The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society
Health, Science,Culture,Environment
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 360
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Covid and the Neuroscience of Social Isolation
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, professor of psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg, gives a clear, 5 minute overview of brain function, socialization, problems with isolation, of how social network si…
Tue 28 Jul 2020
Medical Ethics And The Opioid Crisis: A Discussion
Kenneth Goodman, MD, a medical ethicist from Miami, candidly speaks to the state of, and changes within, medicine’s proper use of opioids, legitimate pain, addiction, medical education, the philosoph…
Sun 19 Jul 2020
Climate Changes And Other Events That Can Increase Homelessness.
Bashyam Iyendar, M.D., practices family medicine with the homeless in Northeast Florida. He offers his observations about the not often considered associations of climate change (e.g., storms, etc.)…
Sat 20 Jun 2020
US Supreme Court Rules On Sexual Discrimination.
In June 2020, the US Supreme Court ruled, in a 6-3 decision, that job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender is prohibited by law. This has been called one of the most important …
Wed 17 Jun 2020
The Emotional and Mechanical Aspects of Hospice Care During The Pandemic.
Samantha Brooker and Kathleen Diamond from the Old Colony Hospice in Massachusetts, discuss the challenges for family, patients, and staff, as they deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, wanting to keep th…
Sat 13 Jun 2020
Opioid Abuse and Covid-19 – Two Ongoing Crises – Urgencies, Interplays, Approaches
Robert Stutman, retired chief of the NYC DEA office, now works to reduce the origins and impacts of the opioid use disorder, about the on-going high overdose statistics, of political and socially mea…
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Heat Waves, Pregnancy, and Psychiatry.
Dolores Malaspina, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Mt Sinai Medical School, New York, on heat’s association to pre-term birth, to the combination of heat, use of psychiatric medications, and pregnanc…
Mon 01 Jun 2020
Will There Be A Therapeutic Role for Psilocybin?
Carol Matthews, M.D., from the University of Florida, speaks to the history of this class of molecules, and to the current research exploring its potential role as a psychotherapeutic agent.
Sun 24 May 2020
Children, Teenagers, Older People – Dealing With The Psychological Aspects of Covid-19. Webinar #4.
Psychiatrist Samantha Saltz and Psychologist Robert Spiro engage in a lively and practical discussion on dealing with behavioral pressures and changes, fear and uncertainty, parental authority, hones…
Mon 18 May 2020
Glutamate: The Increasing Need To Know About It
Rakesh Jain, M.D., a psychopharmacologist, provides a straightforward and detailed overview of glutamate’s multiple key roles in medicine and psychiatric functions
Thu 07 May 2020
More About Mental Health Issues Related To The Pandemic:Webinar #3.
Drs. Pasternack, Schillinger and Strauss panel a detailed discussion of the current and potential long term post-pandemic effects of these stresses on physicians and others, with attention to time te…
Mon 04 May 2020
Herd Immunity - Its Role In Public Health
Infectious disease specialist Larry Bush, M.D., explains the concept and how it is used, especially in public health decisions. Timely information given the re-opening of areas of our community. He a…
Sun 26 Apr 2020
Physicians Who Commit Suicide
Ramsey Pevsner, M.D., speaks with details on stress issues among physicians and their mental health issues, including the increasing suicide rates. This matter merges with the additional Covid-19 ind…
Fri 24 Apr 2020
Covid-19. Direct Suggestions On How To Deal With Personal Anxiety and That In The People With Whom We Work. Webinar #2.
Hosted April 16, 2020, from the Palm Beach County Medical Society, these are some of the more established, practical, and durable suggestions to psychologically steady all of us through the related a…
Fri 24 Apr 2020
COVID-19 - A Community Forum: Realistic Anxiety In ‘All’ Health Care Workers.
Hosted on April 2, 2020 by the Palm Beach County Medical Society, on issues and self-management ideas of stress and other changes facing everyone in health care, including office staff.
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Proper Psychotherapy For Pandemic Triggered Anxiety
Andy Rosen is a psychologist who discusses the mixture of established and additional approaches needed for pandemic related anxiety, but also about how patients can better know who to choose as a psy…
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Emotional Care Of The Elderly and Demented During The Pandemic
This is real but under discussed challenge. Three psychiatric nurses speak to maintaining good care and how telemedicine doesn’t always work with these patients. Valarie Kolbert, ARNP, Keith Jones, A…
Mon 13 Apr 2020
The Emotional Impact of COVID-9 On Both Physicians And Their Patients.
Brent Schillinger, M.D., gives an thoughtful synopsis and dialogue on how to identify and address the anxiety and emotional responses to COVID-19 in themselves and in their patients, with uncluttered…
Mon 23 Mar 2020
E-Gaming and Internet Addiction
Brian Schaflin, MSW, treats teenagers and young adults for e-gaming and internet addiction. He discusses the etiology and offers a workable treatment model.
Sat 07 Mar 2020
Vaccines -- What We Know and What We Need To Know
Larry Bush, M.D., specializes in infectious diseases. He explains vaccines, their uses and safety, real roles, new developments, etc. This podcast was done in partnership with the Palm Beach County M…
Sat 29 Feb 2020
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