Best Australasian Psychiatry Podcasts (2024)

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S7E5 - Does Moving Houses Damage Your Children? 30:51

1h ago30:51

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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 Spid…

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S7E4 - SSRIs, Sex, and Truths of Suicide 38:16

11d ago38:16

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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 ex…

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Thought Broadcast Takes Congress 2024 35:20

13d ago35:20

35:20

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message The 2024 RANZCP Congress was held in Canberra in May this year, on the theme of Excellence and Empathy, Knowledge and Kindness. The Vox pop format back by popular demand, Fiona Wilkes and Andrew Amos chatted to delegates with a roving mic, covering their stories, thoughts on the talks, and even the exper…

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Introducing Australasian Psychiatry’s Early Career Group 30:30

2M ago30:30

30:30

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message This episode of The Thought Broadcast, recorded at RANZCP Congress 2024 in Canberra, introduces Australasian Psychiatry’s Editorial Subcommittee for Education and Training, also known as the Early Career Group. The podcast touches on the opportunities and contributions that early career researchers can m…

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An Interview with Steven Yeates: “Patient Selection for the Psychotherapy Written Case" 31:15

3M ago31:15

31:15

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message This episode of The Thought Broadcast considers the Psychotherapy Written Case; a centrally administered assessment task that can be daunting for trainees. The panel speaks to Dr Steven Yeates, an experienced psychodynamic psychiatrist and supervisor, on the important and often-vexed topic of patient sui…

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S7E3 - 2024 RANZCP Congress Special 56:08

2M ago56:08

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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 benefi…

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S7E2 - Novel Psychiatric Interventions Special 28:08

4M ago28:08

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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 Ulotaron…

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How to critique a paper 33:17

4M ago33:17

33:17

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message In this episode of The Thought Broadcast, Australasian Psychiatry's Dr Ed Miller, Dr Andrew Amos and Dr Michael Weightman discuss the relevance of psychiatric journal clubs and the importance that psychiatric professionals of all stages should place on knowing how to critique scientific papers. They disc…

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The Importance of psychiatric journal clubs 29:24

5M ago29:24

29:24

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message In this episode of The Thought Broadcast, Australasian Psychiatry's Dr Ed Miller, Dr Andrew Amos and Dr Michael Weightman discuss the relevance of psychiatric journal clubs and the importance that psychiatric professionals of all stages should place on knowing how to critique scientific papers. They disc…

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S7E1 - Thought Suppression and Cat Related Psychosis 32:48

5M ago32:48

32:48

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 psychosi…

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Truth telling and voices of justice - personal reflections by Dr Mark Lawrence 37:09

6M ago37:09

37:09

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message In this episode, Australasian Psychiatry's Trainee Editor Dr Ed Miller of the Thought Broadcast interviews Dr Mark Lawrence who shares his personal experiences of racism and challenges growing up as a Māori in New Zealand. He discusses the impact of colonization on indigenous communities and the need for…

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Interviewing Ava Carter Part 2 16:41

8M ago16:41

16:41

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message In this two-part episode, the Thought Broadcast interviews the RANZCP’s Appointed Trainee Board Director, Dr Ava Carter. Dr Carter is dual qualified in dentistry and medicine, and is currently the consultation liaison advanced trainee and senior psychiatric registrar at Canberra Health Services in the Au…

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Interviewing Ava Carter Part 1 15:55

8M ago15:55

15:55

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message In this two-part episode, the Thought Broadcast interviews the RANZCP’s Appointed Trainee Board Director, Dr Ava Carter. Dr Carter is dual qualified in dentistry and medicine, and is currently the consultation liaison advanced trainee and senior psychiatric registrar at Canberra Health Services in the Au…

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S6E7 - Prolactin and Ketamine 30:45

9M ago30:45

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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 …

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S6E6 - Classic Psychiatric Literature Special 33:32

10M ago33:32

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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 articl…

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Thought Broadcast Takes Congress 2023 13:37

11M ago13:37

13:37

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message The 2023 RANZCP Congress was held in Perth in May this year, on the theme New Horizons, Connected Futures. With almost 1800 delegates in Perth and over 450 online, it was the biggest Congress yet! Ashna Basu and Andrew Amos chatted to delegates with a roving mic, covering their stories, thoughts on the t…

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S6E5 - Atypical Anorexia and Australian ADHD Guidelines 32:41

11M ago32:41

32:41

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: Ma…

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S6E4 - The Australian Child Maltreatment Study 32:46

12M ago32:46

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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 …

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Discussing changes to the RANZCP’s centrally administered examinations with Nick O’Connor (part 2 of 2) 19:10

1y ago19:10

19:10

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message The RANZCP has recently stopped conducting OSCE examinations in the hope of diversifying the examination and assessment pathway. In this two part episode, recorded at the RANCZP 2023 annual congress in Perth, Dr Nick O’Connor, RANZCP Board Director and head of the RANZCP Education Committee, discusses th…

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Discussing changes to the RANZCP’s centrally administered examinations with Nick O’Connor (part 1 of 2) 19:25

1y ago19:25

19:25

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message The RANZCP has recently stopped conducting OSCE examinations in the hope of diversifying the examination and assessment pathway. In this two part episode, recorded at the RANCZP 2023 annual congress in Perth, Dr Nick O’Connor, RANZCP Board Director and head of the RANZCP Education Committee, discusses th…

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S6E3 - Eco-Anxiety and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 30:37

1y ago30:37

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It's the third episode of season six and The Psych Review is thinking about the future. Dave is looking ahead as he talks about climate change and it's potential impacts on mental health, and Mazz is focussing on an impending deadline as he walks us through the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Act that is due to become active later this year. The re…

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S6E2 - 2023 RANZCP Congress Special 30:16

1y ago30:16

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The Psych Review has recorded this very special episode at the 2023 RANZCP Congress on Whadjuk country in Perth, Western Australia. Dave and Mazz hide in a vacant seminar room to discuss their impressions of the congress, and Mazz takes us through some important learnings from a workshop on Good Psychiatric Management of borderline personality diso…

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S6E1 - Genetics of Depression and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy 29:44

1+ y ago29:44

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The Psych Review is back in force in 2023, with the entire cast returning for what is shaping up to be an epic season six. In the first episode of this season Dave digs into the largest ever depression focussed genome wide association study and discovers some new significant genetic loci for depression, and Alanna talks us through the recent Therap…

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Introducing New Voices Dr Ashna Basu and Dr Ed Miller: “Thought Insertions” 16:54

1+ y ago16:54

16:54

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message In this episode, we welcome and introduce Australasian Psychiatry’s two new Associate Trainee Editors for 2023 - Dr Ashna Basu and Dr Ed Miller. Ashna is a stage two trainee working in Sydney. Ed is a stage two trainee originally from Adelaide but now living in Auckland. Ashna and Ed discuss their backgr…

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An Interview with Zoe Kristensen and Theo McTigue: “A Case for Lived Experience” 17:31

1+ y ago17:31

17:31

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message The second instalment from Dr Zoe Kristensen and Dr Theo McTigue shifts focus from training to treatment of trans and non-binary people. Treatment being discussed in the broadest sense of the word. With the authority of lived experience, Zoe and Theo offer a critique of psychiatry’s historical mistreatme…

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S5E3 - Forensic Polypharmacy and Functional Neurological Biomarkers in Children 30:07

1+ y ago30:07

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It's episode 3 of season 5! We're finishing off the season with a discussion about polypharmacy in the forensic setting and biomarkers for FND in children. The references for this episode are: Farrell, C., & Brink, J. (2020). The Prevalence and Factors Associated With Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample. Frontiers in psychia…

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S5E2 - Concept Creep and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder's link to Dementia 30:42

2y ago30:42

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It's episode 2 of season 5! Shakira walks us through 'concept creep', and Alanna discusses the relationship between PTSD and dementia. (And we dip our toe into some statistics...) The references for this episode are: Jackson, H. J., & Haslam, N. (2022). Ill-defined: Concepts of mental health and illness are becoming broader, looser, and more benign…

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An Interview with Zoe Kristensen and Theo McTigue: “(In)Visible Me” 22:55

2y ago22:55

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Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message Dr Zoe Kristensen and Dr Theo McTigue are pioneers. As trans and non-binary people respectively, they are living, working, and training openly in psychiatry. In years gone by, and indeed even now, there are risks associated with this visibility. Zoe and Theo explore these in depth; being pathologized, ex…

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S5E1 - Depots for the Elderly and First Episode Psychosis in Migrants 29:48

2y ago29:48

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It's the (long awaited, we're sure!) first episode of season 5. Alanna talks about the evidence of the use of LAIs in the old age population and Shakira walks us through pathways to care in first generation migrants. The references for this episode are: Doolabh, U., & Yeap, S. (2022). Examining long-acting injectable antipsychotic (depot) medicatio…

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An Interview with Pramudie Gunaratne: “A Seat at The Table” 24:29

2y ago24:29

24:29

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message Dr Pramudie Gunaratne is a newly appointed director of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP); the first ever from the trainee cohort. Representative of a new era in RANZCP governance, Pramudie has gone straight to work engaging stakeholders across the training region. Can…

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Discussion with The Thought Broadcast Team: “Lessons Learned” 20:59

2y ago20:59

20:59

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message A year since first release, The Thought Broadcast has discussed the Scholarly Project in detail. The aim of demystifying this learning goal has been perused, and perhaps achieved. This round table discussion revisits the lessons learned from our previous episodes on the Scholarly Project. Serving both as…

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An Interview with Sonja Cabarkapa: “Think Globally, Act Locally” 20:39

2+ y ago20:39

20:39

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message Starting her family in Europe, Dr Sonja Cabarkapa is taking an international approach to her psychiatry training. This requires a positive mindset and determination, both of which she employed when completing her scholarly project on profiling absconders from public and private wards in Australia. While …

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An Interview with Skye Kinder: “No Taxation without Representation” 31:12

2+ y ago31:12

31:12

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message Further exploring the fallout of the aborted November 2021 Audio-Visual Objective Structured Clinical Examination (AVOSCE), this episode of The Thought Broadcast considers the trainee perspective. The panel speaks to Dr Skye Kinder, a strong trainee advocate and former member of the Trainee Representativ…

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An Interview with Nick O’Connor: “Examining the Examiner” 1:00:28

2+ y ago1:00:28

1:00:28

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message Following a series of podcasts exploring trainees’ experiences of the Scholarly Project assessment task, the latest episode of The Thought Broadcast shifts focus to the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). In response to the imbroglio arising from the failed delivery of the November 2021 aud…

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S4E5 - Love, Drugs, and Anorexia 31:23

2+ y ago31:23

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It's the final episode of season four, and Mazz's final episode on the show! Shakira walks us through new methods of supporting prisoners who are dependent on opioids, Alanna dives into the sociocultural milieu that exists around people with anorexia nervosa, and Mazz takes us step by step through a new approach to dealing with loneliness. The refe…

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An Interview with Alisha Thomson: “No Substitute for Experience” 24:45

2+ y ago24:45

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Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message Dr Alisha Thomson takes trainee welfare personally. Her journey from psychiatry trainee, to patient, to a career in medical administration, is the backdrop to her scholarly project looking at after-hours workflow and its impact on registrar well-being. Listen to Alisha speak passionately about her drive …

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S4E4 - Prolactin, Relapse Prevention, and Gut Microbes 30:48

3y ago30:48

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It's episode four of season four, and our first 'non-special' episode of the season. Mazz looks into the rationale behind routine prolactin monitoring, Shakira talks to us about the evidence behind psychosocial interventions in Schizophrenia, and Alanna takes us for a walk down the intestinal tract to look at different types of gut microbes. The re…

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S4E3 - ADHD Special 30:52

3y ago30:52

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The third episode of season four is an ADHD special, but that's not the only reason it's special - because for this episode the former host of The Psych Review Dave is back! Dave leads the team through an in-depth discussion of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, referencing a modern article that considers whether this disorder is overdiagnos…

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An Interview with Malcolm Forbes: "Systematic Reviews for Scholarly Success" 29:31

3y ago29:31

29:31

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message In this episode, guest Dr Malcolm Forbes tells the story of his scholarly project on neuroimaging in first episode psychosis (1, 2) and provides a how to guide on the systematic review process (3). With its origins in his former life as a general medical registrar, Malcolm’s project challenged convention…

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S4E2 - Mood Disorder Guideline Special 32:53

3y ago32:53

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In the second episode of season four The Psych Review team dig into the recent Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guideline for mood disorders. Alanna summarizes some of the themes and paradigms of the document, Mazz takes us step by step through the approach to Major Depressive Disorder, and Shakira walks t…

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An Interview with Jeremy Couper (Part 2): “Granny Flats, Boats and a Block of Flats” 19:35

3y ago19:35

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Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message This episode is a continuation of episode two Start Early, the interview with chair of the Scholarly Project Subcommittee Assoc. Professor Jeremy Couper. In this extended discussion, Jeremy covers the exemption pathway in greater depth. Then, along with panel member Andrew Amos, Jeremy offers guidance ar…

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S4E1 - Royal Commission Final Report Special 31:14

3y ago31:14

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After a long break the team is back for season four! In this special episode we review the final report from the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System. Mazz provides a brief summary of some of the practical and logistical changes, Shakira walks us through the concept for the new mental health and wellbeing act, and Alanna looks into…

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An Interview with Jeremy Couper: “Start Early” 21:14

3y ago21:14

21:14

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message The second episode of the series welcomes Assoc. Professor Jeremy Couper, chair of the Scholarly Project Subcommittee, to provide trainees with valuable insights into the make-up of successful projects. Jeremy offers an open discussion on the expectations of the college, common trainee pitfalls, and tips…

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An Interview with Bryan Bui: “Observation to Publication” 21:41

3y ago21:41

21:41

Enjoying the podcast? Send us a text message The first episode of this trainee generated podcast series explores the journey of an original research project from real-world clinical observation through to publication. Focussing on the scholarly project of podcast co-creator and Associate Trainee Editor of Australasian Psychiatry Dr Bryan Bui(1), th…

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S3E6 - Havana Syndrome, CTOs, and the Productivity Commission 32:32

3+ y ago32:32

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In the final episode of season three Alanna investigates a Cuban hysteria crisis, Shakira uncovers concerning statistics regarding use of CTOs on people who are culturally and linguistically diverse, and Mazz turns the pages of the recent Australian Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Mental Health. The articles covered in this month's epis…

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S3E5 - Amisulpride, Social Media, and Legal Aid 32:31

4y ago32:31

32:31

The Psych Review battles on through the pandemic, this month Shakira discusses how not all antipsychotic medications are equal, Alanna reviews links between social media use and eating disorders, and Mazz breaks down a submission to the Royal Commission made by Victorian Legal Aid. The articles covered in this month's episode are: - Shakira: Johnse…

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S3E4 - COVID-19 Special 31:01

4y ago31:01

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After a period of prolonged isolation, the Psych Review is back with a COVID-themed special - and to maintain as much social distancing as possible for the first time the entire episode was recorded over the internet! Join the registrars for the fourth episode of season three, where Mazz walks the fine line between mental health and public health l…

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S3E3 - Psilocybin, Coronavirus, and PAPUs 31:01

4+ y ago31:01

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It's episode three of 2020 and Shakira starts the show by covering recent developments of in the COVID-19 situation - including statements from the college of psychiatry. Alanna looks at a recent article covering the use of psilocybin assisted therapy in depression, and Mazz reviews a recent article covering Psychiatric Assessment and Planning Unit…

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S3E2 - Psychological Trauma Special 30:41

4+ y ago30:41

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In episode two of the third season of The Psych Review the focus is on psychological trauma. Alanna and Shakira explore the consequences of childhood trauma, in both clinical and non-clinical contexts. Mazz looks globally into the mental health outcomes of protests, riots and revolutions. Warning: this episode may contain trauma-related content tha…

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S3E1 - Hallucinations, Linguistics, and Neurofilaments 30:29

4+ y ago30:29

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Welcome to first episode of season three of The Psych Review, where we are very excited to introduce our brand new host Alanna. This month Mazz kicks things off with a discussion around the differences (or lack thereof) between hallucinations in personality disorders and psychotic disorders, Alanna looks into some promising research regarding the u…

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