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Interviews with Mental Health Experts (Main Menu)

Below are links to the MANY interviews with mental health experts on this website.

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Antidepressant Medications

Do antidepressants work, and which ones work better? (Interview with Michael Thase, MD)


Autism Spectrum Disorder

How to not miss the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in adults (Interview with Edward Brodkin, MD)


Bipolar and Related Disorders

Advanced tips on the management of bipolar disorder (Interview with Joseph Goldberg, MD)

How to get better outcomes in bipolar disorders (Interview with Joseph Goldberg, MD)

YOU ask the Expert: Bipolar disorders (Text only: Interview with Joseph Goldberg, MD)

YOU Ask the Expert: All about the management of bipolar disorder (Interview with Claudia Baldassano, MD)

Tips on using lamotrigine for mood disorders

Bright light therapy for bipolar depression (Interview with Dorothy Sit, MD)

How to get better outcomes in treating persons with bipolar disorder (Interview with Gary Sachs, MD)


Cannabinoids

YOU Ask the Expert: Cannabidiol and mental health (Interview with Ethan Russo, MD)


Feeding and Eating Disorders

Binge-Eating Disorder (Interview with Leslie Citrome, MD)


Neurocognitive Disorders

When and how to order neuroimaging in dementia (Audio only: Interview with Vimal Aga, MD)


Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Cisorder (OCD): Interview with Katharine Phillips, MD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Interview with Elna Yadin, PhD


Psychiatric Interviewing

Advanced tips in psychiatric interviewing (Audio and video: Interview with Shawn Christopher Shea, MD)


Psychotherapy

How to use Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) in brief sessions (Interview with Donna Sudak, MD)

Add mindfulness meditation as a treatment (Interview with Seema Desai, MD)

“Psychodynamic psychopharmacology”: The art of dealing with treatment resistance (Interview with David Mintz, MD)


Side Effects of Psychiatric Medications

YOU Ask the Expert: How to identify, assess, and manage medication-induced sexual dysfunction (Interview with Anita Clayton, MD)

YOU Ask the Expert: Prevention, identification, and management of tardive dyskinesia (Audio and video: Interview with Stanley Caroff, MD)


Suicidality

Suicide: A New Conceptualization, A Neglected Question, and Specific Medications (Interview with David Sheehan, MD)

Tips on suicide assessment and management (Interview with Jack Krasuski, MD)


Telepsychiatry (Telemedicine)

Expert interview on Telepsychiatry with Peter Yellowlees, MD


Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

What the referring clinician needs to know about TMS (Interview with John O’Reardon, MD)


“Treatment Resistance”

“Psychodynamic psychopharmacology”: The art of dealing with treatment resistance (Interview with David Mintz, MD)



Audio Interviews

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Tips on neuroimaging to evaluate persons with dementia—Interview with Vimal Aga, MD, on May 16, 2016


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Is tardive dyskinesia still a problem? Stanley Caroff, MD

Do second-generation antipsychotics have a lower risk of tardive dyskinesia? Stanley Caroff, MD

More on whether second-generation antipsychotics have a lower risk of tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

Tips on how to identify tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

What to do about the antipsychotic if the patient develops tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

What to do about anticholinergics if tardive dyskinesia occurs: Stanley Caroff, MD

Valbenazine and deutrabenazine for tardive dyskinesia: Stanley Caroff, MD

Tips on managing akathisia: Stanley Caroff, MD


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Sexual Dysfunction Part 1—Assessment: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction Part 2—Flibanserin: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual Dysfunction Part 3—Flibanserin & Bremelanotide: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual dysfunction Part 4—PDE-5 inhibitors & testosterone: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual Dysfunction Part 5—Cyproheptadine & Yohimbine: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual Dysfunction Part 6—CAM: Anita Clayton, MD

Sexual Dysfunction Part 7—How to identify it: Anita Clayton, MD


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Tips on assessing and managing suicidality: Interview with Jack Krasuski, MD, on November 4, 2016


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14 Key Questions About Vilazodone—Part 1: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone-Part 2: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone—Part 3: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone—Part 4: Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone—Part 5; Rajnish Mago, MD

14 Key Questions About Vilazodone—Part 6: Rajnish Mago, MD


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Tips on writing a letter at the termination of treatment—Rajnish Mago, MD


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How to teach a powerful Relaxation Practice—Rajnish Mago, MD


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Part 1 of Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Interview with David Mintz, MD, on August 4, 2016

Part 2 of Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Interview with David Mintz, MD, on August 4, 2016

Part 3 of psychodynamic psychopharmacology: Interview with David Mintz, MD, on August 4, 2016


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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Interview with John O’Reardon, MD, on September 10, 2016


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Bipolar disorder: Interview with Gary Sachs, MD, on September 29, 2016


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Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 1-Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 2-Suicide Assessment—Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 3-Validity Techniques—Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 4-Interviewing paranoid patients—Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 5-Medication Interest Model—Shawn Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing-Part 6-About the book—Shawn Shea, MD

Video

Anita Clayton, MD

Management of sexual dysfunction


Donna Sudak, MD

CBT for brief sessions


Shawn Christopher Shea, MD

Psychiatric Interviewing


Joseph Goldberg, MD

Management of bipolar depression


Gary Sachs, MD

How to get better outcomes in bipolar disorder


David Sheehan, MD

Suicide: A New Conceptualization, A Neglected Question, and Specific Medications


Jack Krasuski, MD

Quick tips for suicide assessment


John O’Reardon, MD

Tips on referring patients for TMS


David Mintz, MD

Dealing with treatment-resistance


Vimal Aga, MD

When and how to order neuroimaging in dementia?

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Comments

  1. nancy farber says

    April 24, 2022 at 6:44 am

    For Joseph Goldberg, MD: Can ECT be used as a treatment for a patient with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder and a history of pseudoseizures?
    Thank you!

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