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The Medical Mind
APA's Medical Mind Podcast covers the latest in psychiatric medicine and emerging trends in the field of mental health care. APA members and other health care professionals provide insight into the intersection between mind, brain and body. The Medical Mind is the home for all of APA's podcast content, and features new series and as well as highlights from AJP Audio, Finding our Voice, Psychiatric Services from Pages to Practice, and more. DISCLAIMER: This podcast is subject to the Terms of Use…
Episodes
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Positive Psychiatry with Dr. Dilip Jeste
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors speaks with Dilip Jeste, M.D., past president of the American Psychiatric Association and a…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: Digital Hyperconnectivity: A New Psychiatric Framework
How does constant digital connection affect our mental health, and when does technology use become harmful? In this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: GLP-1 Medications: What Psychiatrists Need to Know
GLP-1 medications are reshaping obesity care, but their potential impact may extend well beyond weight loss. In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host…
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Más allá del idioma: cultura, representación y atención de salud mental
En este episodio especial por el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, la Dra. Karen Martínez González, psiquiatra de niños y adolescentes y directora del Departamento…
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Women Psychiatrists Caucus Chats: Dr. Katherine Kennedy on Advocacy and Leadership in Psychiatry
In this episode Dr. Gupta is joined by Katherine G. Kennedy, M.D. Dr. Kennedy is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and a…
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Special Report: An Update on Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
In this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, host Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza welcomes back Dr. Rajesh Tampi for a broader look at how the diagnosis…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Mental Health After Disaster with Dr. Andrew McLean
Natural disasters can leave psychological effects that last long after the immediate crisis has passed. Host Erin Connors speaks with Dr. Andrew McLean, chair…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: Evidence-Based Management of Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
In this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza speaks with geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Rajesh Tampi about evidence-based approaches…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: Lithium Clinics and High-Risk Populations With Bipolar Disorder
In this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza speaks with Dr. Sarah El Halabi and Dr. Stephen J. Ferrando about why lithium remains…
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Women Psychiatrists Caucus Chats: Dr. Theresa Miskimen Rivera on Leading with Purpose
In this episode Dr. Gupta is joined by Theresa Miskimen Rivera, MD, DLFAPA. Dr. Miskimen Rivera is the former President of the American Psychiatric…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: What Psychiatrists Need to Know About AI with Dr. John Torous
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, Dr. John Torous, chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Digital Health, Innovation, and…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: Clinical Considerations of Cannabis Use in the Inpatient Medical Setting
In this June episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, host Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza speaks with Dr. Heather Murray of the University of Colorado about clinical…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: APA President Mark H. Rapaport, M.D.
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors speaks with APA President Mark H. Rapaport, M.D., about his vision for the year ahead and the…
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Women Leaders in Psychiatry: Dr. Marketa M. Wills on Leadership, Mentorship, and the Future of Psychiatry
In this episode of Women Leaders in Psychiatry, Dr. Anjali Gupta speaks with Dr. Marketa M. Wills, CEO and medical director of the American Psychiatric…
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Psych News Special Report: Conflict, Disaster, and the Psychiatry of Displacement
In this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, host Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza speaks with Dr. Sophia Matta about the May Psychiatric News article "Conflict…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Building Resilience
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors speaks with Nina Kraguljac, M.D., about what resilience really means through a mental health…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: The 'Lifelong' Psychotherapy Patient
This month on Psychiatric News Special Report, Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza is joined by clinical psychologists Dr. Erin Cassidy-Eagle and Dr. Janie Hong to discuss…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: Rethinking Pain as a Dual Diagnosis
In this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, host Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza speaks with Dr. Alexander Niculescu about pain as more than a physical symptom…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: A Closer Look at Women's Mental Health with Dr. Nancy Byatt
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors speaks with Dr. Nancy Byatt about women's mental health and the growing importance of…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: Barriers to Rehabilitation After Discharge
On this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, host Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza is joined by Dr. James Bourgeois, Vice Chair of Hospital Psychiatry Services at…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: The Future of the DSM
On this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors speaks with Dr. Maria Oquendo, Dr. Jonathan Alpert, and Dr. Nitin Gogtay about how a roadmap is…
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Mental Health Innovation Zone: From Clinic to Startup, Building Tools That Scale Care
On this episode of Mental Health Innovation Zone, Dr. Stephen Chan sits down with child psychiatrist and entrepreneur Dr. Monika Roots to unpack her path from…
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Psych News Special Report: Addressing Cognitive Error in Psychiatric Practice
On this episode of PsychNews Special Report, host Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza sits down with psychiatrist and author Dr. Paul Putman to explore how cognitive errors…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Dr. Petros Levounis on Dry January and What a Month Free From Alcohol Can Teach You
On this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors sits down with Dr. Petros Levounis to unpack the appeal of Dry January and what people can…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: APA's Year in Review with CEO & Medical Director Dr. Marketa Wills
In this holiday-season conversation, host Erin Connors sits down with APA CEO and Medical Director Dr. Marketa Wills to reflect on the year and look ahead to…
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Psych News Special Report: Communicating the Neurobiology of MDD
On this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, host Dr. Adrian Preda talks with psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Chloe Page about what modern brain…
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Mente sana, gente sana: fe, comunidad y salud mental
En este episodio de Mente Sana, Gente Sana, el Dr. Héctor Colón-Rivera se sienta con el psiquiatra e investigador en salud mental global Dr. Víctor…
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Breaking the Silence, Addressing Youth Suicide: APA Women's Caucus
In this episode of Breaking the Silence from APA's More Equity in Mental Health series, Dr. Laika Rose Simeon-Thompson sits down with child and adolescent…
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Psych News Special Report: 12 Notes About Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
On this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, Editor in Chief Dr. Adrian Preda sits down with Dr. Joshua Brown, a leading expert in neuromodulation and…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Dr. Drew Ramsey on Mental Fitness for the Holidays
Psychiatrist and author Dr. Drew Ramsey joins host Erin Connors to explore practical ways to protect mental fitness during the holidays, from setting…
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Psych News Special Report: AI-Induced Psychosis with Dr. Adrian Preda
This episode of PsychNews Special Report unpacks emerging evidence around AI-induced psychosis, drawing on the October issue's analysis by Dr. Adrian Preda…
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Breaking the Silence: Addressing Youth Suicide En Español
En este episodio de Breaking the Silence, la Dra. Ruby Castilla-Puentes y la Dra. Tatiana Falcone hablan sobre la prevención del suicidio entre los jóvenes…
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Psych News Special Report: Antidepressant Withdrawal with Dr. Bryan Shapiro
In this episode of Psychiatric News Special Report, host Dr. Adrian Preda speaks with Dr. Bryan Shapiro of UC Irvine about the often-overlooked issue of…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Lisa Ling & Dr. Gregory Scott Brown on Back to School Mental Health
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors speaks with award-winning journalist Lisa Ling and psychiatrist Dr. Gregory Scott Brown about…
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Mente Sana, Gente Sana: Apoyo a la salud mental de los inmigrantes
En este primer episodio de Mente Sana, Gente Sana, los presentadores Dra. Amalia y Dr. Héctor conversan con la Dra. Lisa Fortuna sobre los retos de salud…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Confronting the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors speaks with Dr. Jacob Lee, chair of the APA's Committee on Climate Change and Mental Health…
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Breaking the Silence, Addressing Youth Suicide Ep. 6: LGBTQ+ Caucus
In this episode of APA's Breaking the Silence series, Dr. Pratik Bahekar and Dr. Melvin Oatis delve into the complex and urgent issue of suicide risk among…
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Psych News Special Report: Immigration Policy, Trauma, and the Mental Health of Children
In this episode of the Psychiatric News Special Report podcast, Dr. Adrian Preda is joined by Dr. Lisa Fortuna, chair of the APA Council on Children…
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Breaking the Silence, Addressing Youth Suicide Ep. 5: IMG Caucus
In this episode of Breaking the Silence, Dr. Raman Marwaha—chair of the APA's International Medical Graduate (IMG) Caucus, is joined by Dr. Rama Rao for a…
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Women Psychiatrists Caucus Chats: Words of Wisdom with Dr. Carol Bernstein
This limited podcast series is brought to you by APA's Women Psychiatrists Caucus and hosted by Anjali Gupta, MD, President of APA's Women Psychiatrists…
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Breaking the Silence: Addressing Youth Suicide: Hispanic Caucus
This episode of Breaking the Silence examines the youth suicide crisis with a focus on Hispanic communities. Dr. Ruby Castilla-Puentes and Dr. Tatiana Falcone…
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APA Innovation Hour: Clinical Reasoning, Bias, and the Future of LLMs
In this episode of APA Innovation Hour, host Dr. Manu Sarma welcomes Dr. Ethan Goh, physician-scientist at Stanford and leading voice in AI and medicine, for a…
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Breaking the Silence: Addressing Youth Suicide Ep. 3: Black Caucus
In this episode of Breaking the Silence: Addressing Youth Suicide, Dr. Jonathan Shepherd sits down with Dr. Michele Reid, a seasoned community psychiatrist and…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Marcus Smith II on Athlete's Mental Health
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, host Erin Connors sits down with former NFL first-round pick Marcus Smith II, whose powerful story of anxiety…
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Breaking the Silence: Addressing Youth Suicide Ep. 2: Asian Caucus
In this episode of Breaking the Silence: Addressing Youth Suicide, Dr. Krysti Vo is joined by Dr. Poojajeet Khaira, a psychiatry resident and APA Foundation…
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Psychiatric News Special Report: Psychodynamic Approaches to Behavioral Change
In this Psychiatric News Special Report episode, host Dr. Adrian Preda speaks with Dr. Frederick Busch about how psychodynamic therapy can be adapted to…
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Breaking the Silence, Addressing Youth Suicide Ep. 1: American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian
In this premiere episode of Breaking the Silence: Addressing Youth Suicide, part of the APA's More Equity in Mental Health podcast series, host Dr. Helen…
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PsychNews Special Report: Validity in Psychiatric Diagnosis: Rethinking Mood Disorders
In this episode, Dr. Adrian Preda speaks with Dr. S. Nassir Ghaemi about the limitations of the DSM framework in diagnosing mood disorders and explores the…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Advocacy, Access, and Accountability With APA President Theresa Miskimen Rivera
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, APA President Dr. Teresa Miskimen Rivera discusses the outlook for her presidential year, and her focus on…
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PsychNews Special Report: Clozapine Revisited—Updates to the Gold Standard
In this episode of PsychNews Special Report, we explore the evolving landscape of clozapine therapy, reaffirming its role as the gold standard for…
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Women Psychiatrists Caucus Chats: Leading Forward with Dr. Rashi Aggarwal
This limited podcast series is brought to you by APA's Women Psychiatrists Caucus and hosted by Anjali Gupta, MD, President of APA's Women Psychiatrists…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Evolving Psychiatry Through a Neurodiverse Lens
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, psychiatrist Dr. Bernadette Grosjean shares her powerful journey of receiving an autism diagnosis later in…
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PsychNews Special Report: Palliative Psychiatry for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
In this episode, Psychiatric News Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adrian Preda speaks with Dr. Anna Westermair, a psychiatrist and researcher whose work focuses on the…
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PsychNews Special Report: February 2025 The Complexities of Medication Management in Psychiatry
This episode of Psych News Special Report delves into the complexities of prescribing psychotropic medications for medically ill patients. Dr. Adrian Preda and…
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Women Psychiatrists Caucus Chats: Pearls of Wisdom with Dr. Laura Roberts
This limited podcast series is brought to you by APA's Women Psychiatrists Caucus and hosted by Anjali Gupta, MD, President of APA's Women Psychiatrists…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: The High Stakes of Gambling: Addiction, Apps, and Mental Health with Dr. James Sherer
Dr. James Sherer joins us to break down the sharp rise in gambling addiction fueled by online platforms and sports betting. From the mental health fallout to…
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PsychNews Special Report: Exploring Psychodermatology with Dr. Mohammad Jafferany
This episode of Psych News Special Report delves into the emerging field of psychodermatology, exploring the intricate relationship between skin conditions and…
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APA Innovation Hour: Asynchronous Approaches to Mental Health Care with Dr. Peter Yellowlees
In this episode, Dr. Manu Sharma speaks with Dr. Peter Yellowlees about the transformative potential of asynchronous telepsychiatry. They explore how…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Dr. King Davis on Preserving the History of Central State Hospital
In this episode of Mental Health Pathfinders, Erin Connors speaks with Dr. King Davis about the historical significance of Central State Hospital, the first…
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Mental Health Pathfinders: Developing Practice Guidelines with Dr. George Keepers
In this episode of the Mental Health Pathfinders podcast, Host Erin Connors speaks with Dr. George Keepers about the recent updates to the practice guidelines…