Best PsychoSocial Media Podcasts (2024)

This old medication is finding a place in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. This is an overview of it's history and current use, especially now as an antidepressant.By Richard Jackson,M.D.

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Slavery And Its Ongoing Psychosocial Legacy 22:07

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Benjamin Bowser, Ph.D., sociologist, gives the legacy’s history, that it still remains a very potent contributor to racism, of the cultural based post-traumatic slave syndrome, of what slavery did to the psychology of the slaves and how much of that still lives to this date, and of the origin and legacy of whiteness, Jim Crow, etc. Intriguing, capt…

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Psychotherapy - How To Frame It, How To Use It 23:24

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Stefan Pasternak, M.D., on how the therapist-patient relationship is the cornerstone of psychotherapy, and about the challenges of developing a goal for the therapy, the physiologic and medication aspects of therapy, of coming to an accurate diagnosis, cognitive versus psychodynamic techniques, psychological mindedness, when a change of therapist m…

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Learn From The Past #3 - These Wires Carry Words!

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These Wires Carry Words! - Broadcast on July 1, 1946, by Advances in Research, this 15 minute radio piece is an excellent, fluid and valuable historical review of our developing communication tools, with stories about, and credits to, the scientists and thinkers who started the process that brought us to our ever-expanding dependence on electronic …

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Learn From The Past #2 - Nikola Tesla’s 1937 Predictions

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From the February 1937 Liberty Magazine interview, as told to George Viereck, the distinctive inventor accurately predicts much of our current world, on war, the changing of women’s roles, energy, environmental and social shifts, computers, the internet, etc. He was incorrect on some items, but perhaps only as of yet. 11 Minutes. Observant & though…

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Learn From The Past #1 - Our Water. Its Role, Its Supply, And Our Needs

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A 14 minute audio from the National Association of Manufacturer’s 1950’s educational and advocacy piece of the then appreciations and concerns with useable and sustainable water, including draughts and floods, in our community lives and our biosphere. Imagine what the producers would say now, over 65 years later…

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Ketamine -- A Detailed Overview

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Rakesh Jain, M.D., gives its history, how it works, why it is so different and its enticing future, the roles of glutamate and GABA, nasal versus intravenous forms, the value of concurrent psychotherapy, etc. Succinct and thorough. November 2022

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Monkeypox

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Larry Bush, M.D., infectious disease specialist, details the history of this virus, its characteristics, hosts and vectors, the already existing treatments and unique aspects of the monkeypox vaccine, the relationship to smallpox, how to approach such an infection, the reappearance of polio and measles, and a true overview and insightful look at th…

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Keeping The Healers Healthy

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For Doctor’s Day, 2022, at the West Palm Beach VA Hospital, psychiatrist Abbey Strauss spoke that physicians must accept they are also regular people with the full inventory of emotional problems, how to deal with compassion and other fatigues, the high physician suicide rate, to not be alone, how to get and use help, and the decisive value of keep…

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Climate Change Questions That Psychiatrists Need To Ask Both Themselves and Their Patients

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*Climate Change Questions That Psychiatrists Need To Ask Both Themselves and Their Patients - Psychiatrists Beth Hasse and David Pollack pose such questions, including those about eco-anxiety and when to - or not to - bring these issues into the treatment activity. Very timely given the current worldwide heat waves. Much talk of how vital and evolv…

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Might Addiction Not Be A Disease?

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Carl Fisher, M.D, psychiatrist at Columbia University, argues that ‘disease’ is the wrong concept as he outlines the urge leading to addictive behaviors, that it oversimplifies, what is the place of free will, the three broad reasons fostering addictions, various social mitigators, long term outcomes, and his own recovery from alcoholism. Posted al…

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Life With One’s Own Adult Children Who Suffer Mental Illness

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Maria, using only her first name, candidly shares her feelings and life being the parent of the adult mentally ill. She discusses the process of learning and accepting this reality, the parental pain, the differences between she, whose children are still alive, and those whose children died by suicide or otherwise, the importance of helping others …

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Old But Still True. On Addiction.

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Former US Drug Czar Robert DuPont, M.D., in 1997, outlines the theories of all addictions, what it does to the brain, the roles of pleasure, honesty, character, family and background, risk-taking aversion or comfort, preventions and treatments, the importance of AA and NA, the relative risks of some becoming addicted or not, nicotine and alcohol us…

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The Pandemic Kids

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Priti Kothari, child psychiatrist, outlines how the different age groups suffered differently during the pandemic, the educational and social pressures and delays, the need perhaps of a gap year to catch up, disruptive behaviors with the reasoning fundamental to treatment approaches, etc. Thoughtful concerns about what happened and how to offset an…

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Extended Quantities Of Take Home Opioid Agonists in Opioid Disorder Treatment.

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Tara Gomes, epidemiologist in Ontario, Canada, speaks to enlightening research that larger quantities of take home Buprenorphine and methadone, and as such are multi-day dose packets, can be safe and productive in stabilized patients. The project was partially in response to covid caused travel restrictions. Some of the results was that this strate…

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Violence, School Shooting, Etc.

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A forensic psychologist gives insight into many cases in which he examined people who committed deadly violence. This includes young teenager offenders as well. His data and opinions come from a mixture of hard experience with these defendants.

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Gun Violence! Insights

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Bill Durston, MD, emergency room physician and former US Marine marksman, gives a necessary overview of gun violence statistics and his thoughts on how to reduce the suffering.

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Emergency Room Approaches and Protocols For Substance Abusers.

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Steve Keen, M.D., gives a very detailed discussion of his real-time, on-going emergency room program, with specifics on how to rapidly stabilize, start medication assisted treatment, give psychosocial interventions and follow up referrals, deal with shame or patient’s hesitancy, the challenging omnipresence of fentanyl and related new drugs, etc. D…

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Harm Reduction Strategies With Opiate Abusers

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Journalist, and former opiate abuser Maia Szalavitz, defines harm reduction as keeping people from getting hurt rather than stopping them from getting high, that needle exchange encourages treatment, of needing good coping skills before giving up the substance, what changed her life, her work to promote harm reduction, etc. An honest and energetic …

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The Strong Benefits Of Suboxone Use During Incarceration

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Elizabeth Evans, PhD, associate professor at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, reports that giving Suboxone to jailed opiate using prisoners significantly reduced legal recidivism and other post release relapse and morbidity. Listen to the encouraging details of her the study, and to her current and related future work. Done in collaborati…

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Changes In Psychotherapy’s Focus Because Of Covid.

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Roz Malmaud, PhD, and Andy Rosen, PhD, note that patients are now focusing more on the pre-Covid, usual problems. Both discuss, however, issues with telemedicine’s legal and insurance matters, being unable to give patients questionnaires to complete or handouts for them to use, to see how they interact in the waiting rooms, the real paradigm shifts…

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Strong Benefits Because Of Suboxone Use During Incarceration

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Elizabeth Evans, PhD, associate professor at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, reports that giving Suboxone to jailed opiate using prisoners significantly reduced legal recidivism and other post release relapse and morbidity. Listen to the details of her the study and her current and related future work. Done in collaboration the Palm Beac…

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Segmented Sleep -- A New Framework For An Old Pattern

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Roger Ekirch, PhD, a historian at Virginia Tech, on our different sleep patterns that were normal before the industrial revolution. A fascinating look at sleep patterns, the first and second sleeps, and the social and biological drives and basis of how we sleep.

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Balanced Pain Management

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Lynn Webster, M.D., discusses issues of over and under use of pain medications, his research on dosing and response issues, the critical psychological components in pain management, the correct use of non-opioid medications and non-medicinal pain treatments, changing attitudes towards pain management, etc. An articulate and experienced based discus…

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Opiate Abuse & Overdose In The Elderly

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Lori Ann Post, Ph.D., describes the dramatic recent increase in overdose deaths in this group, gender and other demographics, causes, interventions, and the on-going studies to better define and reduce this horrible social and emotional affliction. Done with the Palm Beach County Medical Society. February 2022.…

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ERAS: Effective Techniques Enhancing Recovery and Better Controlling Peri-operative Pain.

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Luke Elms, M.D., straightforwardly addresses ERAS’s (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) beneficial medical and psychological strategies for compassionate pain control, of faster recovery with fewer complications, to help patients emotionally prepare for surgery and how this may reduce post-surgery pain leading to subsequent improper pain medication u…

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Covid Updates - The Variants, The Vaccines, The New Pills.

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Larry Bush, M.D., from Florida, explains mutations, monoclonal antibodies, vaccine history and use, boosters, B cells and T cells, and the safe use of the potentially game-changing arrivals of the Pfizer and Merck medications.

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Physicians In Recovery - Giving Them Jobs

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Steve Chambers, M.D, will hire these physicians to help them return to a fuller and productive life. He talks of the joy, pitfalls, rules, approaches, and real gifts evolving from these opportunities. Part of the Physician’s Wellness Project of the Palm Beach County Medical Society.

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Psychological Support To Patients With Cancer

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Darci McNally, M.S.W., Director of Support at the Lynn Cancer Institute in Florida, speaks of how they address patients with cancer, the emotional needs, the psychological fatigue, different interventions, community supports, etc. This is a heartfelt, valuable, and seasoned guide for patient’s and their families during the cancer experience…

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Attention Deficit Disorder

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Ludmila de Faria, psychiatrist, conveys her approach to explaining and treating this disorder, its historical and biological origins, the diagnostic nuances, and the necessary interaction of the medical and psychological domains. She also comments on what happens when marijuana is added to this condition.…

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New Approaches To The Perioperative Use Of Buprenorphine

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Lynn Kohan, M.D., an anesthesiologist, speaks to the attitudes towards, and the effectiveness and strategies of, using buprenorphine to obtain pain and psychological relief in both treated and untreated opioid using surgical patients. She discusses the MOUD - a acronym for the Medication treatment of Opioid Use Disorder - in regards to both the cri…

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The Benefits Of The More Aggressive Use Of Buprenorphine In The Emergency Room

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Andrew Herring, M.D., and Arianna Campbell, P.A., outline, give history, and reflect on opioid using people presenting to an ER, of how this technique better engages patients and gives more rapid symptom relief, when and how to use these dosing strategies, of the areas that are still unknown and need study, of the rising opioid overdose deaths and …

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Hospice And The Covid Challenge.

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Christine McMichael, executive director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation of Massachusetts, speaks of the hospice mandate despite the Covid world, and how, with commitment and resilience, the hospice community rose to that obligation. She also speaks to the emotional tolls and reactions within the hospice staff and the patients and fami…

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Working With The Psychological And Social Realities Of Climate Change

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Gary Belkin, M.D., psychiatrist, and former Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Health Department, on why he sees the present climate changes as so extraordinarily urgent and critical, and how communities and individuals can, without rhetoric or panic, implement essential changes using concepts such as the ‘social climate,’ etc. Timely.…

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A Physician’s Addiction And Recovery Such That He Is Again Practicing Medicine

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Alan Schwartz, M.D., now an addictionologist, on his addiction, the gut-level nature of addiction, of absolutely needing others to undo his addiction and failures, the shame and stigma hurdles, the on-going maintenance of recovery, and how it did not destroy his career. Produced in collaboration with the Palm Beach County Medical Society.…

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Four Short Stories - Why Mental Health Providers Worry About Climate Change.

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Four mental health providers share their personal stories. They speak to the urgent need to plan for and teach both community and mental health resilience as we face climate changes. Done in collaboration with the Climate Psychiatry Alliance. September 2021

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Climate Change Heat Is A Public Health Problem.

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Caroline Dumont, M.D., from Yale University, outlines the frequent and critical impacts of prolonged hot weather and heat waves on our mental health, suicide rates, productivity, problems with access to staying cool, medical issues, etc. A brief but very timely synopsis to consider. Done conjointly with the Climate Psychiatry Alliance.…

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Covid Vaccinations - A Through Overview.

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Larry Bush, M.D., infectious disease specialist and researcher, plainly yet scientifically reviews the mRNA history, risk/benefits, on-going studies, mutations and variants, how vaccinations work, boosters, etc., and the true benefits they give the recipients.

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Uncensored: Tattoo Talk 4:03

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Uncensored and outrageous! Join us for this short and sweet, but oh so funny talk about tattoos with hosts Luis and Liz! Do you have tattoos? Is there a funny story behind them? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/psychosocial/support

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Chisme: The Good, the Bad, and the Outrageous. 25:03

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Many Folx are on the fence about chisme (gossip). On the one hand it can be entertaining, but on the other it can be toxic. Join the PsychoSocial Team Luis, Liz, and Cynthia along with our special guest Jesse Escalante as we talk about chisme...the good, the bad, and the outrageous! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…

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POC Students Navigating Higher Education 33:36

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POC students don't just have to navigate the regular parts of pursuing higher education, but so much more. Join the PsychoSocial team, Luis Cornejo, LMFT (Founder of PsychoSocial), Cynthia Flores, AMFT (PsychoSocial Networking Manager), and Liz Hinojosa, LMFT (PsychoSocial Content Manager) as they talk about their experiences navigating higher educ…

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Queer Mental Health 25:57

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Join the PsychoSocial team, Luis (LMFT), Cynthia (AMFT), and Liz Hinojosa, LMFT along with their special guest Jesse Escalante as they discuss Queer Mental Health. Pride maybe over, but the struggles and obstacles Queer (LGBTQ+) Folx face continue. In this episode we discuss how psychosocial stressors impact Queer Mental Health! --- Support this po…

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Into And Out Of My Addiction - A Doctor’s Personal Story.

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Richard Morgan, D.O., explicitly tells how his addiction started, grew out of control, his legal problems including lengthy jail time, and what he learned and uses to support his on-going recovery. An extraordinarily honest and grassroots unmasking. Done jointly with the Palm Beach County Medical Society.…

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Healing 21:54

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Join the PsychoSocial team, Luis (LMFT), Cynthia (AMFT), and PsychoSocial content manager and new podcast co-host Liz Hinojosa, LMFT for this episode on Healing! Healing is an ongoing process. Many of us experience difficult situations or toxic relationships that impact our wellbeing. When we work on healing we are paying attention and loving the p…

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Ancestral Rage 27:37

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Join the PsychoSocial team, Luis (LMFT), Cynthia (AMFT), and PsychoSocial content manager and new podcast co-host Liz Hinojosa, LMFTas they discuss what ancestral rage is, how it plays a role in our day to day as BIPOC folx, and how we can navigate healing. As BIPOC folx we continuously experience high levels of discrimination whether through micro…

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Interview with Genesis Espinoza, LMFT on Working with the Undocumented Community 33:34

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We had a special interview with Genesis Espinoza, a License Marriage & Family Therapist who works in Southern California with the undocumented community. Genesis shares about her practice, her motivation, and talks to us about the undocumented community. Check it out! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/psychosocial/su…

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Managing Opioid Use During Pregnancy

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. Kay Roussos-Ross, M.D., obstetrician and psychiatrist, clearly outlines the concurrent challenges insofar as screening, legal and postpartum issues, perinatal care, medications for cravings or psychiatric conditions, community services, etc. Done in partnership with the Palm Beach County Medical Society…

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