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The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Podcast

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Podcast

The JCP Podcast 18 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Podcast explores the science, practice, and human side of mental health care. Hosted by Dr. Ben Everett, Senior Scientific Director at Physicians Postgraduate Press, the series brings together leading voices in psychiatry, neuroscience, and behavioral medicine to discuss the evidence shaping clinical care today. Each episode features thoughtful conversations with JCP authors, academic experts, and frontline clinicians exploring disorders across the mental health continuum, from schizophrenia and mood disorders to anxiety, depression, and sleep-related conditions. By bridging research and real-world practice, the podcast delivers insights that empower psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, physician associates, and primary care clinicians to deliver better care for patients with mental illness.

Episodes

Bonus Episode: Lessons from Early Adopters of XT in Schizophrenia with Ilan Melnick, MD
Bonus Episode: Lessons from Early Adopters of XT in Schizophrenia with Ilan Melnick, MD Oct 13, 2026 54:24 In this bonus episode, host Ben Everett, PhD, reconnects with Ilan Melnick, MD, chief medical officer of Passageway, a South Florida forensic community control program, who also maintains a private concierge practice. Dr. Melnick chaired a JCP consensus panel of early adopters of xanomeline-trospium chloride (XT), and nearly two years after approval, he shares what clinicians have learned putting
A Trauma Expert's View on Psychedelic Medicine with Steven Berkowitz, MD
A Trauma Expert's View on Psychedelic Medicine with Steven Berkowitz, MD Oct 6, 2026 38:49 In this episode of the JCP Podcast, host Dr. Ben Everett speaks with Dr. Steven Berkowitz, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Director of the Stress, Trauma, and Adversity Research and Treatment (START) Center at CU Anschutz. Drawing on a career spanning the Yale Child Study Center, Penn, and CU, Dr. Berkowitz discusses how childhood trauma shapes psychiat
Six Decades of Schizophrenia Care with Nina Schooler
Six Decades of Schizophrenia Care with Nina Schooler Sep 22, 2026 01:32:03 In this episode of the JCP Podcast, Dr. Ben Everett speaks with Dr. Nina Schooler, a social psychologist whose career in psychiatric research spans more than six decades. Dr. Schooler began her work at the National Institute of Mental Health's Psychopharmacology Service Center in the early 1960s and has since contributed to landmark studies on antipsychotic treatment, maintenance therapy, tardive
The Regulatory Maze of Ketamine and Psychedelics with Benjamin Brody, MD
The Regulatory Maze of Ketamine and Psychedelics with Benjamin Brody, MD Sep 8, 2026 01:01:31 Dr. Benjamin Brody, an inpatient psychiatrist who built and now directs one of the earliest hospital-based ketamine treatment programs, joins Dr. Ben Everett to unpack the regulatory maze surrounding ketamine and the psychedelics now approaching FDA approval. Dr. Brody traces how he moved generic racemic ketamine from an overlooked anesthetic sitting on the hospital pharmacy shelf to a formally sa
From Screening to Treatment: Rethinking Suicide Risk with Elizabeth Ballard, PhD
From Screening to Treatment: Rethinking Suicide Risk with Elizabeth Ballard, PhD Aug 25, 2026 55:32 Dr. Elizabeth Ballard, Director of Psychology and Behavioral Research and Director of Pre-Doctoral Training at the National Institute of Mental Health's Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, joins the JCP Podcast to trace the full arc of suicide risk assessment and treatment. Dr. Ballard helped develop the Ask Suicide Screening Questionnaire (ASQ) and was first co-author on the ind
Feeding the Mind: Metabolism in Psychiatry with David T. Liebers, MD, MPhil, MPP
Feeding the Mind: Metabolism in Psychiatry with David T. Liebers, MD, MPhil, MPP Aug 11, 2026 01:12:50 Dr. David T. Liebers, MD, MPhil, MPP, a research assistant professor of psychiatry at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a research psychiatrist at the Nathan Kline Institute, joins Dr. Ben Everett to explore metabolic psychiatry: the growing evidence linking mitochondrial function, bioenergetics, and whole-body metabolism to psychiatric illness. Building on a previous conversation about GLP-
Turning Stigma Into Stories of Hope with Aderonke Pederson, MD
Turning Stigma Into Stories of Hope with Aderonke Pederson, MD Jul 28, 2026 55:45 Dr. Aderonke Pederson, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a psychiatrist in the Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, joins the JCP Podcast to discuss how contact-based storytelling can function as a clinical intervention for reducing mental illness stigma and medical mistrust.Stigma and mistrust are measurable barriers that del
Bipolar Disorder in Pregnancy and Postpartum, with Crystal T. Clark, MD, MSc
Bipolar Disorder in Pregnancy and Postpartum, with Crystal T. Clark, MD, MSc Jul 14, 2026 01:01:01 Dr. Crystal T. Clark, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Canadian Research Chair in Reproductive Mental Health, joins the podcast to discuss the evidence-based management of bipolar disorder across pregnancy and the postpartum period. Dr. Clark, recently appointed head of the Department of Psychiatry at Women's College Hospital, has built her research career around
The Art of Deprescribing: A Framework for Ending Medication
The Art of Deprescribing: A Framework for Ending Medication Jun 16, 2026 53:36 In this episode, Dr. Ben Everett is joined by Dr. Joseph F. Goldberg, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Dr. Goldberg recently completed his term as president of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP), during which he led a 45-member international task force that produ
Forty Years at the PTSD Frontier with Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD
Forty Years at the PTSD Frontier with Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD Jun 2, 2026 51:18 EPISODE DESCRIPTIONDr. Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, is a tenured professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine, where she holds the Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology. She is director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, and as of 2025, science director of the Emory Cente
Rethinking Postpartum Depression: Biology, Biomarkers, and New Treatments with Jennifer L. Payne, MD
Rethinking Postpartum Depression: Biology, Biomarkers, and New Treatments with Jennifer L. Payne, MD May 19, 2026 44:56 In this episode of the JCP Podcast, host Dr. Ben Everett speaks with Dr. Jennifer L. Payne, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Vice Chair of Research at the University of Virginia, where she directs the Reproductive Psychiatry Research Program. Dr. Payne holds a joint appointment in obstetrics and gynecology and has spent her career at the intersection of basic neuroscience a
Catching Cognitive Decline Early with Gary W. Small, MD
Catching Cognitive Decline Early with Gary W. Small, MD May 5, 2026 46:41 Dr. Gary W. Small, Director of Behavioral Health Breakthrough Therapies at Hackensack Meridian Health and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, shares decades of clinical and research insight as he discusses the early detection and treatment of age-related cognitive decline. In this episode, he explores the continuum from normal aging to mild

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