Psych Essentials

What is the difference between a personality and a personality disorder? When do personality disorders arise, and what d... Read more

Get ready to learn about the essentials of antipsychotics! In the first part of our introduction to antipsychotics, we a... Read more

Get for ready for some fun psychopharm basics! In this episode, we will discuss commonly used antidepressants including ... Read more

In today’s episode, we will discuss benzodiazepines, a commonly used type of sedative-hypnotic medication. We will start... Read more

In the final episode of our psychopharmacology basics series, we are going to discuss commonly used mood stabilizers inc... Read more

In the final episode of our psychotherapy series, we will discuss cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).  We’ll review the ... Read more

Can’t tell your olanzapine from your risperidone from your quetiapine? Well, don’t you fret because we’re talking about ... Read more

We are revisiting psychopharmacology in our second psychopharm series. We will kick things off by talking about the “old... Read more

In the fourth and final episode of our “Art of Psychiatry” series, we will discuss anxiety disorders. We’ll start by dis... Read more

In today’s episode of our psychopharmacology series, we will discuss insomnia and treatments for insomnia. Most of the t... Read more

In the final episode of our second psychopharmacology series, we will discuss how to manage antipsychotic side effects. ... Read more

In the third episode of our “Art of Psychiatry” series, we will discuss schizophrenia, a chronic mental illness that aff... Read more

In our two-part series on substance use, we will first discuss drugs of abuse and intoxication/withdrawal syndromes. We’... Read more

In the second episode of our “Art of Psychiatry” series, we will discuss bipolar disorder, a chronic mood disorder that ... Read more

In the first episode of our “Art of Psychiatry” series, we will discuss depression, a common and debilitating mental ill... Read more

Get ready for a big, information-packed episode featuring two of the most interesting parts of the mental status-exam: t... Read more

In the second episode of our psychotherapy series, we will discuss supportive and psychodynamic therapy. To illustrate p... Read more

In the first episode of our series on somatic treatments in psychiatry, we will discuss electroconvulsive therapy, other... Read more

In this episode, we will continue our series on the mental status exam by reviewing mood and affect. What is the differe... Read more

Do you find the psychiatric interview a little overwhelming or intimidating? Where do you start? What do you need to ask... Read more