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Psychiatry Advances

Psychiatry Advances

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital 63 Episodes Oct 23, 2025

Psychiatry Advances explores innovative research and patient-centered programs at the forefront of psychiatry and behavioral health sciences. The podcast features insights from psychiatric, psychological, nursing, and rehabilitative professionals. It is produced by UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital of Pittsburgh, a national leader in treating mental health and addictive disorders.

Episodes

Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Oct 23, 2025 1860 Jessica Gannon MD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry.This Podcast describes this mental disorder, updating its definitional descriptive characteristics, noting variation, advances in treatment, e.g. long- lasting drug maintenance, reduction of unneeded components of drug RX, early intervention, team RX and the introduction of genuinely new treatments with a different mechanism of action tha
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Dopamine In and Out Of The Brain | Zachery Freyberg MD,PHD
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Dopamine In and Out Of The Brain | Zachery Freyberg MD,PHD Aug 14, 2024 2369 Dr. Zachery Freyberg MD,PHD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an expert in Cellular Biology as well as being an outstanding psychiatric clinician. This podcast discusses the role of Dopamine transmission across the brain and within other organ systems of the body e.g. that of the pancreas. Weight gain is discussed as this relates to metabolic disturbance i
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | ADHD: Diagnosis/Treatment Course/Adult Presentations
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | ADHD: Diagnosis/Treatment Course/Adult Presentations Jul 1, 2024 1266 Brooke S. G. Molina, PhD, is a professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She directs clinical research at the ADHD Across the Lifespan Program. This long-time longitudinal clinical research involves youth/adolescents and adult patients. This episode presents information on lifetime course prediction, drug misuse, and prim
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | The Challenges of working with Adolescents in the In-Patient Setting
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | The Challenges of working with Adolescents in the In-Patient Setting Feb 14, 2025 3003 Dr. Daniel Bender is the Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit at Western Psychiatric Hospital. His clinical work was recently featured in the New York Times (Reference included).
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in Children and Adolescents Jun 19, 2024 2255 Boris Birmaher MD. is Endowed Chair- Early Onset Bipolar Disease/Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. This Podcast addresses two research questions: 1) Who among Children and Adolescents are at Risk to develop Bipolar Spectrum Disorder: 2) among patients who develop this disorder who is at risk for recurrence? This is a controlled prospective twenty year dura
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Medical Marijuana
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Medical Marijuana Jul 1, 2024 1680 Antoine Douaihy, MD, is professor of Psychiatry and Medicine and senior academic director of Addiction Medical Services at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. Medical marijuana is now approved for distribution in Pennsylvania, but it’s absent of controlled clinical trials. Marijuana use requires careful monitoring, including marijuana growing, physician recommendati
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Transcranial Focused Ultrasound | Fabio Ferrarelli, MD, PhD and Marta Pecina, MD, PhD
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Transcranial Focused Ultrasound | Fabio Ferrarelli, MD, PhD and Marta Pecina, MD, PhD Dec 10, 2025 2348
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | The Whole Child Wellness Clinic: Integrating Physical, Behavioral and Family Support into One Clinic
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | The Whole Child Wellness Clinic: Integrating Physical, Behavioral and Family Support into One Clinic Feb 5, 2025 2408 Justin Schreiber DO, MPH is a Tripple Boarded Assistant Professor of Medicine. Nafessah Wynn is an experienced credentialed Family Peer Specialist Coordinator. Working together they treat families in the Whole Child Wellness Clinic. This podcast explores the procedures and advantages of treating families in an integrated care setting involving both medical expertise and family peer support. This
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Clarifying Subtypes of Depression: From Neural Circuits to Behavior
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Clarifying Subtypes of Depression: From Neural Circuits to Behavior Feb 6, 2024 2019 Neil P. Jones Ph.D. is an expert on the spectrum of Depressions, including their diverse manifestations and impact on cognitive-behavioral processes, for example accompanying rumination, stress-related anxiety, and anhedonia. This podcast focuses on subtypes of depression relating to brain pathways.
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Psycho-Oncology Center for Counseling and Cancer Support
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Psycho-Oncology Center for Counseling and Cancer Support Feb 6, 2024 2288 A cancer diagnosis and treatment can be difficult on both patients and their families emotionally. But support is available for people who need it. In this podcast, Robin Valpey, MD, medical director, Center for Counseling and Support, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and Elizabeth Hale, MD, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, discuss the mental health
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | The Placebo Effect
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | The Placebo Effect Jul 1, 2024 1691 Marta Pecina MD PhD. is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Translational Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Lab of the Department of Psychiatry and the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. This Podcast focuses on the Neurobiological basis of placebo effects. Placebos have great power. We explain how both expectation and conditioning generate strong placebo effects relevant to research and
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Restoring the Brain to its Previous Neurophysiology | Greg Siegel, PhD and Kym Young, PhD |
Psychiatry Advances Podcast | Restoring the Brain to its Previous Neurophysiology | Greg Siegel, PhD and Kym Young, PhD | Aug 5, 2025 2005

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