we have a group discussion of the approach to take when you encounter similar situations. Lots of valuable clinical pearls within.

019 Handling Drug Seeking Behaviors Part 1 with Dr. Ed Jouney and Dr. Jenny Wang Jul 01, 2017

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Episode 019: Handling Drug Seeking Behaviors Part 1

In this episode, we create a role play scenario of a challenging patient who presents seeking benzodiazepines. Dr. Jouney and Dr. Wang will role play the scenario, and then we have a group discussion of the approach to take when you encounter difficult patients who are seeking controlled substances.

Part 2 of this series will be coming out on August 1, 2017, and will have a similar role play, but involving a different scenario with a patient on a very complicated medication regimen.

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018 Cognitive Distortions with Dr. Ricks Warren! Jun 01, 2017

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Psychiatry is more than just medicine...there is that whole talking part too!

Today, we welcome Dr. Ricks Warren a psychologist at the University of Michigan to talk about cognitive distortions and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). We delve into both topics to discuss what they are, how they affect a person's mood, and how CBT works as a treatment. We also tried out some provider/patient role playing to really demonstrate how easily cognitive distortions seep into our thoughts. Hope you enjoy it!

Some resources we discussed today: