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 big sleep update with Dr. Michael Mak
“The lines between sleep, health and mental health in general are blurred.”
Sleep is an important topic. It comes up on a regular basis when we meet with our patients. But what are the best treatments…
Psilocybin in the treatment of depression with Dr. Ishrat Husain
“It's not necessarily all sunshine and rainbows.”
A major, new study in The New England Journal of Medicine considers psilocybin and its potential for refractory depression. It’s received enthusiastic…
David Goldbloom on his retirement, on his career, on psychiatry
“Always leave them wanting more.”
On this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. David Gratzer enjoys a conversation with retiring psychiatrist, Dr. David Goldbloom. They discuss research, stigma, Dr. Goldbloom’…
Sim with Dr. Petal Abdool and Stephanie Sliekers
“We can create an environment that’s safe, predictable, consistent, standardized and reproducible.”
To discuss how simulation is changing the world of med-ed, Dr. David Gratzer hosted Dr. Petal Abdool…
Crystal methamphetamine use with Dr. David Castle
“It’s highly prevalent, highly available, highly pure and highly destructive.”
In this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. David Gratzer speaks with Dr. David Castle, Director of the CAMH Centre for Complex I…
Expanding Access to Psychotherapy: David Clark on the English Experience
“It’s an extraordinary program that literally helps hundreds of thousands of people a year.”
During this discussion you will learn:
• the incredible recovery rate of IAPT patients
• the trackable outcom…
An Interview with Dr. Thomas Insel, former NIMH Director
“We need to think about more than just the classic medical model borrowed from infectious disease: simple bug, simple drug.”
Today’s conversation on Quick Takes between Dr. David Gratzer and former Na…
Cannabis: Exploring the evidence and clinical implications with Dr. Kevin Hill
“I think most physicians should be aware that there is some evidence.”
Cannabis continues to be a topic of interest to clinicians and in this episode of Quick Takes Dr. David Gratzer sits down with Dr…
Prevention and Sexual Abuse: Dr. Ainslie Heasman’s Talking for Change Program
“There's this unanimous sense that how could something like this not exist? It seems so logical and beneficial.”
This episode of Quick Takes kicks off a new series on mental health care innovations. T…
Burnout & Recovery: A Conversation with Dr. Jillian Horton
“I would get home at the end of my long shifts on the wards, and I would have nothing left. Nothing left for myself, nothing left for my spouse, nothing left for my children.”
After another year of pa…
What all physicians need to know about wearables (and tech) in mental health care
Can the wearable on your patient’s wrist help prevent their next manic episode?
On this episode of Quick Takes Dr. Gratzer hosts Dr. John Torous, digital psychiatry expert and the first guest to appea…
What all physicians need to know about innovations in mental health care
Patients wait for care; quality is often uneven. Can we do better?
In this episode, Dr. David Gratzer speaks with Dr. David Goldbloom, Senior Medical Advisor at CAMH and a professor at the University …
What all physicians need to know about transgender-inclusive care
Sometimes it’s the simple things that make the biggest impact on patient care.
In episode 14 of Quick Takes Dr. Gratzer talks to two leading experts on transgender care, Dr. Alex Abramovich and Dr. Ju…
What all physicians need to know about Ramadan and its clinical implications
As Ramadan begins, what should you know as you care for your patients with mental health problems?
In episode 13 of Quick Takes Dr. Gratzer hosts Drs. Juveria Zaheer and Zainab Furqan in an insightfu…
What all physicians need to know about race and racism in mental health care
“Racism exists and it exists in the lives of our patients.” – Dr. Amy Gajaria
In episode 12 of Quick Takes Dr. Gratzer hosts Drs. Amy Gajaria and Saadia Sediqzadah in a compelling conversation on the …
What all physicians need to know about mental health apps
Which apps should you recommend to your patients?
On this episode of Quick Takes Dr. Gratzer sits down with returning guest and digital psychiatry expert, Dr. John Torous of Harvard University.
They di…
What all physicians need to know about suicide prevention
“If you have a room of one hundred people, one hundred people in that room have been affected by suicide.”
So notes Dr. Juveria Zaheer, CAMH psychiatrist and clinician scientist with the Institute for…
What all physicians need to know about the rapid virtualization of mental health care – and the post-pandemic future
“We’re having a digital moment in medicine and behavioural health like one we have never seen.”
So notes Dr. Jay Shore, chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Telepsychiatry Committee, and Dr…
What all physicians need to know about telemental health
The world of mental health care delivery is being reshaped.
In this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. David Gratzer sits down with the associate chief in the General Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems di…
