Podcasts about psychiatric illness

This one is an art episode, but also a murder episode and also a madness episode. Artist Richard Dadd's life story is quite sad, but his art remained consistently good, even at the lowest points in his life. Research: Boyce, Niall. “Ehibition: Richard Dadd—Painting From His Mind's Eye.” The Lacet. January 22, 2011. https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2811%2960065-2 “The Cobham Park Murder.” The Examiner. Sept 9, 1843. https://www.newspapers.com/image/388277729/?match=1&terms=richard%20dadd Dadd, Richard. “Halt in the Desert.” British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1987-0411-9#object-detail-data Dadd, Richard. “The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke.” Tate Museum. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dadd-the-fairy-fellers-master-stroke-t00598 Hall, Samuel Carter. “The Book of British Ballads.” J. How. 1842. Accessed online: https://books.google.com/books?id=Tm8sFMykgdgC&source=gbs_navlinks_s Hare, Edward. “Creativity And Mental Illness.” British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition), vol. 295, no. 6613, 1987, pp. 1587–89. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/29529224 Huddleston, S., & Russell, G. A. (2015). Richard Dadd: The Patient, the Artist, and the “Face of Madness.” Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 24(3), 213–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2013.849077 Kerley, P “Richard Dadd: The art of a 'criminal lunatic' murderer.” BBC News Magazine. Nov. 13, 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34722937 Lippincott, Louise. “Murder and the Fine Arts; Or, a Reassessment of Richard Dadd.” The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, vol. 16, 1988, pp. 75–94. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4166579 Munn, Geoffrey. “New Light on Dadd: George Bailey (1821–1898)by Richard Dadd (1817–86).” The British Art Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2023, pp. 75–76. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/48760525 “The Murder of Mr. Dadd – Apprehension of Richard Dadd.” Chester Chronicle, and Chester and North Wales General Advertiser. Sept. 15, 1843. https://www.newspapers.com/image/793241104/?match=1&terms=richard%20dadd “The Parricide at Cobham Park.” Essex, Herts and Kent Mercury. Sept 19, 1843. https://www.newspapers.com/image/933363283/?match=1&terms=richard%20dadd “Richard Dadd.” Getty Museum. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103JS7 “Richard Dadd painting to return to Bethlem Hospital after 170 years.” BBC. January 6, 2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64155941 “The ‘Satanic' in Newspaper Literature.” Leicester Chronicle. Sept. 16, 1843. https://www.newspapers.com/image/816920892/?match=1&terms=richard%20dadd Seifert, Ruth, et al. “Mad, Bad or Sad? Prison and Psychiatric Illness.” RSA Journal, vol. 147, no. 5490, 1999, pp. 112–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41378810 "'Sketch of an Idea for Crazy Jane' by Richard Dadd.” Bethlem Museum of the Mind. https://museumofthemind.org.uk/blog/sketch-of-an-idea-for-crazy-jane-by-richard-dadd “Top 20 finds on the Antiques Roadshow.” BBC. Sept. 19, 2017. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/antiques-roadshow-40/valuable Tromans, Nicholas. “Richard Dadd: the Artist and the Asylum,” D.A.P./Tate. 2011. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mequell and Adam talk about a common and damaging misconception that people with mental illness are violent. Adam shares statistics from The National Library of Medicine that violence stems from substance abuse. If someone with a mental illness is self-medicating with substances, that is what increases violence. Those who are being properly treated by medical professionals are no more violent than anybody else. In fact, they are more likely to be victims of violence rather than perpetrators. So not only does this idea perpetuate stigma, it's flat out wrong. And even though Mequell has a constant running list of people to fight (calm down, it's imaginary) doesn't make her violent. Touche' Psychiatric Illness and Criminality --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mequell-buck/message

Dr. Parker Kelley, postdoc at UCSF, expertise in psychoimmunology, biomedical sciences, psychedelics. The goal of this interview is thoughtful discussion about psychedelics, science, and medicine. With an emphasis on caution and risks around these substances. Let's stay curious, learn about Parker, psychedelics, and metabolics, on this episode of learning with lowell PODCAST INFO:The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we'll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn't normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups. LINKSSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/66eFLHQclKe5p3bMXsCTRHRSS: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/feed/podcast/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzri06unR-lMXbl6sqWP_-QYoutube clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B5x371AzTGgK-_q3U_KfAWebsite: https://www.learningwithlowell.com Dr. Parker Kelly's linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/d-parker-kelley-324a9012b/https://psychedelics.ucsf.edu/https://clinicaltrials.ucsf.edu/psilocybin Timestamps00:00 Introducing Parker Kelley00:50 Metabolics of psychiatric illnesses06:00 Chemical effects on people11:40 Medicinal chemistry on chemical / non psychedelic psychedelics16:00 Working out different pathways21:40 SSRIs and psychedelics27:15 Negative effects of psychedelics33:00 Psychedelic Psychosis35:20 Visiting Amazon, researching psychedelics42:40 Clinical trials vs real world48:00 Designing clinical trials / music52:30 Choosing ayahuasca to study56:30 Low Risk / High risk psychedelics58:11 Book recommendations01:00:50 Alan Watts01:03:45 Modern Philosophy schools01:06:30 Philosophy of mind / consciousness01:08:33 Difference between a dead body vs live / Self As Mental or physical / last deep dive psychadelics #clinicaltrials #mentalhealth

In this episode, we report on a major international study involving psychiatry researchers from the School of Medicine who are working to identify causes and effects of the early stages of schizophrenia in young people — an illness characterized by significant changes in thoughts, feelings and behavior that may include a loss of contact with reality. The goal is to improve early diagnosis and treatment to potentially prevent the most devastating effects of the disorder. The study's principal investigator is Daniel Mamah, MD, a professor of psychiatry. He has a clinic in St. Louis, where he works with young people to identify biomarkers in the blood and the brain that may help predict risk of debilitating psychiatric illness. He also studies potential drug targets for treating such conditions. In addition, Mamah and his colleagues have expanded their efforts to East Africa. Working with collaborators in Kenya, the researchers are launching a site in Africa to study young people at risk for schizophrenia in hopes of learning more about what causes the illness, as well as how to potentially prevent it. Mamah previously has collaborated with researchers at the Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, and now the scientists are working to identify and compare risk factors for schizophrenia in patients from North America and from Africa. The podcast, “Show Me the Science,” is produced by WashU Medicine Marketing & Communications at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Renowned Functional Medicine Neurologist Dr. Suzanne Gazda is at the forefront of treating neurological disorders, from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Multiple Sclerosis, to neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism and ADD and has also become a specialist in Long Covid and its neurological effects. She completed her residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center, and is the founder of the Neurology Institute of San Antonio (NISA). Dedicated to patient care since 1989, having worked extensively with Hope for Humans charity in Uganda on the treatment of neurological diseases, and trained in functional medicine, Dr. Gazda has a unique and incredibly diverse perspective and experience, enabling her to approach neurological illness from a whole body and whole brain perspective, diagnosing and treating the root cause of neurological disorders.  In this in-depth interview she focuses on how to find and treat the biological and environmental root causes of neurological disorders (MS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Disease, Autism, ADD, etc) and psychiatric symptoms (depression, anxiety, OCD, etc), rather than just treating their symptoms. She explains how immune reactions–to infections, mould, chronic stress, toxins, poor diet, EMF, etc–produce neuroinflammation, which is the major cause of all neurological diseases. She also explains why Covid poses the biggest threat to neurological and psychological health humanity has ever faced. In this fascinating interview, she outlines how we can reduce and prevent chronic inflammation to safeguard our brain health through simple ‘pillars of health' solutions.

Most medical illnesses appear later in life,  as organ systems fail and the decades of wear and tear eventually  erode the body's innate homeostatic mechanisms.  Psychiatric illness, however, is profoundly different. Here Dr. H explores six central reasons why serious psychiatric illness tends to appear in mid to late adolescence.These factors include:•Leaving the tribe•Contagion and heightened peer influence•Early existential life crises•Developmental brain changes•Sleep deprivation and sleep cycle derangement •Cannabis and alcoholBFTA on Instagram. @backfromtheabysspodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/backfromtheabysspodcast/BFTA/ Dr. Hhttps://www.craigheacockmd.com/podcast-page/

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.12.18.520947v1?rss=1 Authors: Dhamala, E., Ooi, L. Q. R., Chen, J., Ricard, J. A., Berkeley, E., Chopra, S., Qu, Y., Lawhead, C., Yeo, B. T. T., Holmes, A. Abstract: Background: Individual differences in functional brain connectivity can be used to predict both the presence of psychiatric illness and variability in associated behaviors. However, despite evidence for sex differences in functional network connectivity and in the prevalence, presentation, and trajectory of psychiatric illnesses, the extent to which disorder-relevant aspects of network connectivity are shared or unique across the sexes remains to be determined. Methods: In this work, we used predictive modelling approaches to evaluate whether shared or unique functional connectivity correlates underlie the expression of psychiatric illness-linked behaviors in males and females in data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (n=5260; 2571 females). Results: We demonstrate that functional connectivity profiles predict individual differences in externalizing behaviors in males and females, but only predict internalizing behaviors in females. Furthermore, models trained to predict externalizing behaviors in males generalize to predict internalizing behaviors in females, and models trained to predict internalizing behaviors in females generalize to predict externalizing behaviors in males. Finally, the neurobiological correlates of many behaviors are largely shared within and across sexes: functional connections within and between heteromodal association networks including default, limbic, control, and dorsal attention networks are associated with internalizing and externalizing behaviors as well as attentional deficits. Conclusions: Taken together, these findings suggest that shared neurobiological patterns may manifest as distinct behaviors across the sexes. These results highlight the need to consider factors beyond just neurobiology in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illnesses. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

New 2022 - IBS Is Not A Psychiatric Illness Dr. Sarina Pasricha • http://www.docsarina.com #SarinaPasricha #Gastroenterology #HolisticMedicine Dr. Sarina Pasricha is a Harvard trained nationally recognized Delaware gastroenterologist focused on gut health, the gut microbiome, and the brain-gut connection. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University in biological anthropology with a focus on nutrition. She then attended Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine for medical school. She received a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute award where she spent an additional year conducting basic science research to determine genetic risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. She then completed her internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of North Carolina where she also received a Masters of Science in Clinical Research from the Gillings School of Public Health. Dr. Pasricha has completed additional training in motility disorders with an emphasis on constipation, fecal incontinence, irritable bowel syndrome, the brain-gut axis, and gut health. She has published extensively in the most respected gastroenterology journals and has given more than 40 national presentations. She has received numerous teaching awards including best mentor award as an internal medicine resident. She has also received the IFAB Women of the World award and was voted as a Delaware Today's Top Doctor 2019. She is a Presidential Scholar and has been honored by President Clinton at the White House twice. Dr. Pasricha's research background allows her to best use evidence-based medicine to treat her patients. She takes a holistic approach toward managing gastrointestinal diseases. Dr. Pasricha is a phenomenal speaker and has been an invited speaker for multiple talks and podcasts on the gut microbiome, the brain-gut connection, pregnancy and gut health, and the role of food as medicine. To Contact Dr. Sarina Pasricha, M.D. go to docsarina.com CLICK HERE - To Checkout Our MEMBERSHIP CLUB: http://www.realtruthtalks.com  • Social Media ChannelsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TRTAHConferenceInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/therealtruthabouthealth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RTAHealth Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-real-truth-about-health-conference/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealTruthAboutHealth    • Check out our Podcasts  Visit us on Apple Podcast and Itunes search:  The Real Truth About Health Free 17 Day Live Online Conference Podcast Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/23a037be-99dd-4099-b9e0-1cad50774b5a/real-truth-about-health-live-online-conference-podcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0RZbS2BafJIEzHYyThm83J Google:https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS8yM0ZqRWNTMg%3D%3DStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/real-truth-about-health-live-online-conference-podcastAudacy: https://go.audacy.com/partner-podcast-listen-real-truth-about-health-live-online-conference-podcastiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-real-truth-about-health-li-85932821/ Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/show/2867272 Reason: https://reason.fm/podcast/real-truth-about-health-live-online-conference-podcast • Other Video ChannelsYoutube:https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealTruthAboutHealthVimeo:https://vimeo.com/channels/1733189Rumble:  https://rumble.com/c/c-1111513 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TRTAHConference/videos/?ref=page_internal DailyMotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/TheRealTruthAboutHealth BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/JQryXTPDOMih/ Disclaimer:Medical and Health information changes constantly. Therefore, the information provided in this podcast should not be considered current, complete, or exhaustive. Reliance on any information provided in this podcast is solely at your own risk. The Real Truth About Health does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, or opinions referenced in the following podcasts, nor does it exercise any authority or editorial control over that material. The Real Truth About Health provides a forum for discussion of public health issues. The views and opinions of our panelists do not necessarily reflect those of The Real Truth About Health and are provided by those panelists in their individual capacities. The Real Truth About Health has not reviewed or evaluated those statements or claims.  

In this episode, Sam shares her stories of how she ended up hitting rock bottom more than once, what those experience were like for her and how she managed to find her way out and on the road to recovery. Samantha Marchionda is a Niagara-based entrepreneur and professional singer who has experienced mental illness, alcohol addiction and recovery. Her struggles have inspired her to normalize conversations around mental illness and spread the message that no one is alone. She has written and produced three one-woman shows where she shares her experiences through storytelling and song. The latest, Subject to Change, included all original music. In 2021 Sam started her own business called Sam Out Loud. She empowers adults of all gender identities who feel stuck, uninspired, or lacking purpose to feel more fulfilled, happy, and peaceful through one-on-one consulting, workshops, and speaking engagements.Follow Sam on InstagramFollow Candace on InstagramLearn more about borderline personality disorder here

Dr. H sits down with Dr. Usha Udupa, a Colorado-based child and adolescent psychiatrist, to explore the complexities of working with patients in the context of the family.  They discuss topics such as:How and when family members should be included in treatmentWhat if the patient refuses family involvementWhen the identified patient isn't the problemHow and when to break confidentiality, especially with substance abuseWhat are the hidden stories behind what people believe about medsWhy so many young men are failing to launchWhat to do when one or more family members don't believe in treatmentDr. H talks all things ADD/ADHD, meds/stimulants, treatment optionshttps://anchor.fm/apositivepodcast/episodes/Episode-24-Everything-ADDADHD--Medication--with-Dr--Craig-Heacock-e1fj85mPlease take the BFTA listeners poll--we really want your input!https://bit.ly/3eQ8DdyBFTA on Instagram. @backfromtheabysspodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/backfromtheabysspodcast/BFTA/ Dr. Hhttps://www.craigheacockmd.com/podcast-page/

Dr Kobus Roux and Dr Leigh Janet join us to discuss the role of our genes in influencing the emergence of different mental disorders. For example, is schizophrenia caused by a single gene? Adcock Ingram

Dr Kobus Roux and Dr Leigh Janet join us to discuss the role of our genes in influencing the emergence of different mental disorders. For example, is schizophrenia caused by a single gene?

There's been an increase in new or worsening mental health issues for many people during the pandemic. Anxiety, depression, stress, despair and loneliness have spiked and experts believe we'll continue to feel the mental health impact of the pandemic for a long time to come.  Our guest on this episode, psychiatrist Dr. Margaret Chisolm, is a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She contends that mental illness need not define people nor consign them to a life on the margins.  Dr. Chisolm offers her insights in her new book entitled, "From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life with Mental Illness". Her website is margaretchisolmmd.com.  *** Thanks to our sponsors of this episode! --> Maxine's Heavenly Cookies: the most delicious plant-based, gluten-free, vegan, low sugar cookies! We love all of their flavors, especially Mint Chocolate Chunk and Chocolate Chocolate Chunk! Go to http://www.maxinesheavenly.com/nobody and use promo code 'nobody' to get 25% off your order. --> AirMedCare Network (AMCN): add inexpensive Fly-U-Home coverage to your AMCN membership so that if there's a medical emergency, you can make the call to be transported back to your local hospital—closer to your own doctor and family. Fly-U-Home takes care of absolutely everything from hospital A to hospital B. No bills. No paperwork. It's a smart way to reduce stress—and put control of your care in your hands. Sign up for Fly-U-Home today and receive up to a $100 eGift Card. by going to airmedcarenetwork.com/tellme and use offer code TELLME.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Rendering Unconscious podcast is a lecture by Dr. Steven Reisner “Crazy Like a Fox: Evil is Not a Psychiatric Illness ” presented at the New School for Social Research, January 31, 2017. Dr. Reisner is introduced by Dr. Chris Christian, who organized the event. This event available to view at YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ty1HhODKVaI Steven Reisner, PhD is a psychoanalyst, psychologist and political activist. He is a founding member of the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology, Advisor on Psychology and Ethics for Physicians for Human Rights and past-President of Psychologists for Social Responsibility. He was a leader in the successful movement to prohibit psychologists from their central role in CIA and military abuses of detainees. As a result of these efforts, psychologists were removed from Guantanamo Bay in January 2016. Dr. Reisner hosts the podcast MADNESS: Where Psychology & Capitalism Collide: http://madnesspodcast.com Follow him at Twitter: https://twitter.com/Drreisner Dr. Reisner contributed to Rendering Unconscious, the book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart Books, 2019): https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 You can support Rendering Unconscious Podcast at our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: http://www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is from the album LUNACY (OST) by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson: https://vanessasinclaircarlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com/album/lunacy-ost Lunacy the film is available to view at Vimeo on Demand: https://store.trapart.net/details/00016 Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image from the event

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Geoffrey Samuel, "Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body: Tibetan Understandings of Psychiatric Illness and How to Deal With It" in the Journal of Religion and Health (2019), 58(3), 770–794. This episode of Footnotes is a lecture produced by Frances Garrett for a 2019 University of Toronto undergraduate course called Biohacking Breath.

Mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States and elsewhere. In this podcast, author Ira D. Glick discusses the research he and his colleagues conducted to analyze whether certain mass shooters had psychiatric illnesses and had received appropriate medication before they committed the violence. While the authors acknowledge the limitations in their research, their data suggest that many persons who commit domestic mass murders may have experienced compromising and untreated psychiatric illnesses.

This week we review a recent report on the prevalence and types of psychiatric problems that pediatric and adolescent heart failure/transplant patients may have. How common are these illnesses, which are most common and what to do about this? We speak with Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Isaura Diaz about her recent work this week. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.10.022

We’re hearing a lot about people at risk for death with COVID – the elderly, African Americans, men, those with medical problems or low vitamin D, and this new study adds people with mental illness to the list. [Link] Published On: 11/11/2020 Duration: 1 minute, 48 seconds Got feedback? Take the podcast survey.

Holistic education on psychiatric illness, showing other potential alternatives for healing. Learn about holistic alternatives for psychiatric disorders and more.

This month, Naked Neuroscience is putting music therapy under the microscope. We're tuning into the therapeutic properties of tunes, asking - what actually is music therapy? What health conditions can music therapy treat? And what's it actually doing to the brain? Plus, we'll be picking apart some of the latest neuroscience research, with the help of our local experts. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This month, Naked Neuroscience is putting music therapy under the microscope. We're tuning into the therapeutic properties of tunes, asking - what actually is music therapy? What health conditions can music therapy treat? And what's it actually doing to the brain? Plus, we'll be picking apart some of the latest neuroscience research, with the help of our local experts. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In the very first Podcast Against Disease Interview (Interview Against Disease?), Kavita and Cody speak with Dr. Jennifer Payne, Director of the Women's Mood Disorders Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital. We talk about the myths and realities of treating mood disorders during pregnancy, and what every current and future mother might want to know to keep themselves and their children healthy.

Dr. Joel Braslow is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and of history at the University of California, Los Angeles. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.T. Braslow and L. Messac. Case Studies in Social Medicine: Medicalization and Demedicalization - A Gravely Disabled Homeless Man with Psychiatric Illness. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1885-8.

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In today's show a look at the CVS pricing tool and dehydration and the connection to the brain and anxiety. You might be dehydrated. You might have an anxiety disorder. Or you could have both. Also a bit of housekeeping; real life and podcasting are currently in conflict. For the next few weeks there may be missed or shorter shows. If you need support contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 741-741. Resources Mentioned:  AARP report on CVS drug price information for consumers at over 30,000 pharmacies. Lifetime Nutritional Influences on Cognition, Behaviour and Psychiatric Illness via Google Books - chapter on hydration and water. This is more for the science geeks among us. Mayo Clinic Foundation page on Dehydration which contains a list of symptoms and how to prevent becoming dehydrated. The Department of Defense Armed with Science blog has a page for soldiers who are consuming a lot of energy drinks that have high levels of caffeine. You might want to cut back or eliminate them from your diet. National Institute of Aging on Getting Enough Fluids and FEMA.gov pamphlet on Food and Water Preparation in an Emergency.   Disclaimer:  Links to other sites are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute endorsements.  Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider with questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health disorder. This blog and podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this program is intended to be a substitute for professional psychological, psychiatric or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Sometimes what initially appears to be a psychiatric illness turns out to be an organic illness, and vise versa. In our assessment of the patient with altered behaviour, it is critical to drill down and dissect apart the type of hallucinations a patient might be displaying, whether the demented patient is simply suffering from worsening dementia or alternatively has acute delirium (which carries a high mortality rate), and whether their somatic complaints might be due to depression or a psychotic psychiatric illness. In anticipation of our upcoming episode on Medical Clearance of the Psychiatric Patient Dr. Brian Steinhart tells the story of his Best Case Ever, reminding us of some of the clinical clues that can help us in our approach to the patient with altered behaviour, so that we avoid misdiagnosing a psychiatric illness with an organic one, or even worse, an organic illness with a psychiatric one... The post Best Case Ever 48 – Organic vs Psychiatric Illness appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

This month, how to safely and ethically carry out stereotactic surgery for psychiatric illness. Bart Nuttin, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Leuven, has put together pragmatic guidelines, with the input of international psychiatric and neurosurgical societies.Here he gives us an overview. Read the guidelines in full: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/85/9/1003.full

David Dastrup is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor.  He has cared for patients in many settings, including: clinics, emergency departments, and hospitals.  David has worked independently and with psychiatrists.  He has great insight into the state of psychiatric care in our country. Columbine, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, […]