PsychEd: Educational Psychiatry Podcast

Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers the basics of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Hosts: 
Eric Yu (MS3)
Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)
Dr. Shaoyuan Wang (PGY5)
Audio Editing: 
Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)

References:
1. Park, J., Tan, J., Krzeminski, S., Hazeghazam, M., Bandlamuri, M., & Carlson, R. W. (2017). Malignant catatonia warrants early psychiatric‐critical care collaborative management: two cases and literature review. Case Reports in Critical Care, 2017(1), 1951965.
2. Simon, L. V., Hashmi, M. F., & Callahan, A. L. (2023). Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. In StatPearls 
[Internet]. StatPearls Publishing.
2. Tan, C. M., & Kumachev, A. (2023). Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. CMAJ, 195(43), E1481-E1481.
4. Trollor, J. N., & Sachdev, P. S. (1999). Electroconvulsive treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a review and report of cases. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 33(5), 650-659.
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Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners.
This episode covers Working with Borderline Personality Disorder in the Emergency Department with Dr. Bruce Fage, a psychiatrist in Toronto working in emergency and acute care psychiatry, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. His interests include the relational and systems issues that shape psychiatric care in crisis settings. He is also a former founding member of PsychEd!
The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:
Explain how the emergency department environment influences presentations of borderline personality disorder

Know when to apply the diagnosis of borderline personality in the emergency setting

Demonstrate effective management strategies for patients with BPD in the ED

Evaluate appropriate use of emergency and inpatient care for BPD presentations

Guest:
Dr. Bruce Fage
Hosts:
Sara Abrahamson (MS3)
Shelly Palchik (MS4)
Angad Singh (PGY2)
Audio editing:
Angad Singh (PGY2)
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Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers the basics of serotonin syndrome.
Hosts: 
Eric Yu (MS3)
Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)
Dr. Shaoyuan Wang (PGY5)
Audio Editing: 
Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)
References:
1. Boyer, E. W. (2024). Serotonin syndrome (serotonin toxicity). In UpToDate.
2. Buckley, N. A., Dawson, A. H., & Isbister, G. K. (2014). Serotonin syndrome. Bmj, 348.
3. Dunkley, E. J. C., Isbister, G. K., Sibbritt, D., Dawson, A. H., & Whyte, I. M. (2003). The Hunter Serotonin Toxicity Criteria: simple and accurate diagnostic decision rules for serotonin toxicity. Qjm, 96(9), 635-642.
4. Foong, A. L., Grindrod, K. A., Patel, T., & Kellar, J. (2018). Demystifying serotonin syndrome (or serotonin toxicity). Canadian Family Physician, 64(10), 720-727.
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Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This is our second book club episode centered around the novel Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health by Thomas Insel, MD.
This book is a part memoir / part manifesto written by one of our generation’s most important leaders in neuroscience and psychiatry, Dr. Thomas Insel. Dr. Insel served as the director of the NIMH for 13 years from 2002-2015. Healing is replete with his reflections on personal and clinical experiences as well as epidemiological data, research, and policies related to mental health. Dr. Insel argues that medicine’s failure to significantly reduce the mortality and morbidity of psychiatric illnesses is less due to a lack of scientific progress, and more a result of poor implementation of existing interventions that are already well supported by the evidence.
Guest: Dr. Thomas Insel
Hosts: Dr. Gaurav Sharma - Staff psychiatrist working in Nunavut, Canada
Dr. Kate Braithwaite - Family doctor from South Africa
Ahmad Khan - MS4 at Western University
Dr. Sophie Gregoire-Mitha - PGY1 Psychiatry resident in Manitoba
Audio editing: Dr. Gaurav Sharma
Episode Evaluation: Dr. Angad Singh
Our discussion is divided into 3 main sections:
(2:48): Main themes from the book
(15:58): Clinical application of strategies discussed in the book
(41:30): Reflections on the book in the current Psychiatric landscape
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Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers harm reduction principles.
Hosts: Dr. Andrew Nguyen, Dr. Zakia Hussain, and Shelly Palchik
Audio editing: Dr. Kate Braithwaite
Episode Evaluation: Dr. Angad Singh
Resources:
Chapter 4: Substance Use and Addictive Disorders. In Kaplan & Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences

Serving Clients Who Use Substances: A guide for community workers

A Harm Reduction Approach (Alberta Health Services)

References:
Alberta Health Services. A Harm Reduction Approach: Key Principles.

BC Centre for Disease Control (2023). Harm Reduction Services & Supply Guidelines.

Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario. Harm Reduction.

Ontario Ministry of Health (2018). Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction Guideline.

NL Centre for Applied Health Research (2020). Harm Reduction 101.

Public Health Agency of Canada. Reducing Stigma Toward People Who Use Drugs.

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