Podcasts about psychiatric epidemiology

Découvrez le livre NEUROSAPIENS ! Pour apprendre à créer rapidement et à moindre coût son podcast, c'est par ici ! Recherches et écriture : Thaïs MarquesProduction, animation, réalisation : Anaïs RouxInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/neurosapiens.podcast/neurosapiens.podcast@gmail.comProduit et distribué en association avec LACME Production.Références : Crone, E. A., & Konijn, E. A. (2018). Media use and brain development during adolescence. Nature Communications, 9(1), 588. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03126-xDienlin, T., & Johannes, N. (2020). The impact of digital technology use on adolescent well-being. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 22(2), 135–142. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.2/tdienlinHarris, B., Regan, T., Schueler, J., & Fields, S. A. (2020). Problematic Mobile Phone and Smartphone Use Scales: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 672. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00672Odgers, C. L., & Jensen, M. R. (2020). Annual Research Review: Adolescent mental health in the digital age: facts, fears, and future directions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(3), 336–348. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13190Orben, A. (2020). Teenagers, screens and social media: A narrative review of reviews and key studies. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55(4), 407–414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01825-4Orben, A., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2023). How social media affects teen mental health: A missing link. Nature, 614(7948), 410–412. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00402-9Orben, A., & Przybylski, A. K. (2019). The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(2), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0506-1Orben, A., Przybylski, A. K., Blakemore, S.-J., & Kievit, R. A. (2022). Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29296-3Panova, T., & Carbonell, X. (2018). Is smartphone addiction really an addiction? Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(2), 252–259. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.49Sherman, L. E., Greenfield, P. M., Hernandez, L. M., & Dapretto, M. (2018). Peer Influence Via Instagram: Effects on Brain and Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood. Child Development, 89(1), 37–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12838Sherman, L. E., Hernandez, L. M., Greenfield, P. M., & Dapretto, M. (2018). What the brain ‘Likes': Neural correlates of providing feedback on social media. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(7), 699–707. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy051Smith, A. R., Rosenbaum, G. M., Botdorf, M. A., Steinberg, L., & Chein, J. M. (2018). Peers influence adolescent reward processing, but not response inhibition. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 18(2), 284–295. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-0569-5

Welcome to The Big Ideas, a podcast series exploring how data shapes our understanding of health and inequalities and how to make the collection and use of data more inclusive to inspire a more equitable future. The podcast series is part of the Social and Economic Predictors of Severe Mental Disorders (SEP-MD) research project led by Dr Jayati Das-Munshi from King's College London and affiliated with the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre. In the final episode of the series, ‘Future possibilities of mental health data', host Milena Wuerth, Research Assistant, King's College London is joined by Principal Investigator on the project Dr Jayati Das-Munshi, Clinical Reader in Social & Psychiatric Epidemiology, King's College London, and Robert Stewart, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology & Clinical Informatics, King's College London. They explore how routine and linked data can be used to tackle and address mental health inequalities through informing policy, practical change and clinical interventions. They reflect on the future possibilities of linked health records data, to create health equity within systems. The Big Ideas was produced by Words of Colour: www.wordsofcolour.co.uk The Big Ideas is a special 4-part series of Our Sick Society. In this podcast, researchers from the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health and people with lived experience explore together how social factors contribute to mental health problems. The podcast encourages listeners to think and question society's role in mental health - what are the systems and the structures which mean that some people are more likely to become mentally unwell than others?

Dans cet épisode, Laurie-Raphaëlle et Marie-Claude abordent avec énergie un sujet brûlant qui touche tant de personnes : l'anxiété. Elles explorent l'approche novatrice connue sous le nom : "Neck down approach". Laurie-Raphaëlle dévoile les anecdotes rocambolesques qui l'ont conduite à chercher de l'aide, tandis que Marie-Claude dévoile avec une vulnérabilité touchante l'origine de son anxiété liée à la performance depuis son enfance, et comment elle a réussi à surmonter ses défis.Ensemble, elles offrent également des outils concrets, des petites lumières d'espoir pour naviguer à travers les sombres eaux de l'anxiété au quotidien.Références :1) Dr. Russell Kennedy, Anxiety Rx (Understanding and fixing the real cause of anxiety), 2020, Awaken Village Press, 366 pages.2) Mel Robbins, The 5 seconds rule, 2017, Savio Republic, 248 pages.3) Dr. Bessel van Der Kolk, Le corps n'oublie rien, 2014, Éditions Albin Michel, 736 pages4) https://ampq.org5) Roberge, P., Fournier, L., Duhoux, A., Nguyen, C.T., Smolders, M. (2011). « Mental health service use and treatment adequacy for anxiety disorders in Canada ». Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 46 (4), 321-30. (Article publié).6) Dr. Nicole Le Pera sur Instagram : @the.holistic.psychologist Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Books  (2023) Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide. Springer International Publishing.  Ali P (2019) Preface.   Edited books Hinsliff-Smith K, McGarry J & Ali P (Eds.) (2022) Arts Based Health Care Research: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Springer International Publishing.   Ali P & McGarry J (Ed.) (2020) Domestic Violence in Health Contexts: A Guide for Healthcare Professions. Springer International Publishing.   Journal articles Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGO, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War: the Role of Health Professionals.. Cerebellum.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGO, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war - the role of health professionals.. Rev Saude Publica, 57, 1ed.   Rogers MM, Ali P, Thompson J & Ifayomi M (2023) “Survive, learn to live with it … or not”: A narrative analysis of women's repeat victimization using a lifecourse perspective. Social Science & Medicine, 338, 116338-116338.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGMO, Horton R, Mash R, Monteiro C, Naumova EN, Rubin EJ , Sahni P et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war—the role of health professionals. Blood Cancer Journal, 13(1), 159.   Zlotnick C, Patel H, Ali P, Odewusi T & Luiking M-L (2023) Globalization: Migrant nurses' acculturation and their healthcare encounters as consumers of healthcare. Nursing Inquiry.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGMO, Horton R, Mash R, Monteiro C, Naumova EN, Rubin EJ , Sahni P et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war—the role of health professionals. Supportive Care in Cancer, 31(10).   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War: The Role of Health Professionals. American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(10), 712-713.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War — The Role of Health Professionals. New England Journal of Medicine, 389(12), 1066-1067.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals. European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice, 1(2).   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 35(3).  Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGMO, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war—the role of health professionals. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening.  Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals. European Heart Journal - Case Reports, 7(9).   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals. Brain Communications, 5(5).   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals. IJQHC Communications, 3(2).   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals. Europace, 25(9).   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGMO, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war—The role of health professionals. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals. Journal of Public Health Policy, 44(3), 344-347.    (2023) REDUCING THE RISKS OF NUCLEAR WAR – THE ROLE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins‐Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war—the role of health professionals. Reproductive, Female and Child Health, 2(3), 121-123.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Richard H, Mash B , Mitra A et al (2023) Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War—the role of Health Professionals ‎. Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 0(0), 143-145.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGMO, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War—the Role of Health Professionals. Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology, 000(000), 000-000.  Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGMO, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war—the role of health professionals. The Lancet, 402(10400), 431-433.  Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Haines A, Helfand I, Horton R, Mash B, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War—The Role of Health Professionals. JAMA, 330(7), 601-601.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Olde Rikkert MGM, Horton R, Mash, R, Monteiro C, Naumova EN, Rubin EJ , Sahni P et al (2023) Reducing the risks of nuclear war—The role of health professionals. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 102967-102967.   Ali P (2023) The importance of highlighting effective practice. Nursing Management, 30(3), 19-19.   Hayter M, Lee A, Dixit A, Rasalpurkar S, Fewings H, Ali P, Whitfield C, Giridhari S, Kabra P, Rayamane K , Ovseiko P et al (2023) Experiences of domestic violence prevention interventions and gender equality promotion work: a qualitative study of Nirdhar Groups in rural India. F1000Research, 12.   Younas A, Fàbregues S, Durante A, Escalante EL, Inayat S & Ali P (2023) Proposing the “MIRACLE” Narrative Framework for Providing Thick Description in Qualitative Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 160940692211471-160940692211471.   Abbasi K, Ali P, Barbour V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rikkert MGMO, Gong P, Haines A, Helfand I, Richard H, Mitra A , Monteiro C et al (2023) Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War—The Role of Health Professionals. African Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 6(1), 118-121.   Unsworth J, Greene K, Ali P, Lillebø G & Mazilu DC (2022) Advanced practice nurse roles in Europe: implementation challenges, progress and lessons learnt. International Nursing Review.   Ali P (2022) The importance of highlighting effective practice. Nursing Management, 29(3), 17-17.   Rogers MM, Fisher C, Ali P, Allmark P & Fontes L (2022) Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Intimate Relationships: A Scoping Review.. Trauma Violence Abuse, 15248380221090218.   Mikton C, Beaulieu M, Yon Y, Genesse JC, St‐Martin K, Byrne M, Phelan A, Storey J, Rogers M, Campbell F , Ali P et al (2022) Protocol: Global elder abuse: a mega-map of systematic reviews on prevalence, consequences, risk and protective factors and interventions. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18(2). View this article in WRRO   Shahzad S, Younas A & ALI P (2022) Social justice education in nursing: An integrative review of teaching and learning approaches and students' and educators' experiences. Nurse Education Today, 110, 105272-105272.   Meherali S, Adewale B, Ali S, Kennedy M, Salami BO, Richter S, Okeke-Ihejirika PE, Ali P, da Silva KL, Adjorlolo S , Aziato L et al (2021) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents' sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24).  Ali P (2021) Nursing beyond the pandemic: Resilience and determination will shape our future options. International Nursing Review, 68(4), 435-436.  Watson R, Younas A, Rehman SA & Ali PA (2021) Clarivate listed nursing journals in 2020: what they publish and how they measure use of social media. Frontiers of Nursing, 8(4), 429-436.  Naz S, Muhammad D, Ahmad A, Shabnam & Ali P (2021) Pregnant women perceptions regarding their husbands and in-laws' support during pregnancy: a qualitative study. The Pan African Medical Journal, 39.  Jony SSR, Haque U, Webb NJ, Spence E, Rahman MS, Aghamohammadi N, Lie Y, Angulo-Molina A, Ananth S, Ren X , Kawachi N et al (2021) Analyzing predictors of control measures and psychosocial problems associated with COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from eight countries. Behavioral Sciences, 11(8).  Darbyshire P, Thompson DR, Watson R, Jenkins E & Ali P (2021) Academic Freedom. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(7), 367-368.  Ahankari A, Hayter M, Whitfield C, Ali P, Giridhari S, Tambe S, Kabra P, Rayamane K & Ovseiko P (2021) aDolescents gEnder surVey, rEsponsible coupLes evaluatiOn, and capacity building Project in India (DEVELOP): a study protocol. F1000Research, 8, 958.  Keynejad RC, Bentley A, Bhatia U, Nalwadda O, Mekonnen FD, Ali PA & McGarry J (2021) Research, education and capacity building priorities for violence, abuse and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: an international qualitative survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

About the lecture: Most cases of mental disorders worldwide start in adolescence, and rates of mental health problems are rising among adolescents. The important question is: What can we do to prevent the onset of mental health problems in adolescence? In this talk, Dr Marie Mueller will explore a promising but understudied factor for prevention: academic pressure. Adolescents cite academic pressure as one of the main factors influencing their mental health, but the evidence for this is limited. Can we reduce academic pressure in adolescents, and could this, in turn, reduce mental health problems? In this talk, Marie Mueller will define the construct of academic pressure, summarise the existing evidence for an association with mental health, and discuss open questions and challenges. About the Speaker Marie Mueller, Research Fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology at UCL Dr Marie Mueller is a Research Fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Division of Psychiatry at UCL. She has a background in psychology (BSc) and cognitive neuroscience (MRes). In 2023, she completed her PhD in environmental psychology, in which she investigated the association between exposure to greenspace and children's and adolescents' mental health and well-being. In her current work, she studies the association between academic pressure and adolescent mental health (specifically depression, anxiety, and self-harm) in the UK and other countries (e.g., Sweden and Japan).

The very name ‘psychiatric epidemiology' suggests the spread of mental illness among populations. But can a mental illness really spread, like a virus? Are some mental illnesses more prevelant within certain societies? Is it possible to predict whether a certain mental disorder is likely to develop in a particular individual or population? These are some of the questions Jonathan put to Tomáš Formánek, who is currently at Cambridge University in the UK doing his PhD research in exactly this field. And, as the theme of last year's RSI competition was Slovakia's castles, we repeat a story from 2019 in which three Japanese university students studying in Bratislava on an exchange programme talk about their impressions of Slovakia – including its beautiful castles.

Although concepts belonging to the field of epidemiology are used mainly in the study of infectious diseases, they are also relevant to the study of other maladies including mental illnesses. Jonathan speaks with Cambridge PhD student Tomáš Formánek about his ongoing research in the intriguing field of ‘psychiatric epidemiology'. – Although there is a large consensus among climate scientists that C02 emissions are a significant factor in the earth's current warming cycle, not all scientists agree. Jonathan asks Alexander Ač, a scientist who takes the consensus view, why he thinks it is that a considerable number of highly qualified climate scientists continue to dispute it.

This episode is the second in a two-part series on cumulative racial-ethnic trauma and healing for MENA Americans. In this episode, Amir Maghsoodi sits down again with pioneering Arab/MENA psychologists Drs. Mona Amer, Maryam Kia-Keating, and Germine “Gigi” Awad, to discuss their paper in the American Psychologist titled “A model of cumulative racial-ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent.” They discuss how the authors' model relates to healing and liberation for MENA Americans and other BIPOC groups. As three of the founding members of AMENA-Psy (American Arab, Middle Eastern & North African Psychological Association), our guests also discuss the formation of the organization and how it relates to the struggle for liberation. Link to download the paper for free: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-01033-007.html ABOUT THE GUESTS Germine “Gigi” Awad, Ph.D., (website) (Twitter: @Dr_GigiAwad) is an Associate Professor in the College of Education Department of Educational Psychology and a Louise Spence Griffeth Fellow. Her scholarship is characterized by three interrelated areas of inquiry: prejudice and discrimination, identity and acculturation, and more recently, body image among women of color. She has also written in the area of multicultural research methodology. The majority of her research is guided by the questions "What factors lead to discrimination against ethnic minorities?" and "What impacts perceptions of experienced discrimination?" The two populations that she has primarily focused on are Arab/Middle Eastern Americans and African Americans. Although overt discrimination towards ethnic minorities has decreased over the years, the practice of more covert, subtle forms of prejudice remains. The events of September 11, 2001, however, reintroduced more explicit forms of prejudice towards Arab/Middle Eastern Americans, and those perceived to be Muslim, complicating the dialogue on discrimination in the United States. Awad is concerned with how prejudicial attitudes and ideology impact attitudes towards ethnic minorities generally and within specific domains such as the workplace and higher education. In addition, she examines how racial/ethnic identity and acculturation impact ethnic minorities' perception of discrimination. Most recently, she has expanded her identity and acculturation research to the study of body image concerns among women of color. Awad received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and  B.S. in Psychology from John Carroll University. Maryam Kia-Keating, Ph.D., (website) (Twitter: @drkiakeating) is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the UCSB Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and founder of Power of Drishti, providing meditations and music for changemakers, first responders, clinicians, frontline workers, activists, and other people on-the-go. She oversees the Trauma & Adversity, Resilience & Prevention (TARP) research program at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. After attending Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Boston University, Dr. Kia-Keating completed her post-doctoral work at the University of California, San Diego, and served as the Clinical Director of a secondary prevention school-based program for adolescents. Dr. Kia-Keating's scholarship is focused on resilience in the context of experiences of trauma, adversity, and toxic stress for diverse communities, including refugees and immigrants from around the globe. She uses participatory and human-centered design approaches, working in partnership with communities to find innovative solutions to complex needs. Her community co-designed HEROES program for parents and children teaches mindfulness, parent-child attunement, and restorative communication to support resilience, and mitigate the negative impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). She was appointed to the American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force on refugees resettled in the United States. Dr. Kia-Keating's research has been funded by the NIH, and her articles have been published in high-impact academic journals. Her research and interviews have been featured in various outlets including The Washington Post, ABC News, Conde Nast Traveler, Self-Magazine, and CNN. She provides consultation on child development, mental health, and authentic representation for childrens' media, and writes for Psychology Today.  Mona M. Amer, Ph.D., (website) is a Professor of clinical and community psychology and founding chair of the Department of Psychology at the American University in Cairo. She co-founded and served as first elected president of the American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy). Dr. Amer's research and policy interests focus on racial/ethnic disparities in behavioral health, with specializations in the Arab and Muslim minorities. She is interested in how immigration experiences, acculturation stressors, discrimination, and minority status contribute to disparities, and ways to eliminate inequities through culturally competent services, community-based programming, and social policy. Dr. Amer's nearly 50 publications include two articles in the American Psychological Association's flagship journal American Psychologist and the landmark co-edited book Handbook of Arab American Psychology which was awarded the annual nonfiction award by the Arab American National Museum. In 2020 she received the AMENA-Psy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Scholarship. GUESTS' SELECT PUBLICATIONS Dr. Awad Select Publications: Arab American Psychology Amer, M. & Awad, G. H. (Eds.) (2016) The Handbook of Arab American Psychology. New York: Routledge. Awad, G. H., Amayreh, W. & Reilly, E. D. (2017) Contemporary Arab American Psychology. In Social Issues In Living Color: Challenges And Solutions From The Perspective Of Ethnic Minority Psychology. Blume, A. (Ed.): Praeger Books. Prejudice & Discrimination Awad, G. H. & Amayreh, W. (2016). Discrimination: Heightened Prejudice Post 9/11 and Psychological Outcomes. In M. M. Amer, & G. H. Awad (Eds.), Handbook of Arab American psychology. New York: Routledge. Neville, H. A., Awad, G. H., *Brooks, J., *Flores, M., & *Bluemel, J. (2013). Color-Blind Racial Ideology: Theory, Training, and Measurement Implications in Psychology. The American Psychologist, 68(6), 455-466. Awad, G. H. (2013).  Does Policy Name Matter? The Effect of Framing on the Evaluations of African American Applicants. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 379-387. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12026 Brown, L. M., Awad, G. H., *Preas, E. J., *Allen, V., *Kenney, J., *Roberts, S.*Lusk, B. L. (2013). Investigating Prejudice towards Men Perceived to be Muslim: Cues of Foreignness versus Phenotype. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 237-245. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12015 Awad, G. H. & *Hall-Clark, B. (2009). Impact of Religiosity and Right Wing Authoritarianism on Prejudice towards Middle Easterners.  Beliefs and Values: Understanding the Global Implications of Human Nature, 1(2), 183-192. Awad, G. H., Cokley, K., & *Ravitch, J. (2005). Attitudes toward affirmative action: A comparison of color-blind versus modern racist attitudes. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology, 35(7), 1384-1399. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02175.x Identity & Acculturation Awad, G. H. (2010). The impact of acculturation and religious identification on perceived discrimination for Arab/Middle Eastern Americans. Cultural Diversity And Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(1), 59-67. doi:10.1037/a0016675 Awad, G. H. (2007). The role of racial identity, academic self-concept, and self-esteem in the prediction of academic outcomes for African American students. Journal Of Black Psychology, 33(2), 188-207. doi:10.1177/0095798407299513 Multicultural Research Methodology Awad, G. H., Patall, E. A., *Rackley, K. R. & *Reilly, E. D. (2016). Recommendations for Culturally Sensitive Research Methods.  Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 26, (3). DOI: 10.1080/10474412.2015.1046600 Cokley, K. O & Awad, G. H. (2013). In Defense of Quantitative Methods: Using the “Master's Tools” to Promote Social Justice.  Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology, 5(2), 26-41. Awad, G. H., & Cokley, K. O. (2010). Designing and interpreting quantitative research in multicultural counseling. In J. G. Ponterotto, J. Casas, L. A. Suzuki, C. M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling (3rd ed.) (pp. 385-396). Thousand Oaks, CA US: Sage Publications, Inc. Cokley, K. O., & Awad, G. H. (2008).  Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Multicultural Research. In Heppner, P. P., Kivlighan, D. M., & Wampold, B. E.  (Eds.). Research Design in Counseling (3rd Ed.) (pp. 366-384).  California: Wadsworth. Body Image Awad, G. H., Norwood, C.R., *Taylor, D., *Martinez, M., *McClain, S., *Jones, B., *Holman, A., & *Chapman-Hilliard, C. (2015). Beauty and Body Image Concerns Among African American College Women.  Journal of Black Psychology, 41, 540-564. DOI: 10.1177/0095798414550864 Mintz, L. B., Awad, G. H., *Stinson, R. D., *Bledman, R. A., Coker, A. D.,Kashubeck-West, S., & *Connelly, K. (2013). Weighing and body monitoring among college women: The scale number as an emotional barometer. Journal Of College Student Psychotherapy, 27(1), 78-91.doi:10.1080/87568225.2013.739039 Kashubeck-West, S., Coker, A. D., Awad, G. H., Stinson, R. D., Bledman, R., & Mintz, L. (2013). Do measures commonly used in body image research perform adequately with African American college women?. Cultural Diversity And Ethnic Minority Psychology, 19(3), 357-368. doi:10.1037/a0031905 Mental Health Amer, M. M., Awad, G. H., & Hovey, J. D. (2014). Evaluation of the CES-D Scale factor structure in a sample of second-generation Arab-Americans. InternationalJournal Of Culture And Mental Health, 7(1), 46-58. doi:10.1080/17542863.2012.693514 Awad, G. H., *Martinez, M. S. & Amer, M.M. (2013). Considerations for Psychotherapy with Immigrant Women of Middle Eastern/Arab Descent. Women and Therapy, 36, 163-175. Dr. Kia-Keating Select Publications: Kia-Keating, M., & Juang, L. (2022). Participatory science as a decolonizing methodology: Leveraging collective knowledge from partnerships with refugee and immigrant communities. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000514 Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Kia-Keating, M., & Jackson, T. (2021). Navigating participation and ethics with immigrant communities. Qualitative Psychology. doi: 10.1037/qup0000216 Awad, G., Ikizler, A., Abdel-Salem, L., Kia-Keating, M., Amini, B., & El-Ghoroury, N. (2021). Foundations for an Arab/MENA psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/00221678211060974 Awad, G., Kia-Keating, M., & Amer, M. (2019). A model of cumulative racial/ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent.  American Psychologist, 74 (1), 76-87. doi: 10.1037/amp0000344 Kia-Keating, M., Liu, S., & Sims, G. (2018). Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Refugee youth in resettlement. Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. doi: 10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0460 Modir, S., & Kia-Keating, M. (2018). Exploring the Middle Eastern American college student experience: Discrimination, adjustment, and coping. Journal of College Student Development, 59, 563-578. doi: 10.1353/csd.2018.0053 Kia-Keating, M., Ahmed, S.R., & Modir, S. (2016). Refugees and Forced Migrants: Seeking Asylum and Acceptance. In Amer, M., & Abdo., G. (Eds.), Handbook of Arab American Psychology (pp 160-172). Routledge. New York. Kia-Keating, M. (2012). Ethical issues in research with refugee communities.  In U. A. Segal & D. Elliott (Eds.), Refugees Worldwide. Volume 4: Law, Policy, and Programs, (pp. 235-257). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. Ahmed, S. R., Kia-Keating, M., & Tsai, K. H. (2011).  A structural model of racial discrimination, acculturative stress, and cultural resources among Arab American adolescents.  American Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 181-192. Porterfield, K. (chair), Akinsulure-Smith, A., Benson, M., Betancourt, T., Ellis, H., Kia-Keating, M., & Miller, K. (2010).  Resilience and recovery after war: Refugee children and families in the United States.  Report of the APA Task Force on the Psychosocial Effects of War on Children and Families who are Refugees from Armed Conflict Residing in the United States.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Dr. Amer Select Publications: Amer, M. M. (2021). Measures of Muslim religiousness constructs and a multidimensional scale. In A. L. Ai, P. Wink, R. F. Paloutzian, & K. A. Harris (Eds.). Assessing spirituality in a diverse world (pp. 299-331). Switzerland: Springer. Awad, G. H., Kia-Keating, M., & Amer, M. M. (2019). A model of cumulative racial/ ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent. American Psychologist, 74, 76-87. Ahmed, S. R., Amer, M. M., & Killawi, A. (2017). The ecosystems perspective in social work: Implications for culturally competent practice with American Muslims. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 36(1-2), 48-72. Amer, M. M., & Awad, G. H. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of Arab American psychology. New York: Routledge. Amer, M. M. (2014). Arab American acculturation and ethnic identity across the lifespan: Sociodemographic correlates and psychological outcomes. In S. C. Nassar-McMillan, K. J. Ajrouch, & J. Hakim-Larson (Eds.), Biopsychosocial perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, development, and health (pp. 153-173). New York: Springer. Amer, M. M. & Bagasra, A. (2013). Psychological research with Muslim Americans in the age of Islamophobia: Trends, challenges, and recommendations. American Psychologist, 68(3), 134-144. Ahmed, S., & Amer, M. M. (Eds.). (2012). Counseling Muslims: Handbook of mental health issues and interventions. New York: Routledge. Amer, M. M., & Hovey, J. D. (2012). Anxiety and depression in a post-September 11 sample of Arabs in the USA. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47(3), 409-418. American Arab, Middle Eastern, & North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy): https://www.amenapsy.org/ Link to The Thoughtful Counselor podcast interview with Dr. Awad: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/thethoughtfulcounselor/id/21035411 STAY IN TOUCH! #LiberationNowPodcast Email: liberationlab.uiuc@gmail.com | Instagram & Twitter: @liberationlab_    EPISODE CREDITS Music: Amir Maghsoodi and Briana Williams Podcast Artwork: B. Andi Lee & Amir Maghsoodi Episode intro/outro: Mahogany Monette Episode Editing: Amir Maghsoodi Episode Transcript: bit.ly/LibNowE9

In this episode, Amir Maghsoodi speaks with pioneering Arab/MENA psychologists Drs. Mona Amer, Maryam Kia-Keating, and Germine “Gigi” Awad, about their paper in the American Psychologist titled “A model of cumulative racial-ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent.” They discuss the creation of the model and provide details about its various components, contextualizing them with present-day examples. The authors also share their motivations and process for writing this paper as well as their hopes for what readers take away from reading it. Listen in to learn about cumulative racial-ethnic trauma for MENA Americans, and tune back in next week to hear the authors discuss the model's implications for healing and liberation. Link to download the paper: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-01033-007.html ABOUT THE GUESTS Germine “Gigi” Awad, Ph.D., (website) (Twitter: @Dr_GigiAwad) is an Associate Professor in the College of Education Department of Educational Psychology and a Louise Spence Griffeth Fellow. Her scholarship is characterized by three interrelated areas of inquiry: prejudice and discrimination, identity and acculturation, and more recently, body image among women of color. She has also written in the area of multicultural research methodology. The majority of her research is guided by the questions "What factors lead to discrimination against ethnic minorities?" and "What impacts perceptions of experienced discrimination?" The two populations that she has primarily focused on are Arab/Middle Eastern Americans and African Americans. Although overt discrimination towards ethnic minorities has decreased over the years, the practice of more covert, subtle forms of prejudice remains. The events of September 11, 2001, however, reintroduced more explicit forms of prejudice towards Arab/Middle Eastern Americans, and those perceived to be Muslim, complicating the dialogue on discrimination in the United States. Awad is concerned with how prejudicial attitudes and ideology impact attitudes towards ethnic minorities generally and within specific domains such as the workplace and higher education. In addition, she examines how racial/ethnic identity and acculturation impact ethnic minorities' perception of discrimination. Most recently, she has expanded her identity and acculturation research to the study of body image concerns among women of color. Awad received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and  B.S. in Psychology from John Carroll University. Maryam Kia-Keating, Ph.D., (website) (Twitter: @drkiakeating) is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the UCSB Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and founder of Power of Drishti, providing meditations and music for changemakers, first responders, clinicians, frontline workers, activists, and other people on-the-go. She oversees the Trauma & Adversity, Resilience & Prevention (TARP) research program at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. After attending Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Boston University, Dr. Kia-Keating completed her post-doctoral work at the University of California, San Diego, and served as the Clinical Director of a secondary prevention school-based program for adolescents. Dr. Kia-Keating's scholarship is focused on resilience in the context of experiences of trauma, adversity, and toxic stress for diverse communities, including refugees and immigrants from around the globe. She uses participatory and human-centered design approaches, working in partnership with communities to find innovative solutions to complex needs. Her community co-designed HEROES program for parents and children teaches mindfulness, parent-child attunement, and restorative communication to support resilience, and mitigate the negative impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). She was appointed to the American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force on refugees resettled in the United States. Dr. Kia-Keating's research has been funded by the NIH, and her articles have been published in high-impact academic journals. Her research and interviews have been featured in various outlets including The Washington Post, ABC News, Conde Nast Traveler, Self-Magazine, and CNN. She provides consultation on child development, mental health, and authentic representation for childrens' media, and writes for Psychology Today.  Mona M. Amer, Ph.D., (website) is a Professor of clinical and community psychology and founding chair of the Department of Psychology at the American University in Cairo. She co-founded and served as first elected president of the American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy). Dr. Amer's research and policy interests focus on racial/ethnic disparities in behavioral health, with specializations in the Arab and Muslim minorities. She is interested in how immigration experiences, acculturation stressors, discrimination, and minority status contribute to disparities, and ways to eliminate inequities through culturally competent services, community-based programming, and social policy. Dr. Amer's nearly 50 publications include two articles in the American Psychological Association's flagship journal American Psychologist and the landmark co-edited book Handbook of Arab American Psychology which was awarded the annual nonfiction award by the Arab American National Museum. In 2020 she received the AMENA-Psy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Scholarship. GUESTS' SELECT PUBLICATIONS Dr. Awad Select Publications: Arab American Psychology Amer, M. & Awad, G. H. (Eds.) (2016) The Handbook of Arab American Psychology. New York: Routledge. Awad, G. H., Amayreh, W. & Reilly, E. D. (2017) Contemporary Arab American Psychology. In Social Issues In Living Color: Challenges And Solutions From The Perspective Of Ethnic Minority Psychology. Blume, A. (Ed.): Praeger Books. Prejudice & Discrimination Awad, G. H. & Amayreh, W. (2016). Discrimination: Heightened Prejudice Post 9/11 and Psychological Outcomes. In M. M. Amer, & G. H. Awad (Eds.), Handbook of Arab American psychology. New York: Routledge. Neville, H. A., Awad, G. H., *Brooks, J., *Flores, M., & *Bluemel, J. (2013). Color-Blind Racial Ideology: Theory, Training, and Measurement Implications in Psychology. The American Psychologist, 68(6), 455-466. Awad, G. H. (2013).  Does Policy Name Matter? The Effect of Framing on the Evaluations of African American Applicants. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 379-387. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12026 Brown, L. M., Awad, G. H., *Preas, E. J., *Allen, V., *Kenney, J., *Roberts, S.*Lusk, B. L. (2013). Investigating Prejudice towards Men Perceived to be Muslim: Cues of Foreignness versus Phenotype. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 237-245. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12015 Awad, G. H. & *Hall-Clark, B. (2009). Impact of Religiosity and Right Wing Authoritarianism on Prejudice towards Middle Easterners.  Beliefs and Values: Understanding the Global Implications of Human Nature, 1(2), 183-192. Awad, G. H., Cokley, K., & *Ravitch, J. (2005). Attitudes toward affirmative action: A comparison of color-blind versus modern racist attitudes. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology, 35(7), 1384-1399. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02175.x Identity & Acculturation Awad, G. H. (2010). The impact of acculturation and religious identification on perceived discrimination for Arab/Middle Eastern Americans. Cultural Diversity And Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(1), 59-67. doi:10.1037/a0016675 Awad, G. H. (2007). The role of racial identity, academic self-concept, and self-esteem in the prediction of academic outcomes for African American students. Journal Of Black Psychology, 33(2), 188-207. doi:10.1177/0095798407299513 Multicultural Research Methodology Awad, G. H., Patall, E. A., *Rackley, K. R. & *Reilly, E. D. (2016). Recommendations for Culturally Sensitive Research Methods.  Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 26, (3). DOI: 10.1080/10474412.2015.1046600 Cokley, K. O & Awad, G. H. (2013). In Defense of Quantitative Methods: Using the “Master's Tools” to Promote Social Justice.  Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology, 5(2), 26-41. Awad, G. H., & Cokley, K. O. (2010). Designing and interpreting quantitative research in multicultural counseling. In J. G. Ponterotto, J. Casas, L. A. Suzuki, C. M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling (3rd ed.) (pp. 385-396). Thousand Oaks, CA US: Sage Publications, Inc. Cokley, K. O., & Awad, G. H. (2008).  Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Multicultural Research. In Heppner, P. P., Kivlighan, D. M., & Wampold, B. E.  (Eds.). Research Design in Counseling (3rd Ed.) (pp. 366-384).  California: Wadsworth. Body Image Awad, G. H., Norwood, C.R., *Taylor, D., *Martinez, M., *McClain, S., *Jones, B., *Holman, A., & *Chapman-Hilliard, C. (2015). Beauty and Body Image Concerns Among African American College Women.  Journal of Black Psychology, 41, 540-564. DOI: 10.1177/0095798414550864 Mintz, L. B., Awad, G. H., *Stinson, R. D., *Bledman, R. A., Coker, A. D.,Kashubeck-West, S., & *Connelly, K. (2013). Weighing and body monitoring among college women: The scale number as an emotional barometer. Journal Of College Student Psychotherapy, 27(1), 78-91.doi:10.1080/87568225.2013.739039 Kashubeck-West, S., Coker, A. D., Awad, G. H., Stinson, R. D., Bledman, R., & Mintz, L. (2013). Do measures commonly used in body image research perform adequately with African American college women?. Cultural Diversity And Ethnic Minority Psychology, 19(3), 357-368. doi:10.1037/a0031905 Mental Health Amer, M. M., Awad, G. H., & Hovey, J. D. (2014). Evaluation of the CES-D Scale factor structure in a sample of second-generation Arab-Americans. InternationalJournal Of Culture And Mental Health, 7(1), 46-58. doi:10.1080/17542863.2012.693514 Awad, G. H., *Martinez, M. S. & Amer, M.M. (2013). Considerations for Psychotherapy with Immigrant Women of Middle Eastern/Arab Descent. Women and Therapy, 36, 163-175. Dr. Kia-Keating Select Publications: Kia-Keating, M., & Juang, L. (2022). Participatory science as a decolonizing methodology: Leveraging collective knowledge from partnerships with refugee and immigrant communities. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000514 Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Kia-Keating, M., & Jackson, T. (2021). Navigating participation and ethics with immigrant communities. Qualitative Psychology. doi: 10.1037/qup0000216 Awad, G., Ikizler, A., Abdel-Salem, L., Kia-Keating, M., Amini, B., & El-Ghoroury, N. (2021). Foundations for an Arab/MENA psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/00221678211060974 Awad, G., Kia-Keating, M., & Amer, M. (2019). A model of cumulative racial/ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent.  American Psychologist, 74 (1), 76-87. doi: 10.1037/amp0000344 Kia-Keating, M., Liu, S., & Sims, G. (2018). Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Refugee youth in resettlement. Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. doi: 10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0460 Modir, S., & Kia-Keating, M. (2018). Exploring the Middle Eastern American college student experience: Discrimination, adjustment, and coping. Journal of College Student Development, 59, 563-578. doi: 10.1353/csd.2018.0053 Kia-Keating, M., Ahmed, S.R., & Modir, S. (2016). Refugees and Forced Migrants: Seeking Asylum and Acceptance. In Amer, M., & Abdo., G. (Eds.), Handbook of Arab American Psychology (pp 160-172). Routledge. New York. Kia-Keating, M. (2012). Ethical issues in research with refugee communities.  In U. A. Segal & D. Elliott (Eds.), Refugees Worldwide. Volume 4: Law, Policy, and Programs, (pp. 235-257). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. Ahmed, S. R., Kia-Keating, M., & Tsai, K. H. (2011).  A structural model of racial discrimination, acculturative stress, and cultural resources among Arab American adolescents.  American Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 181-192. Porterfield, K. (chair), Akinsulure-Smith, A., Benson, M., Betancourt, T., Ellis, H., Kia-Keating, M., & Miller, K. (2010).  Resilience and recovery after war: Refugee children and families in the United States.  Report of the APA Task Force on the Psychosocial Effects of War on Children and Families who are Refugees from Armed Conflict Residing in the United States.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Dr. Amer Select Publications: Amer, M. M. (2021). Measures of Muslim religiousness constructs and a multidimensional scale. In A. L. Ai, P. Wink, R. F. Paloutzian, & K. A. Harris (Eds.). Assessing spirituality in a diverse world (pp. 299-331). Switzerland: Springer. Awad, G. H., Kia-Keating, M., & Amer, M. M. (2019). A model of cumulative racial/ ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent. American Psychologist, 74, 76-87. Ahmed, S. R., Amer, M. M., & Killawi, A. (2017). The ecosystems perspective in social work: Implications for culturally competent practice with American Muslims. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 36(1-2), 48-72. Amer, M. M., & Awad, G. H. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of Arab American psychology. New York: Routledge. Amer, M. M. (2014). Arab American acculturation and ethnic identity across the lifespan: Sociodemographic correlates and psychological outcomes. In S. C. Nassar-McMillan, K. J. Ajrouch, & J. Hakim-Larson (Eds.), Biopsychosocial perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, development, and health (pp. 153-173). New York: Springer. Amer, M. M. & Bagasra, A. (2013). Psychological research with Muslim Americans in the age of Islamophobia: Trends, challenges, and recommendations. American Psychologist, 68(3), 134-144. Ahmed, S., & Amer, M. M. (Eds.). (2012). Counseling Muslims: Handbook of mental health issues and interventions. New York: Routledge. Amer, M. M., & Hovey, J. D. (2012). Anxiety and depression in a post-September 11 sample of Arabs in the USA. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47(3), 409-418.   American Arab, Middle Eastern, & North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy): https://www.amenapsy.org/   STAY IN TOUCH! #LiberationNowPodcast Email: liberationlab.uiuc@gmail.com | Instagram & Twitter: @liberationlab_      EPISODE CREDITS Music: Amir Maghsoodi & Briana Williams Podcast Artwork: B. Andi Lee & Amir Maghsoodi Episode Intro/Outro: Cherese Waight Episode Editing: Amir Maghsoodi Episode Transcript: bit.ly/LibNowE8    

In this episode... Dr. Nathan Smith of the Kindbridge Research Institute announces a new study about veterans and gambling addiction. Dr. Smith is the Executive Director of KRI. He holds a Ph.D. is Psychiatric Epidemiology. Gambling Problem in US Military Veterans research This podcast is hosted by Dave Yeager (lived experience) and produced by Brian Hatch (lived experience) endgamblingharm.com Please listen and learn from those who know. A better life without gambling. Military member or Veteran? Email us and tell us your story fallinpodcast@gmail.com        ***Anonymity is available*** Music by T. Vance

A UNICEF analysis of various studies has revealed “higher levels of depression, fear, anxiety, anger, irritability, negativity, conduct disorder, alcohol and substance use and sedentary behaviors, compared with pre-pandemic rates” among children and adolescents from mostly high and upper middle-income countries from around the globe. As part of The World's regular series of conversations about the pandemic, reporter Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to discuss the challenges surrounding the mental health impacts of the pandemic on children. See more of the Coronavirus Conversations series here: https://www.theworld.org/categories/coronavirus-conversations.

This week we talk with Professor Jim van Os and Doctor Peter Groot about their latest study which looks at the effectiveness of tapering strips to help people get off antidepressant drugs. Jim van Os is Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Public Mental Health at Utrecht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands and Peter Groot works with the User Research Centre of UMC Utrecht. They both are involved with the development and study of tapering strips which are pre-packaged, gradually reducing dosage tablets that facilitate tapered withdrawal from psychiatric drugs. In this interview, we discuss their latest research paper which examines tapering strips in real-world use. *** Download Mad in America's new mobile app here. Available for Apple or Android mobile devices, keep up to date as we publish new audio interviews or browse our archive.  

In this episode we discus penal reforms of the mid nineteen century, asylums and the Victorian spiritualist movement. This episode concludes a three part series where we have examined the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era. Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published. Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist Follow or reach out to us on our social media or email us at: interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Citations and further reading: McCoy, Ted.(2012) Hard Time: Reforming the Penitentiary in 19th Century Canada. Chu, E. M.-Y., van Santen, J., & Harbishettar, V. (2018). Views from an asylum: a retrospective case note analysis of a nineteenth century asylum. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(10), 1141–1147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1575-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/interdis-history-group/message

In this podcast we speak to Professor Henrik Larsson, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Orebro University and Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and Editor in Chief of ACAMH's new journal, JCPP Advances. Henrik talks about his vast experience in authoring, and peer-reviewing papers, what he will bring to the role of Editor in Chief of JCCP Advances, and the importance of comprehensive and transparent reporting. Henrik notes that JCPP Advances will build on the values of its sister publication, the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, has a commitment to open science and discusses its main aims including alleviating the frustrating aspects of the publishing process for authors We also hear his thoughts on what more can be done to promote evidence-based science, the upcoming topics that are coming up that particularly excite him, and what readers can look forward to.

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TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series. Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP. This episode's guest is Dawn Garzon PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, discussing School Health. Dawn is a pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric primary care mental health specialist. With over 25 years’ experience as a NP, Dawn loves working with adolescents and helping children and youth from preschool age through 21 years with a wide range of conditions like ADHD, depression, anxiety, and developmental disorders, among others. She believes the best approach to pediatric behavioral health involves working with team members to provide blended education, therapy, and medication to help patients develop into the healthiest they can be. She is a well-known author and presenter on topics related to pediatric mental health. Dawn received a BS in nursing from U. of Miami in 1990, a Master of Science in nursing from U. of Florida in 1994. In 2002, she obtained a PhD in nursing from UMSL and a postdoctoral fellowship from Washington University in 2005 while finishing a Master of Psychiatric Epidemiology. She will obtain her psychiatric nurse practitioner from Mizzou in 1/21. She returned to MO in fall 2020 after living in the Pacific NW for four years. Her most recent position was at SeaMar Community Health Centers as a pediatric behavioral health prescriber Vancouver, WA from 2017-2020, and she held academic professorships at UMSL from 1997-2016, Washington State University from 2016-2019 at the U. of Portland from 2019-2020. In this episode, Dr. Garzon and Dr. Peck discuss the ways school has changed since the pandemic and the impact it has had mentally, socially, and emotionally on children and their families. Humorous and down-to-earth, Dr. Garzon shares encouragement and practical guidance to successfully navigate school stressors. Visit us at napnap.org!

Jack Eason speaks with Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, about loneliness and public health.Dr. Koenen's research focus is three-fold. First, she studies why some people develop PTSD and related mental and physical health problems and why some people are resilient when exposed to similar traumatic events. Second, she investigates how violence, trauma, and PTSD alter long-term physical health and accelerate aging. Much of this work is done in collaboration with the Nurses' Health Study. Third, she aims to expand access to evidence-based mental health treatment for survivors of violence and trauma. Karestan Koenen, PhD aims to reduce the population burden of mental disorders through research, training, and advocacy. She is passionate about using science to overcome violence and trauma, which are major preventable causes of health problems globally.You can get in touch with her at https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/karestan-koenen/

In the UK, we are currently in the midst of our third lockdown since the pandemic began, and there has been a huge surge in people experiencing mental distress, anxiety and depression during the past year. The novelty of the first lockdown, in which people optimistically took up a variety of new activities, such as learning a language or baking endless loaves of banana bread, has long worn off, and many people now feel like they've used up their “coping resources”. Confusing public health messaging has led to great uncertainty, a feeling that we're having to put our lives on hold, and dwindling hope. In this week's episode, we discuss the difficulty of measuring the mental health impact of the pandemic, and how other issues (such as financial strain or bereavement) may cause long-term mental health problems. We also talk about loneliness: how to approach the subject with our patients, and the role that social prescribing may play in tackling it. Our guests; Daisy Fancourt is an associate professor of psychobiology and epidemiology at UCL. She is the lead researcher on the COVID-19 social study, (https://www.covidsocialstudy.org/) which looks at the psychological and societal impact of the pandemic, and she is also the director of the COVID-Minds Network (https://www.covidminds.org/). Dr. Farhana Mann is a psychiatrist in London and Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow at the Division of Psychiatry, UCL. She has been on the government advisory group on tackling loneliness, and is part of the UKRI Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Network, led by UCL. Additional resources/further reading: 'A life less lonely: the state of the art in interventions to reduce loneliness in people with mental health problems' https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-017-1392-y 'Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study' https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7513993/ 'Understanding loneliness in the twenty-first century: an update on correlates, risk factors, and potential solutions' Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2020) 55:793–810 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01889-7 UCL Network is @ucl_loneliness on Twitter, and they are a good place to start if looking for updates on the field. People are very welcome to get in touch via the website too: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/epidemiology-and-applied-clinical-research-department/loneliness-and-social-isolation

CW: Mentions of Suicide This week, we will be joined by Dr Wendy Marie Ingram (@pyromanticism) (she/her). Wendy did her PhD at UC Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology and her postdoc at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Psychiatric Epidemiology. Her research focuses on understanding psychiatric illness from molecules to populations CW. Suicide. Wendy's mental health advocacy is highly personal. In addition to her own struggle with mental health, Wendy tragically learned that she was not alone. In 2013, Wendy's research community at Berkeley was devastated by the loss of a classmate to suicide and depression. Wendy founded a nonprofit called Dragonfly Mental Health. Dragonfly is dedicated to cultivating excellent mental health among academics worldwide. They are a volunteer-driven global consortium that develops, deploys, and researches evidence-based approaches to improve mental health among academics. Visit their website to learn more! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

Dr. Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, joins us to talk about the long term effects of COVID-19 on our mental health.

Professor Jim van Os von der Universität Utrecht, Professor für Psychiatric Epidemiology und Public Mental Health ist das, was heute als Disruptor bezeichnet wird. Ein Pionier einer neuen Sichtweise auf Psychosen, für diesen Ansatz kämpft er etwa seit Mitte der 2000er Jahre. Doch in jüngster Zeit erhält immer mehr Gehör. Wieso er das Schizophrenie-Konzept für unsinnig und - für Wissenschaft ein böser Vorwurf - sogar für biased, also vorurteilsbeladen hält, auch im Sinne von "nicht hilfreich für die Betroffenen", erzählt er in dieser dritten Spezial-Podcastfolge von "Aus Krisen zum Glück".

COMMENT:I was pleased to see some sense finally reported on the comparison between harm caused by alcohol versus that by cannabis.A Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health, from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dr Mary Cannon pointed out the argument - that alcohol is legal and more harmful to people than cannabis, therefore cannabis should be legal too - is redundant.Or as the professor describes it, "a spurious argument along the lines of 'would you rather be run over by a truck or a bus'."It's a cop-out for pro-cannabis legalisation lobbyists to argue along these lines, because the one big elephant in the room is psychotic disorder.Cannabis use is now the most powerful single environmental risk factor for psychotic disorder, according to studies both recent and ongoing.According to a Herald report, one study the professor was involved in found that "10 per cent of the young people who'd been using cannabis by age 15 developed a psychotic disorder in young adulthood".She argues that the association between cannabis and psychosis appears to be getting even stronger in line with the increase in strength of cannabis. That's the THC content – which is now regularly over 20 per cent, and much higher than what it used to be.Cannon says that in her clinical experience, she's seen an "increase in presentations of young men with psychosis related to cannabis over the past few years".This includes high levels of agitation, aggression and paranoia.She also cites "several large international studies ... which have shown that cannabis use in youth has a more detrimental effect on cognition and later functioning in adulthood ... than alcohol use does".And if that wasn't enough, we have local examples too. A "study from Christchurch showed that young cannabis users had greater rates of school dropout, unemployment and dependence on social welfare payments ..."And, a "Dunedin study showed that young cannabis users had lower incomes later in adulthood than their alcohol-using peers. Heavy, early onset cannabis use has been associated with up to 8-point drop in IQ that appears to be irreversible."So why are we playing with fire here? Why would we want to normalise this and pretend the harms aren't real?Often the people arguing for cannabis legalisation are adult casual users, not young adolescents who'll be most impacted by it. The casual pot-smoking luvvie may well buy or grow the legalised amounts and varieties, but the kids won't.They'll still seek out black market cannabis with dangerously high levels of THC, still propping up gang manufacture.So, what changes? The message. The message from the adults around them - and the government - that cannabis is OK.You legalise something, you normalise it. If you want to stack up an argument around cannabis and alcohol – that's surely it.Look at all the harm alcohol has created. And you want to add cannabis to the mix? Why would we be so dumb?

Let's Psyconnect dives in research to learn about what has been said about individuals in the minority group and their mental health. Stay psyconnected with us on: Instagram Visit our website: www.letspsyconnect.com Support us on Anchor or become a Patron and enjoy exclusive benefits (e.g. get invited to Patron-only events) Get Let's Psyconnect Merch (T-shirts available) References: El Bouhaddani, S., Van Domburgh, L., Schaefer, B., Doreleijers, T. A., & Veling, W. (2019). Psychotic experiences among ethnic majority and minority adolescents and the role of discrimination and ethnic identity. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54(3), 343-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01658-1 Emerson, S. D., & Carbert, N. S. (2018). An Apple a day: Protective associations between nutrition and the mental health of immigrants in Canada. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54(5), 567-578. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1616-9 Roy, A. L., Raver, C. C., Masucci, M. D., & DeJoseph, M. (2019). “If they focus on giving us a chance in life we can actually do something in this world”: Poverty, inequality, and youths' critical consciousness. Developmental Psychology, 55(3), 550-561. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000586 Watson, H., Harrop, D., Walton, E., Young, A., & Soltani, H. (2019). A systematic review of ethnic minority women's experiences of perinatal mental health conditions and services in Europe. PLOS ONE, 14(1), e0210587. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210587 Disclaimer: Let's Psyconnect Podcast and its associated social media platforms are used for informational and educational purposes and should not be considered therapy or any form of treatment, diagnosis, and is not intended to substitute professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice. Additionally, we do not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on this Podcast or other platforms used to promote it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letspsyconnect/support

Glynn was former Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Bristol where he was also a practising psychiatrist. He is a past President of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology and acted as an advisor to the WHO. He is also the author of ‘A Better Story: God, Sex and Human Flourishing' and ‘The Big Ego Trip: Finding True Significance in a Culture of Self–esteem'. In this episode he speaks to Elizabeth Oldfield about his career in psychiatry, his concerns about the self–esteem movement and what Christians can learn from the sexual revolution. During the pandemic we are releasing short extra episodes called ‘The Sacred Reflections' in response to the strange times we are living through. Former guests are returning to reflect on how they are processing this season, if this crisis has crystallised or even changed what they hold sacred, and what it might tell us about our collective sacred values. We would love to hear your responses to these same questions. You can send us your thoughts in a voice note to 07778160052 or you can email us at sacredpodcast@gmail.com. Please keep your responses to under a minute and a half if you can.

While some countries and U.S. states are beginning to reopen businesses and other gathering places, the pandemic is still very much with us. Physical distancing will likely be a way of life until a vaccine for COVID-19 is widely available. So much change, including the threat of illness, and grief of those who have lost loved ones, means that mental health is a great concern. Fortunately, there are things we can do to support our mental health at this time, especially when caring for young children or other family members. In this episode of The Brain Architects, host Sally Pfitzer speaks with Dr. Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Dr. Archana Basu, Research Associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a clinical psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. They discuss what supporting your own mental health can look like, as well as ways to support children you care for at this time. They also talk about what mental health professionals all over the world are doing to help take care of our societies in the midst of the pandemic, and how they're preparing for the challenges that come next. Speakers Sally Pfitzer, Podcast Host Dr. Archana Basu, Research Associate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and clinical psychologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Additional Resources International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: Self-Care for Providers International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: Vicarious Trauma Toolkit Massachusetts General Hospital: How to Talk to Your Children About the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Massachusetts General Hospital: Parenting At a Challenging Time: Supporting children facing the illness/ loss of a loved one Massachusetts General Hospital: Psychiatry guide to Mental Health Resources for COVID-19 National Child Traumatic Stress Network pandemic resources SAMHSA Disaster Distress 24/7 Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text 'TalkWithUs' to 66746 Transcript Sally: Welcome to The Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I'm your host, Sally Pfitzer. Since our last podcast series was released, things have changed drastically as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. During this unprecedented time, we'd like to share resources and provide guidance that you may find helpful. So, we are creating a series of podcast episodes that address COVID-19 and child development. This episode is the fifth in our series, and todays guests are Dr. Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Dr. Archana Basu, Research Associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Clinical Psychologist and Massachusetts General Hospital. Thank you both for being here I'm really looking forward to the conversation. Dr. Koenen: Thank you Sally. It's great to be here. Dr. Basu: Thank you so much. Sally: So Karestan, what makes this pandemic different from other traumatic events that many people have experienced in terms of mental health? Dr. Koenen: There are a number of characteristics that make the COVID-19 pandemic different than other traumatic events, even than other disasters. I actually lived in New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and I've seen some similarities in terms of this in that things were shut down, there was a pervasive feeling of threat, there was loss of life, and it was very disruptive and it was something that people really – in New York, anyway – talked about for a long time. It persisted and affected everyone in the city. What's different about this is the length of time people are being affected, how pervasive it is in terms of our community but the state, nationally,

Our guest on Episode 009 is Dr. Rajeev Ramchand. He joins Emily and Jason - after a decade lapse in contact - to help us understand the COVID-19 pandemic better using an epidemiological lens and to educate others about where we are and where we are going. Their conversation covers the basics of epidemiology, the data we have and how to make it better, historical comparisons, and what most concerns him moving forward - namely this is only a “trial run” pandemic and we need to shore up our public health infrastructure and personal communities to deal with the next ones. While he has a fairly different background than our previous guests, his passion of serving others with research and building stronger more inclusive communities, makes him a true Glorious Professional.  Dr. Ramchand holds a PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins, and studies mental health particularly in active military and veteran communities. He’s currently a fellow at the Bob Woodruff Foundation. With his “big brain” resume, he is finding fulfillment not only strengthening ties to his own communities but also using his deep knowledge combined with a love of performance to educate others through a series of YouTube Videos about epidemiology.  Links: Dr Ramchand’s Epi Videos Dr Ramchand’s COVID-19 and Veterans Paper Johns Hopkins Map COVID Tracking Project Fivethirtyeight article on forecasting Visual Guide of Pandemics Through History “And the Band Played On” by Randy Shilts New England Journal article of COVID-19 prevalence in pregnant women 

Tina is joined by Julius Patrick, Lead Sleep Physiologist at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital, and Dr Alexandru Dregan, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatric Epidemiology at Kings College London, to discuss all things sleep. Find out what can happen if you don't get enough sleep, and what research has shown about why it's so important.

Cannabis laws are changing rapidly with some legalization of medical marijuana and others for recreational use.  And we see, thankfully, increasing decriminalization. It's easy, however, to confuse these trends with the idea that marijuana use is safe, that there is no harm.  Dr. Deborah Hasin, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Medicine  discusses the changes in the laws, the increasing strength of cannabis and the increasing use of cannabis among pregnant women and adolescents.  While tobacco and alcohol use has decreased in pregnancy, marijuana use has not. We speak critically about the implications of these changes.   In this episode, Therese Markow and Deborah Hasin discuss:   The recommendation from the American Association of Obstetricians to avoid marijuana during pregnancy and the growing perception among pregnant women on the safety of cannabis.  The conflict of interest between the public health sector and revenue generating marijuana businesses.   Reports of non-medically trained marijuana dispensaries encouraging pregnant women to use cannabis during pregnancy.      Key Takeaways:   Since 2012 there has been an increase in recreational marijuana availability and use.  20% of states in the US currently have recreational marijuana use laws.    The rates of alcohol use during pregnancy is lower; however, pregnancy and marijuana use rates have increased 64%.  Marijuana is not a risk-free substance. Illegal marijuana samples analyzed using consistent procedures show that the THC content of marijuana has grown stronger and stronger over the last couple of decades.  Some studies demonstrate children exposed to marijuana in early childhood display challenges with coordination and learning.      "There is a public perception that marijuana is a natural substance; therefore, there’s an assumption that it is safe for use during pregnancy." —  Deborah Hasin      Connect with Deborah Hasin:     Facebook:   Deborah Hasin Website:   Deborah S. Hasin, Ph. D.   Connect with Therese:   Website:   www.criticallyspeaking.net Twitter: @CritiSpeak     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.    

This week on MIA Radio, we interview Professor Jim van Os. Professor van Os is Chairman of the Division of Neuroscience at Utrecht University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Visiting Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at King’s College, Institute of Psychiatry in London. He trained in Psychiatry in Casablanca, Bordeaux and the Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley Royal Hospital in London. We last spoke with Jim for the podcast in August 2017 and this time we focus on a recent paper written by Jim and co-authors that was published in the journal World Psychiatry in January 2019. The paper is entitled ‘The diagnosis evidence-based group-level symptom-reduction model as organizing principle for mental health care. Time for change?‘ In this episode we discuss: What the diagnosis evidence-based group-level symptom-reduction model is and how it currently informs mainstream mental healthcare. How mental health funding and mental health professional partners work together to monitor and assess the effects of current evidence-based interventions. How this curative medical model is attractive, but often fails to work for patients. That the focus on biological, brain-based diseases and symptoms conflicts with the experience of people who are attempting to develop a narrative view of their difficulties and suffering. That the paper is an attempt to start a discussion about building a synthesis between the diagnosis, symptom-based medical world and the lived experience of individual people. How the creation of specific and discrete diagnoses has reinforced the symptom-led approach to mental health and has also necessitated the stratification of doctors into silos of expertise. How Jim favors a spectrum-based approach over a fixed diagnosis and that an example is autism spectrum disorder as described in DSM V. The limitations of using ‘target symptom reduction’ as an outcome measure for mental health. That symptom reduction can be beneficial in the short-term but is not a good long-term measure of recovery. That the paper attempts to make clear how important individual experiences are and the need to be sensitive to the existential domain, saying “restoration of health is not the goal, it is the means to enable a person to find and pursue meaningful goals, accordingly, the person’s existential values become central”. That the evidence suggests that any treatment effect or improvement is often down to meaningful interaction rather than the specific expertise of the treating professional. That, in many countries, we still see a huge gulf between mental healthcare and social care which remain separate and remote from each other and that this separation is not how the person experiences their world. The importance of including lived experience in the evidence base, particularly because randomized controlled trials, considered the gold standard of evidence, are often not conclusive in the field of mental health. That, in mental health, evidence shows that 30% to 40% of the response is down to placebo and the expectation of being helped. That the desire is to make the existential domain the primary lens through which to view human experience and to respond to mental or emotional suffering. That, arguably, ‘love is the most powerful evidence-based treatment in mental health’. Relevant links: Professor Jim van Os The evidence-based group-level symptom-reduction model as the organizing principle for mental health care: time for change? Tedx: Maastricht, Connecting to Madness ISPS Liverpool Conference Jim Van Os Keynote Address Schizophrenia does not exist © Mad in America 2019

It's a new year, and Jaye ushers in 2019 with thoughts on the government shutdown, advice for the Democratic Party regarding the 2020 presidential election, and a read on Vice President Mike Pence. What makes Pence worse than Trump, and why would a Pence presidency be worse for the United States than Trump remaining in office? Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Flying Machine: http://flyingmachine.network Flying Machine Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/flyingmachine Citations: Bruni, Frank. 2018. “Mike Pence, Holy Terror.” The New York Times. July 28. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Cain, Aine. 2018. “Inside the Trump-Endorse Marriage of Mike Pence, Who Calls His Wife ‘Mother' and Refuses to Dine With Other Women.” Business Insider. February 22. https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-marriage-wife-karen-2017-10 Cross, Lauren. 2017. “Pence Rejects East Chicago's Request for Emergency Declaration.” The Times of Northwest Indiana. January 18. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/pence-rejects-east-chicago-s-request-for-emergency-declaration/article_f11de049-2f52-5551-8d44-03f094f3742e.html Cross, Lauren. 2018. “HUD: East Chicago Disregarded HUD Policies, Failed to Evaluate, Remove Contamination for Housing Projects in Superfund Site.” The Times of Northwest Indiana. January 22. http://interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/east-chicago/ D'Antonio, Michael, and Peter Eisner. 2018. The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence. New York: St. Martin's Press. Ewing, Walter, Martinez, Daniel E., and Ruben G. Rumbaut. 2015. “The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States.” American Immigration Council. July 13. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/criminalization-immigration-united-states Green, Lloyd. 2018. “Mike Pence: Power, Religion and America's ‘Shadow President.'” The Guardian. August 28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g90YK0tSW38 Kaltwasser, Jared. 2018. “Early Intervention Could Have Prevented Indiana's HIV Outbreak.” MD Magazine. September 27. https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/intervention-could-have-prevented-indianas-hiv-outbreak “Lead Poisoning.” Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/lead-poisoning “Lead Poisoning and Health.” World Health Organization. August 23, 2018. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lead-poisoning-and-health Mahler, Jonathan, and Dirk Johnson. 2016. “Mike Pence's Journey: Catholic Democrat to Evangelical Republican.” The New York Times. July 20. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Mayer, Jane. 2017. “The Danger of President Pence.” The New Yorker. October 23. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/23/the-danger-of-president-pence Morlin, Bill. 2018. “Study Shows Two-Thirds of US Terrorism Tied to Right-Wing Extremists.” Southern Poverty Law Center. September 12. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/12/study-shows-two-thirds-us-terrorism-tied-right-wing-extremists Nowrasteh, Alex. 2015. “Immigration and Crime – What the Research Says.” Cato Institute. July 14. https://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-crime-what-research-says Salas-Wright, Christopher P., Vaughn, Michael G., Schwartz, Seth J., and David Cordova. 2016. “An ‘Immigrant Paradox' for Adolescent Externalizing Behavior? Evidence from a National Sample.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. January, 51:1, pp. 27-37. Stack, Liam. 2016. “Mike Pence and ‘Conversion Therapy': A History.” The New York Times. November 30. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Stark, Kevin. 2018. “How Pollution Seeped Into the Lives of East Chicago Residents.” WBEZ 91.5 Chicago. June 17. http://interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/east-chicago/ Thrasher, Steven W. 2018. “Mike Pence is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana – but for New Reasons.” The Nation. October 4. https://www.thenation.com/article/mike-pence-is-still-to-blame-for-an-hiv-outbreak-in-indiana-but-for-new-reasons/ Twohey, Megan. 2016. “Mike Pence's Response to HIV Outbreak: Prayer, Then a Change of Heart.” The New York Times. August 7. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html Walsh, Joan. 2017. “Why Mike Pence is Worse than Donald Trump.” The Nation. August 22. https://www.thenation.com/article/why-mike-pence-is-worse-than-donald-trump/ Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ Auld Lang Syne (Instrumental Jam) composed by E's Jammy Jams Under the Radar composed by Silent Partner A Darker Heart composed by Audionautix Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Palmetto Moon composed by The 126ers

 This week, we interview Professor Jim van Os. Professor van Os is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and Visiting Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at King’s College, Institute of Psychiatry, London.  He trained in Psychiatry in Casablanca, Bordeaux and the Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley Royal Hospital in London. In 2011, he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW); he appears on the 2014 Thomson-Reuter Web of Science list of the world’s most influential scientific minds of our time. He is Director of Psychiatric Services at Maastricht University Medical Centre and runs a service for treatment-resistant depression and first episode psychosis. I was keen to ask professor van Os about his views on biological psychiatry, why we should sometimes challenge schizophrenia, psychosis and other diagnostic terminology and how he sees the future of mental healthcare. In this episode, we discuss: How Jim became interested in Psychology and Psychiatry, partly because of the experiences of family members That Jim felt that training in many parts of the world allowed him to see variations in psychiatric models and this led to him questioning the biological model That Jim also saw how dominant the prescribing of medication but noticed the wide variation in practices How Jim observed in France a willingness by the treating doctors to accept that they didn’t know what the root cause of a mental health difficulty That some of the diagnoses that psychiatrists rely on are actually cultural agreements between professionals and that if a patient accepts the idea that they have a diseased brain, it can be limiting for that patient That we should be able to admit that we don’t know causes but we can still help and support people who struggle with their mental health That there is a 25% yearly prevalence of mental disorders, but many nations have a capacity for only 4% to 6% of the general population That selection criteria to get help and support with their mental health just don’t work because we cannot precept outcomes for people That there are interesting developments in eCommunities where people can participate in online communities to share experiences, for example ‘Proud to be Me’ in the Netherlands. That diagnoses are starting to function as an economic measurement of mental illness and treatment and some cannot access treatment without a diagnosis, which perpetuate the diagnostic paradigm That there were attempts in the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM V) discussions to adopt ranges or dimensions of disorders, but the proposal was shot down That it would have been historic if dimensions were adopted in the DSM because then the discussion between the clinician and the patient would have had to change That there is some dimensionality in DSM V, represented as ‘spectrum disorders’ which are the first step towards acknowledging the variations inherent in human experiences That Jim saw in his own family that the initial ‘relief’ of receiving a diagnosis was undone when more and more diagnoses were added That a label of Schizophrenia can mean that other people do not know what to expect and find it difficult to relate psychologically to that person and their experiences That the Maastricht User Research Centre has been discussing the language used in psychiatry, in particular the terms psychosis and schizophrenia and trying to find more helpful terms, for example hyper-meaning That sometimes terms such as ‘susceptibility’ and ‘syndrome’ are far more helpful than giving someone the message that they have a brain disease   That biological psychiatry has been trying to reverse engineer and validate the concept of schizophrenia by investigating case control differences That there is more awareness developing about the critical appraisal of diagnostic terminology That the mental health sector should not be viewed as a separate entity, but should reinvent itself as an inclusive local community that is there to connect with people and their range of experiences That patients often indicate that what got them better was community and connection and meaning and empowerment That the User Research Centre, led by Dr. Peter Groot, have developed a solution to help patients withdraw slowly and gradually from their psychiatric medications That when prescribing medication, we should encourage people to monitor their experiences to allow a better discussion about treatment continuing or stopping based on evidence That if we suppress difficulties with medication, it can make it more difficult for the person to build up coping mechanisms To listen on Mad in America: https://goo.gl/tyyLmt Podcast show notes: https://goo.gl/h1CHc5 To get in touch with us email: podcasts@madinamerica.com © Mad in America 2017  

Dr Michael Dudley AM is a Senior Staff Specialist in Psychiatry with Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital Adolescent Service and Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of New South Wales. He primarily works as a clinician to young people, families and parents in an adolescent mental health service. As a conjoint academic, he is involved in teaching suicide prevention and youth mental health to medical students at UNSW, and serves on various boards and committees. He maintains interests in rural and Indigenous suicide and mental health issues, ethics, and the role of religion/spirituality and mental health in contemporary culture. In 2011 Michael became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for work in child and adolescent mental health and a range of professional associations and has been acknowledged by the NSW Health Department’s Better Health Awards, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry and ReachOut.com. This has included specific recognition for his work on gun control as well as his extensive experience working with youth, Indigenous people, and refugees who are at risk of suicide and self harm. He is a reviewer for the Medical Journal of Australia; the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; Australasian Psychiatry; Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. His memberships have included the Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee (ASPAC), the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s Mental Health Advisory Sub-Group and the New South Wales Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee. In 1992 he became a founding Director of Suicide Prevention Australia and was the Chair of the organisation between 2000 and 2015. Under his leadership SPA widened its responsibilities and established its role as the peak body for all organisations and individuals working in suicide prevention. In the last decade, he has been author or co-author on over 40 publications. It is impossible to calculate the value of his research and teachings to the suicide prevention field in Australia. We are honoured to present a LiFEtime Achievement Award to Michael Dudley.

Today on Burning Issues Mitch Earleywine is joined by Richard Grucza, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine. Grucza received his B.S. from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1989, M.S. from Pennsylvania State University in 1991, Ph. from D. Washington University in 2000, and Master in Psychiatric Epidemiology from Washington University in 2003. Richard Grucza and colleagues published that marijuana use among American adults more than doubled between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, from 4.1% to 9.5% in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. The new study found there had been no change in the rate of marijuana-related problems, such as addiction, between 2002-2013, contrary to the doubling of such problems reported in the previous study. To comment on the results Grucza says, "We're certainly seeing some increases in marijuana use. But our survey didn't notice any increase in marijuana-related problems. Certainly, some people are having problems so we should remain vigilant, but the sky is not falling."

We're seeing definitive moves toward the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. As the use of pot becomes normalized, what will be the impact on teens and what should parents say to their teens about its use. Follow: @rrlamourelle @bamradionetwork Yasmin Hurd is the Director MD/PhD Program, Professor in Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics at the Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of medicine. Dr. Matthew Smith has a Ph.D. in Social Work with Post-Doctoral Training in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Translational Neuroscience. His research interests cover the influence of alcohol and illicit substances on brain anatomy.