Finding Our Voice

May 31 2024 15 ep. 38 mins 7

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Finding Our Voice is an anthology podcast that aligns with the American Psychiatric Association Presidential theme. It brings the viewpoints and opinions of the next generation of psychiatrists—including residents, fellows, and early career psychiatrists—to the forefront. Listen as our host, Dr. Sanya Virani, leads discussions with guests who offer fresh perspectives on difficult issues by sharing their own stories and those of their patients. We hope you come away from each episode with new insights or a change of perspective. “Finding Our Voice” is a production of American Psychiatric Association Publishing and Psychiatric News. About our host: Sanya Virani, M.D., M.P.H., is APA’s resident-fellow trustee, a PGY-6 forensic psychiatry fellow at Brown University’s Alpert School of Medicine, and a Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. She served as the Chief Resident of Education and Research at Maimonides Medical Center, NY and the American Psychiatric Association's (APA's) Assembly Area 2 (New York state) and Brooklyn Psychiatric Society Resident-Fellow Member (RFM) Representative (2019-2020). She is now the RFM Trustee-Elect on the APA's Board of Trustees

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3.4 Physician Impairment (Part Two)

May 31 2024 32 mins

Join Dr. Sanya Virani and her guests, Paul B. Hill, M.D., and Dr. Hugh Caldwell to discuss the invaluable new title The Psychiatry Resident Handbook which aims to provide support, experience and mentorship to new residents, a book that trainees across the country will benefit from having on their bookshelves. In this episode, our guests -both contributors to the section on physici

3.3 Physician Impairment

Apr 30 2024 35 mins

Join Dr. Sanya Virani and her guests, Dr. Iverson Bell and Dr. Allison Ford to discuss the invaluable new title The Psychiatry Resident Handbook which aims to provide support, experience and mentorship to new residents, a book that trainees across the country will benefit from having on their bookshelves. In this episode, our guests -both contributors to the section on physician I

3.2 Telepsychiatry: the New Normal

Mar 31 2024 46 mins

Join Dr. Sanya Virani and her guests, Alka Mathur, M.D., and Neal Amin, M.D., Ph.D. to discuss the invaluable new title The Psychiatry Resident Handbook which aims to provide support, experience and mentorship to new residents, a book that trainees across the country will benefit from having on their bookshelves. In this episode, our guests -both contributors to the chapter on tel

3.1 Psychiatric Residency

Feb 29 2024 48 mins

Join Dr. Sanya Virani and her guests, Dr. Sallie De Golia, Dr. Raziya Wang, and Dr. Csilla Lippert to discuss the invaluable new title The Psychiatry Resident Handbook which aims to provide support, experience and mentorship to new residents, a book that trainees across the country will benefit from having on their bookshelves. Editors De Golia and Wang are joined by an early car

Climate Change

Apr 15 2022 30 mins

Dr. Virani focuses on the impact of Climate Change, and associated emergent anxieties, on our underlying mental health. Climate Change is affecting our livelihoods, our environments and our perceptions of the future; with implications on how we act and how we perceive our day-to-day lives. Virani (and guests) consider examples of patients presenting with climate-change specific con

Exposure to War, Violence, Shootings, and the Impact of Migration

Feb 11 2022 44 mins

Dr. Virani focuses on exposure to war, violence, shootings, and the impact of migration. These migrants are forced to flee from their homes due to threats of violence and death due to cultural or religious beliefs. Just as traumatic for these individuals is the ability to adapt and be accepted in their new homes. Discussed in the episode: Cultural Psychiatry Pre-migration stresso

Adverse Early Life Experiences

Nov 25 2021 27 mins

In this episode, Dr. Virani and her guests, Dr. Qayyum and Dr. Conrad, focus on the impact of Adverse Child Experience (ACE) and Adverse Early Life Experiences (AELEs) on mental health and provide some insights through case discussions about the downstream impact of these experiences. Subjects discussed Inability to trust and build safe relations by victims of early childhood exper

Social Exclusion and Isolation

Sep 15 2021 31 mins

In Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles lament about loneliness and isolation and challenge us to “look at all the lonely people”. In this episode, Dr. Virani invites Dr. Dolores Malaspina and Dr. Luca Pauselli to explore social exclusion and insolation and its effects on mental health through case studies. Join us on the first episode of a new season of Finding Our Voice covering the so

Indigenous Peoples

Aug 02 2021 51 mins

This episode focuses on the Indigenous community, Dr. Virani discusses the systemic racism issues faced by this community with two psychiatrists who have Native American heritage, Dr. Mary Hasbah Roessel, a psychiatrist at the Santa Fe Service Unit in Santa Fe Indian Hospital working in the outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is Navajo from the southwes

LGBTQ

Jun 08 2021 43 mins

Before Stonewall, the gay community lived in the shadows and even after this monumental protest and other significant milestones, the LGBTQ community still faces discrimination, abuse, and aggressive behaviors in their day-to-day lives. Dr. Virani discusses the issues at the core of the mental health challenges to the LGBTQ community referencing history where applicable, with Dr. E