How to Be Patient posts
Learning as a Resident with Dr. Mark Mullen
In this episode, Margaret and I are joined by the legendary host of the podcast Psychiatry Bootcamp, Dr. Mark Mullen. As a clerkship director of the psychiatry rotation himself, Dr. Mullen adds his insights as we discuss the “high yield” (if you will) tips to learning and transitioning into residency. We share our triumphs and failures as interns and indulge you with our new segment called “...
Neuropsychological Assessments for Clinicians
In this episode which could be titled “Neurocognitive Assessments for silly, cool, fun people” (thats us we are the silly, cool fun people), Margaret and I describe 5 Decsribed Neurocognitive domains often used in psychometric testing and the associated simple, yet elegant tests you can do at the bedside to gain better insight into the functioning of certain regions of the brain and the underl...
Patreon Exclusive | Cooking one of the “hack” meals from CookwithDrbrooke episode
Preston takes on the challenge of making a decent home meal in under 10 minutes without relying on TV dinners or hefty prep time. One of the bridges for restoring your mental health is good nutrition and he is gonna see how executable that is
Eating For Your Brain (Even When You’re Down) with Nutritional Psychiatrist Brooke Resche, MD
On this episode of HBP, we interview Brooke Resche (CookwithDrBrooke on TikTok and Instagram) and answer some of your questions of how to feed yourself to help your brain, even when struggling with ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, or stress. We get into concrete strategies for each difficulty one might have with getting meals together and eating, and talk with Dr. Brooke about tips she uses with patient...
The Dementia Episode
In this episode, Margaret and I do our best to define the elusive diagnosis of dementia. We describe what the actual clinical definition of the cognitive disability is, explore the most common types of diseases that can cause dementia, and how to pick up on them clinically, especially when they start to look like other illnesses.
Concrete Self-Care in Hard Times with Amanda Stuckey Dodson
It’s one thing to think about optimal routines, and the internet is often very fixated on the “best”, but what about when you’re stressed, burnt out, or struggling with your mental health? On this episode, we have a conversation with clinical social worker and life skills specialist Amanda Stuckey Dodson to discuss how to care for yourself or someone you love when motivation, health, or ju...
Your Brain on AI: Interview with MIT Media Lab’s Nataliya Kosmyna
Today, we present to you our first Journal Club episode, in which we feature a primary author of an important piece of research. Online, content supercedes context, and when it comes to emerging hypothesis around big topics–like AI–this loss of context can lead to polarizing views. Today, we are excited to share a longer form interview with one of the leads of the MIT Media Lab’s study that ...
Food Fears, Myths, and Mental Health
Welcome back for season 3! For our first episode, we have on a food scientist to discuss from the industry side food myths, which we combine with our own readings from the psychiatry literature. We touch on red dye 40, the minerals in the soil, and how to slow down information from social media grocery store aisle walkers.For our bonus section with Hydroxide, check our Patreon, where this season w...