Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians
Every year physicians and residents encounter a growing number of patients — and a shrinking amount of time to keep up-to-date on new practices or legislation surrounding the field of mental health and addiction.
Now, with the help of Dr. David Gratzer, co-chief of the General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems Division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, you can receive your clinical education on-the-go as he and his guests take these current policies and practices and summarize them for you.
As an educator, Dr. David Gratzer has been recognized by students and peers alike for his ability to take complex topics and present them in a concise and interesting way. He’s been doing this with a variety of articles related to psychiatry since 2012 in his popular blog, Reading of the Week. Now, in this new show, Dr. Gratzer brings his analytical skills on-air and, with the help of other experts, presents them in short, easily digestible, podcasts.
Give him just a few minutes of your time for each episode and come away with strategies and insight on how each topic could affect your practice — and your patients.
- Update frequency
- every 45 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The semaglutide era? Considering medication-related weight gain
“Imagine a world where you have all the effects of antipsychotics, but none of the side effects.”
Celebrities use them; politicians discuss them; our patients ask about them. Are semaglutide and siste…
An innovation in perinatal mental healthcare with Daisy Singla
“It’s one of the largest psychotherapy trials in the world.”
When we hear “innovations in mental healthcare,” we tend to think about apps or wearables. In today’s episode of Quick Takes – part of our …
Yoga and practice with Dr. Vanika Chawla
“Does depression care include the downward dog?”
Mindfulness, acupuncture, yoga. These were all once considered alternative treatments – favoured by some patients but lacking in evidence. Times have c…
Dr. Joss Reimer, CMA President, on living with depression
“We all need help sometimes.”
As doctors, we often shy away from discussing our health, especially our mental health — even with our own physicians. That’s unfortunate as doctors have a higher suicide…
Exploring the future of education with Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam
“It took a pandemic to get us to realise that we could do so much online.”
When it comes to medical education, much has changed over the years—including its name. What was once known as Continuing Med…
Mentorship with Dr. Suzanne Koven
“What is a mentor? Four words. One big question.”
What do you look for in a mentor? What qualities should you consider? And, more importantly, what exactly is a mentor?
To help answer these questions a…
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[Quick Takes Essentials] Physician burnout and depression with Dr. Srijan Sen
Welcome to another episode of Quick Takes Essentials, our summer series.
This essential episode first aired in 2023 and is on the perpetually hot-topic of burnout.
Could the old concept of a doctor’s…
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[Quick Takes Essentials] Chronic homelessness with Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos
Welcome to another episode of Quick Takes Essentials, our summer series.
On this episode, released this past February, I sat down with Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos (of the University of Toronto) and forme…
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[Quick Takes Essentials] ChatGPT and mental health care with Dr. John Torous
Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series.
ChatGPT is the most downloaded app in history.
What are the implications for mental health services?
Will AI change our work?
In this episode, re…
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[Quick Takes Essentials] CANMAT depression update with Dr. Raymond Lam
Welcome to another episode of Quick Takes Essentials, our summer series.
This essential episode was released just this past May and is on the newly released CANMAT Depression Guidelines update.
If yo…
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[Quick Takes Essentials] Sleep with Dr. Michael Mak
Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series where we look back on recent clinical updates and big issues in psychiatry, which we focused on previously.
This is the sleep episode. For ans…
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[Quick Takes Essentials] Cannabis with Dr. Kevin Hill
Welcome to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series that introduces (or re-introduces) you to episodes from our archives that have focused on important clinical updates and recent big issues in psych…
The past, present, and future of neuromodulation with Dr. Daniel Blumberger
“As far as medical treatments go, ECT is the safest medical procedure in all of medicine.”
Will the stigma around ECT fade? Will ECT simply grow less relevant in the age of ketamine and MST? What’s th…
The new CANMAT depression update with Dr. Raymond Lam
“They really are the most widely used guidelines in the world.”
Much has changed over the past eight years. In 2016, singer Olivia Rodrigo was just starting high school; quarterback Tom Brady seemed a…
Chronic homelessness with Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos
“It's visible. It's in our streetcars and buses, our subways our streets, and it's hard to ignore.”
Homelessness seems to be more prevalent now than ever before. But why? And is there a solution? Join…
The evolution of medical education with Dr. Ivan Silver
Textbooks, highlighters, and classrooms? The world of medical education is changing. Today, we have AI, sim, and e-learning. To talk about MedEd, Dr. David Gratzer sat down with returning guest Dr. I…
ChatGPT and mental health care with Dr. John Torous
“We want to really be cautious because these are complex pieces of software “
Should we be using an AI-based tool like ChatGPT in practice? Is it ready? Are we? In this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. Gra…
The debate over coercive care in mental health with Anna Mehler Paperny
On this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. Gratzer explores the increasing interest in coercive interventions across various jurisdictions. Joining him is journalist Anna Mehler Paperny who shares her perso…
Patient suicide and its impact on residents and psychiatrists with Dr. Juveria Zaheer
“I’ll never forget when it happened.”
Up to 80% of psychiatrists experience a suicide loss in their careers and a recent survey found that the majority of them felt caught off guard by the emotional i…
Physician burnout & depression with Dr. Srijan Sen
“Burnout has become a loose term that means different things to different people.”
Is burnout, in fact, depression? In this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. David Gratzer enjoys a lively conversation with …