Melissa DelBello on metformin for youth with bipolar disorder
Weight gain is a typical side-effect of taking antipsychotics and can have a big impact on people. But for young people with bipolar disorder, metformin isn't commonly prescribed alongside an antipsyc...
11 Nov 202531min
Camilla Rosan on the COS-P perinatal mental health intervention
Up to 1 in 4 women and birthing parents experience perinatal mental health difficulties, but there isn't enough evidence around interventions that could help them, especially interventions that work w...
7 Okt 202534min
Juan Carlos Bazo Alvarez and Claudia Cooper on antipsychotics and dementia
People living with dementia often have behavioural and psychiatric symptoms, such as agitation, and when these are severe, antipsychotics can be prescribed. Guidelines recommend prescribing antipsycho...
16 Sep 202529min
Kasia Machaczek, Scott Teasdale, and Joe Firth on lifestyle interventions
Why is physical health so important for people with mental illness? In this episode, we talk about a new paper on lifestyle interventions for people with mental illness, covering which aspects of thos...
12 Aug 202534min
Louise Glenthøj, Ditte Lammers, and Vibeke Andersen on virtual reality-based therapy for auditory hallucinations
What if you could see the voice inside your head? Auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia are often distressing, as the voices are often malicious and unrelenting. In a new type of immersive virtual...
3 Jul 202540min
Katrina Kennedy and Rose Pollard Kaptchuk on health-care responses for trans and gender diverse people after interpersonal violence
Transgender and gender diverse people experience disproportionately high levels of interpersonal violence, but they also face multiple barriers to receiving quality post-violence care, with knock-on e...
4 Jun 202533min
Andrea Iaboni on medications for anxiety in older adults
Which medications should be the first choice for prescribing for anxiety in older adults? Anxiety is common in older adults, but a lot of research on medication for anxiety is done in younger adults a...
14 Mai 202531min
Philipp Klein on a digital intervention for borderline personality disorder
Sophia Davis, senior editor at The Lancet Psychiatry, discusses research on a new digital therapy for borderline personality disorder with Philipp Klein from the University of Lubeck, Germany. This e...
15 Apr 202539min
