Psychiatry Boot Camp

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3.4 Delirium: Pathophysiology and Management May 12, 2025

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Dr. Mark Oldham, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of Rochester Medical Center, President-Elect of the American Delirium Society, and Deputy Editor of the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, further explores delirium. This episode covers the pathophysiology of delirium including predisposing and precipitating factors, neurocircuitry, and neurotransmitters. We then discuss conceptual frameworks for management of delirium, the importance of identifying and addressing the underlying cause, and strategies for managing specific neuropsychiatric disturbances in delirium.

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3.3 Delirium: Clinical Features and Diagnosis May 12, 2025

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Supportive Psychotherapy: Structure, Empathy, and Evidence with Dr. John C. Markowitz May 05, 2025

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When you think about core topics in consultation-liaison psychiatry, “supportive psychotherapy” probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But maybe it should be.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. John C. Markowitz, Columbia psychiatrist, researcher, and co-author of Supportive Psychotherapy: A Guide, to talk about the therapy that “gets no respect.” Dr. Markowitz explains how this deceptively simple approach, built on empathy, affect, and alliance, rivals more “sophisticated” treatments for depression.

We explore why the most powerful interventions often come down to being present, listening well, and helping patients feel understood. And we talk about the threat facing psychotherapy itself and what we stand to lose if psychiatrists give it up.

Takeaways:

Supportive psychotherapy works and evidence shows it can be just as effective as CBT or IPT for depression.
Common factors like alliance, empathy, affect focus, and ritual account for much of what makes any therapy succeed.
Following affect matters emotions are uncomfortable, but they’re not dangerous, and they guide the healing process.
Less is often more letting patients lead, listening actively, and resisting the urge to “fix” can create deeper insight.
Psychotherapy is under siege and preserving its human core may be psychiatry’s most important act of resistance.

Selected references:

What is Supportive Psychotherapy? (Markowitz 2014)

Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (2022)

Psychiatrist Effects in the Psychopharmacological Treatment of Depression (McKay 2006)

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What Makes a Moment “Magic” in Psychiatry? Apr 28, 2025

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Welcome to Season 3 of Psychiatry Bootcamp.

This time, I’m stepping into the world of consultation-liaison psychiatry. The bridge between medicine and meaning. To kick things off, I’m joined by the legendary Dr. Allen Frances, former chair of the DSM-IV Task Force and Duke Psychiatry, who reminds us that the briefest interactions can be the most transformative.

We talk about what really happens when you walk into a hospital room: the loneliness, the fear, the need to be seen. Dr. Frances shares why “magic moments” aren’t superstition, but the heart of good medicine, and how to create hope in patients who’ve all but lost it.

Takeaways:

Every patient encounter is a chance for transformation, even a 15-minute consult can change a life.
Consult psychiatry lives between medicine and therapy and requires both logic and empathy.
Corrective emotional experiences can happen in moments, not months, when vulnerability meets presence.
Demoralization is the real danger, hope and understanding are often the most powerful treatments.
The “magic moment” is simply humanity made visible and it’s what patients remember long after the diagnosis.

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Season 3: Exploring Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Jan 10, 2025

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2.11 Schizophrenia Apr 29, 2024

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Dr. Sameer Jauhar, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Affective Disorders and Psychosis at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, and as a Consultant Psychiatrist at Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, introduces us to schizophrenia. Explore core clinical features of schizophrenia and what is known about the neuroscience of schizophrenia. We'll also discuss psychopharmacological and psychosocial treatment approaches, rooted in Dr. Jauhar's humanistic approach.

This episode is intended to supplement Dr. Jauhar's Lancet Seminar on Schizophrenia (2022).

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2.10 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Feb 20, 2024

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Dr. Laura Watkins, Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine, introduces us to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

We walk though the diagnostic criteria and discuss how these symptoms can impact a person's day-to-day life. We then learn to conceptualize PTSD in terms of both classical and operant conditioning. Finally, we explain evidence based psychotherapies for PTSD and conclude with a primer on psychopharmacology for PTSD.

Essential references:

1) Osser Psychopharmacology Algorithm for PTSD

2) Clinical Guidelines for PTSD (United States Department of Veteran's Affairs and Department of Defense)

3) This American Life: Ten Sessions

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2.9 Anxiety Disorders Jan 23, 2024

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Dr. John Walkup, Chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, and president-elect of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, introduces us to anxiety disorders.

We discuss the phenomenon of normal, adaptive anxiety and contrast this with symptomatology that may warrant a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder. We learn to appreciate anxiety disorders from a developmental lens, discuss clinical pearls for building a therapeutic alliance with anxious patients, and explore psychotherapies for anxiety disorders. We also discuss psychopharmacological considerations for both SSRIs and benzodiazapines.

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2.8 Depressive Disorders Jan 18, 2024

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Dr. Roger McIntyre, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto and Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, returns to introduce depressive disorders.

We differentiate normal "low mood" from conditions that warrant a psychiatric diagnosis. We discuss historical subtypes of depression and the current DSM specifiers for major depressive disorder. We review epidemiology, discuss the neurophysiology of depressive disorders, and then dive into treatment options.

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2.6 Borderline Personality Disorder (Good Psychiatric Management) Jan 18, 2024

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Dr. Lois Choi-Kain, Director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, introduces us to borderline personality disorder (BPD).

We discuss the prevalence, naturalistic course, and treatments for BPD. We explore BPD using the “Good Psychiatric Management” (GPM) model, which is intended to empower clinicians of all disciplines to manage patients with BPD effectively. We discuss the principles of GPM and walk through some examples of how it might be used in the clinical setting.

Book: Applications of Good Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide (Check your academic library!)

References:

(11:30) Grant BF, Chou SP, Goldstein RB, et al. Prevalence, correlates, disability, and comorbidity of DSM-IV borderline personality disorder: results from the Wave 2 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;69(4):533-545.
(12:30) Trull TJ, Jahng S, Tomko RL, Wood PK, Sher KJ. Revised NESARC personality disorder diagnoses: gender, prevalence, and comorbidity with substance dependence disorders. J Pers Disord. 2010;24(4):412-426.
(15:00) Gregory R, Sperry SD, Williamson D, Kuch-Cecconi R, Spink GL Jr. High Prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Psychiatric Inpatients Admitted for Suicidality. J Pers Disord. 2021;35(5):776-787.
(20:45) Kernberg O. Borderline personality organization. J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1967;15(3):641-685.
(29:30) Choi-Kain LW, Finch EF, Masland SR, Jenkins JA, Unruh BT. What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep. 2017;4(1):21-30.
(33:00) Skodol AE, Gunderson JG, Shea MT, et al. The Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study (CLPS): overview and implications. J Pers Disord. 2005;19(5):487-504.
(33:00) Temes CM, Zanarini MC. The Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2018;41(4):685-694.

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