Psychiatry Advances

Feb 14 2025 53 ep. 33 mins 1.7k
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Discover innovative research and patient-centered programs at the cutting edge of psychiatry and behavioral health sciences on the “Psychiatry Advances” podcast series. Psychiatric, psychological, nursing, and rehabilitative professionals will enjoy this podcast from UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital of Pittsburgh, a national leader in the innovative treatment of mental health and addictive disorders.

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Psychiatry Advances: Dopamine In and Out Of The Brain

Aug 14 2024 39 mins  
Dr. Zachery Freyberg MD,PHD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an expert in Cellular Biology as well as being an outstanding psychiatric clinician. This podcast discusses the role of Dopamine transmission across the brain and within other organ systems of the body e.g. that of the pancreas. Weight gain is discussed as this relates to metabol

Psychiatry Advances: ADHD: Diagnosis/Treatment Course/Adult Presentations

Jul 01 2024 21 mins  
Brooke S. G. Molina, PhD, is a professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She directs clinical research at the ADHD Across the Lifespan Program. This long-time longitudinal clinical research involves youth/adolescents and adult patients. This episode presents information on lifetime course prediction, drug

Psychiatry Advances: Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Jun 19 2024 37 mins  
Boris Birmaher MD. is Endowed Chair- Early Onset Bipolar Disease/Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. This Podcast addresses two research questions: 1) Who among Children and Adolescents are at Risk to develop Bipolar Spectrum Disorder: 2) among patients who develop this disorder who is at risk for recurrence? This is a controlled prospective

Psychiatry Advances: Clarifying Subtypes of Depression: From Neural Circuits to Behavior

Feb 06 2024 33 mins  
Neil P. Jones Ph.D. is an expert on the spectrum of Depressions, including their diverse manifestations and impact on cognitive-behavioral processes, for example accompanying rumination, stress-related anxiety, and anhedonia. This podcast focuses on subtypes of depression relating to brain pathways.

Psychiatry Advances: Medical Marijuana

Jul 01 2024 28 mins  
Antoine Douaihy, MD, is professor of Psychiatry and Medicine and senior academic director of Addiction Medical Services at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. Medical marijuana is now approved for distribution in Pennsylvania, but it’s absent of controlled clinical trials. Marijuana use requires careful monitoring, including marijuana growing, phys

Psychiatry Advances: Mental Health and Suicide in Autistic Teens and Adults

Jul 25 2024 37 mins  
Carla Mazevsky PHD, is the Nancy J Minshew Endowed Chair in Autism Research, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and Translational Research at the University of Pittsburgh. She is an expert in key emotional aspects of Autistic people at all ages. This Podcast presents and focusses upon the challenges of overcoming/treating this unifying concept/reality among autistic people rela

Psychiatry Advances: Body Clocks and Bipolar Disorder: A Novel Treatment Approach

Nov 13 2024 38 mins  
Holly Swartz MD. Is Professor of Psychiatry. Following an explanation of Chronobiology (Body Rhythms) as relevant to Health, this podcast focuses on five daily rhythms likely altered in patients with bipolar disorders. Changing these rhythms fully focuses and engages patients in their own beneficial treatment. The Podcast reviews a new workbook, “The Social Rhythm Therapy” rele

Psychiatry Advances: Psycho-Oncology Center for Counseling and Cancer Support

Feb 06 2024 38 mins  
A cancer diagnosis and treatment can be difficult on both patients and their families emotionally. But support is available for people who need it. In this podcast, Robin Valpey, MD, medical director, Center for Counseling and Support, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and Elizabeth Hale, MD, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, discuss t

Psychiatry Advances: The Challenges of working with Adolescents in the In-Patient Setting

Feb 14 2025 50 mins  
Dr. Daniel Bender is the Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit at Western Psychiatric Hospital. His clinical work was recently featured in the New York Times (Reference included).

Psychiatry Advances: The Placebo Effect

Jul 01 2024 28 mins  
Marta Pecina MD PhD. is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Translational Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Lab of the Department of Psychiatry and the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. This Podcast focuses on the Neurobiological basis of placebo effects. Placebos have great power. We explain how both expectation and conditioning generate strong placebo effects relevant