PsychRounds: The Psychiatry Podcast

Welcome back, today we are discussing a deceptively difficult topic: What makes something a psychiatric illness? We are joined by our guest Dr. Mark Ruffalo. He is a psychotherapist in private practice in Tampa, FL, and who also serves as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine as well an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. 
Dr. Ruffalo's Website: https://www.drruffalo.com/
Dr. Ruffalo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-l-ruffalo-71929063
PRISM: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/use-of-the-prism-diagnostic-instrument-in-clinical-practice
PRISM Writing Contest: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/prism-writing-contest-more-on-this-new-diagnostic-tool-from-mark-ruffalo-msw-dpsa

Welcome back! Today we are at the highly prescribed and popular benzodiazepine Lorazepam, also known as Ativan. We look at its uses in psychiatry, especially catatonia. But despite anecdotal efficacy, does the evidence hold up?

References:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532890/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36805317/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6120058/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10229064/

https://psychopharmacologyinstitute.com/section/catatonia-diagnosis-the-lorazepam-challenge-2911-5899/

Welcome back! Today we are embarking into the first of hopefully several episodes on the importance of vitamins and minerals in mental health. We will specifically be looking at the role of iron deficiency in psychiatry and do an overview on some of the recent research that's been published.

References:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557376/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268960X25000827#bb0165

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2823909

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945717315599

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40841680/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1677067/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00463-7/fulltext

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6139360/

Welcome back! Today our topic is Nutritional Psychiatry and we've invited a special guest - Dr. Laura Lachance, who has done extensive research in the field. Along with Dr. Drew Ramsey, she has published a paper looking at an Antidepressant Food Score or AFS and more recently, she was a part of the EASe-GAD trial, a study looking at the impact of omega-3 fatty acids on anxiety.

Antidepressant Food Scale (AFS): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30254980/
EASe-GAD Trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39316026/
Gluten and Psychosis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24368154/
Nutrition Worksheet for Patients: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-021-03575-7
Dr. Lachance's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/preventivepsychiatry/

Welcome back! Today, we are hosting the highly accomplished Dr. Robert Sapolsky, PHD, a professor of professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery at Stanford University. He has had extensive research particularly in the field of neuroendocrinology and chronic stress, which has acted as one of the foundations of modern psychoneuroendocrinology. He is also a research associate at the Institute of Primate Research in Kenya, with over 30 years of field research in Africa. He is also a renowned author, with major works including but not at all limited to Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, and most recently, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, which challenges us to reconsider free will, morality, and mental health itself through a scientific lens.
More about Dr. Sapolsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sapolsky
Dr. Sapolsky's Open Stanford Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PpDq1WUtAw&list=PL848F2368C90DDC3D
Dr. Sapolsky's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APOCFE
Dr. Sapolsky's Own Podcast:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wDrkkznSB8S84kKuK9HCo
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robert-sapolsky-father-offspring-interviews/id1782280922