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:
John Kane, MD, discusses ideas about the causes, treatments and concepts of schizophrenia.
Robert Hare, PhD, author of the widely used Hare Psychopath Check List, discusses the nature, causes, and other aspects of psychopathic behavior.
An overview of the nature, causes and treatments of the common eating disorders
Mark Gold MD discusses addiction as a brain disease. Included in the interview is the fact that tobacco is the number one addiction.
Ed Shorter MD is a professor of medical history. Enjoy his observations and views on the changes and direction of psychiatry and mental health over the years.
A clinical psychologist discussed the notions behind, and the techniques used, in the non-medical treatment of anxiety disorders. These disorders include shyness, phobias, panic and anxiety, etc.
A psychiatrist discusses and outlines the important issues of finding and treating depressions in the elderly. There is a disturbing incidence of suicide in this age group. Many depressions are readily treatable. Some depressions can present as what may be considered dementia.
A sleep specialist discusses sleep, sleep apnea, sleep medications, and how sleep issues co-exist with, can cause or worsen, and therefore overlap with, many psychiatric conditions.
A look at the role and notions of using neuromodulation in the treatment of certain psychiatric disorders. The techniques include TMS, DBS, ECT and VNS.
An Israeli psychologist discusses the work being done with children in Israeli war zones following attacks. The work is through the Natal Organization.
The nature, common use,and concerns with the the use of marijuana.
Stefan Pasternack, MD and a psychoanalyst, looks at the meaning, origin and role of love in our lives.
A child psychiatrist discusses the proper diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues in children and adolescents. Included are discussions of the concepts of bipolar disorders in youngsters.
