The Psych Review

Oct 09 2024 49 ep. 31 mins 1.5k
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The Psych Review is a podcast reviewing recent developments in Australian psychiatry. The cast is hosted by four psychiatric doctors: Alanna, Shakira, Mazz, and Dave.

We realise how hard it can be to stay on top of the latest research, so we created this cast to help our colleagues (and ourselves) keep up to date, in quick summary shows of less than 30 minutes.

Disclaimer: The Psych Review is not affiliated in any way with The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) nor either of the RANZCP journals, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (ANZJP) or Australasian Psychiatry.

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S7E6 - Prolactin Associated Breast Cancer and Supervision Games

Oct 09 2024 35 mins  
The whole team is together for the latest episode of The Psych Review. Alanna walks us through the latest evidence regarding the association between antipsychotic induced hyperprolactinaemia and risk of breast cancer, and Mazz dusts off an article from 2019 that covers subtle but important and influential games that have been occuring in YOUR supervision sessions.The references for

S7E5 - Does Moving Houses Damage Your Children?

Aug 15 2024 30 mins  
It's August, and Dave, Shakira, and Mazz got together to record the latest episode of The Psych Review. Dave attempts to answer the question: Does moving house damage your children? Shakira's article asks the question: What drives violence in patients in forensic settings? Mazz doesn't ask any intelligent questions, but he does manage to quote Spider-Man.The references for this epi

S7E4 - SSRIs, Sex, and Truths of Suicide

Aug 01 2024 38 mins  
July saw the entire cast of The Psych Review get together for the first time in 2024. Mazz walks us through important developments related to sexual side effects of antidepressant medications in the context of a recent Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration announcement, and Shakira talks us through a very useful and thoughtful article that explores 'eight truths' about suicid

S7E3 - 2024 RANZCP Congress Special

May 30 2024 56 mins  
In May The Psych Review attended the 2024 RANZCP Congress in Canberra and presented a live and interactive episode direct from Ngunnawal Country. Alanna explores the nuance of the digital therapeutic alliance, Shakira broadens our understanding of the impact of racism in the clinical setting, and Dave guides us through a session covering the benefits of heated yoga.The references f

S7E2 - Novel Psychiatric Interventions Special

Apr 25 2024 28 mins  
In the second episode of 2024 Dave and Mazz discuss interesting novel psychiatric interventions. Dave guides us through the promising and cost-effective arts-literacy intervention Pre-Texts in the Kenyan context, and Mazz takes us on a roller-coaster ride through the twists and turns of the development of the novel antipsychotic medication Ulotaront.The references for this episode

S7E1 - Thought Suppression and Cat Related Psychosis

Mar 07 2024 32 mins  
The Psych Review is back in 2024 and the whole gang is back together - but just not for this episode. Join Shakira, Alanna, and Dave as they get stuck into two new pieces of research. Dave holds our hand through a dense paper covering potential benefits of the suppression of unwanted thoughts, and Alanna explores an unexpected link between psychosis and cats.The references for this

S6E7 - Prolactin and Ketamine

Nov 20 2023 30 mins  
In the seventh episode of this season of The Psych Review the team dig into two papers. Dave reviews recent evidence that compares ketamine and ECT in the treatment of depression, and Alanna investigates the link between prolactin elevating antipsychotics and breast cancer.The references for this episode are:Dave: Anand. A et al. Ketamine versus ECT for nonpsychotic treatment-resis

S6E6 - Classic Psychiatric Literature Special

Oct 07 2023 33 mins  
It's episode six of season six of The Psych Review and this month we take a very special trip back in time to look at some classic psychiatric papers. Alanna's is authored by Australia's very own John Cade, and describes his historic discovery of the psychiatric uses of lithium. Dave covers The Rosenham Experiment, by reviewing an incredible article that might just be a bit too goo

S6E5 - Atypical Anorexia and Australian ADHD Guidelines

Sep 10 2023 32 mins  
In episode five of season six The Psych Review hosts explore two very different topics. Alanna guides us down a very interesting (but very complicated) pathway to learn about Atypical Anorexia, and Dave looks into the methodology underpinning the recent Australian ADHD guidelines.The references for this episode are:Alanna: to be updated.Dave: May T, Birch E, Chaves K, et al. The Au

S6E4 - The Australian Child Maltreatment Study

Aug 20 2023 32 mins  
This important episode of The Psych Review shines a sobering spotlight on the recent Australian Child Maltreatment Study. The team looks at the study as a whole including the reasons as to why study was created, as well as the individual papers that have used the study data to investigate more specific associations. This episode contains some very concerning statistics related to c