54: Blue Light, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder
Blue light is getting blamed for everything from eye strain to cancer lately, but what does it do to our patients with depression and bipolar disorder. A lot, as you will see in this podcast, but it d...
2 Aug 202111min
53: What Will the Future of Alzheimer Disease Treatment Look Like?
PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST Alzheimer disease (AD) remains one of the most dreaded diagnoses a patient can get. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raised hopes when it approved aducanumab, which pro...
22 Jul 202118min
52: What Makes Men’s Depression Different?
Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST June is National Men’s Health Month, a good time to consider the unique mental health needs of men. In this edition of PsychPearls, Jonathan E. Alp...
25 Jun 202122min
51: Teamwork and Trauma: a Conversation With Kasey Grewe, MD, and Niesha Voigt, MD
PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST The initial wave of COVID-19 cases flooded New York City hospitals with patients who urgently needed medical attention. Despite the potential dangers, psychiatrists and other ph...
25 Jun 202131min
50: Dosing Tips for Lithium: How to Improve Tolerability
PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST Although lithium is a first-line treatment that ranks high on the list of patient’s favorites, it has fallen out of general use, particularly in the United States. When lithium wo...
18 Mai 202115min
49: Facing the First Days of the Pandemic: a Conversation With David Chong, MD, and Sara Nash, MD
PSYCHPEARLS PODCAST During the first wave of COVID-19 cases in New York City, physicians of all kinds took on unfamiliar roles and, in many cases, potentially risked their lives to help their patie...
17 Mai 202137min
48: More Than Postpartum Depression: Addressing Maternal Mental Health Through the Life Cycle
May is Maternal Mental Health Month, and moms around the world could probably use a break. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they have done even more of the childcare and housework, while also, in many ca...
11 Mai 202121min
47: How Can One Mental Illness Generate the Opposite Mood Experiences?
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many patients were already waiting months to see a psychiatrist. In this edition of Psych Pearls, we speak to James Phelps, MD, about the roots of the crisis and...
21 Apr 202125min
