Psychiatry Advances

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Psychiatry Advances

Discover innovative research and patient-centered programs at the cutting edge of psychiatry and behavioral health sciences on the “Psychiatry Advances” podcast series. Psychiatric, psychological, nursing, and rehabilitative professionals will enjoy this podcast from UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital of Pittsburgh, a national leader in the innovative treatment of mental health and addictive disorders.

  1. 17/12/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: Psychosocial Treatment for youth with Bi-Polar Spectrum disorders and their Families

    Tina R Goldstein PHD is the Endowed Pittsburgh Foundation Professor of Psychiatry. This Podcast focusses upon DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Treatment) for children and youth, a cognitive therapy, with special consideration of teaching skills for everyday life with patients and their families. This is an excellent example of deploying evidence- based therapy and intervention for psychiatric and psychological disorders that potentially include suicidal behavior.

    42 min

  2. 13/11/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: Body Clocks and Bipolar Disorder: A Novel Treatment Approach

    Holly Swartz MD. Is Professor of Psychiatry. Following an explanation of Chronobiology (Body Rhythms) as relevant to Health, this podcast focuses on five daily rhythms likely altered in patients with bipolar disorders. Changing these rhythms fully focuses and engages patients in their own beneficial treatment. The Podcast reviews a new workbook, “The Social Rhythm Therapy” relevant for both trainees and patients.

    38 min

  3. 14/08/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: Dopamine In and Out Of The Brain

    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 in patients taking anti-psychotic medications that affect insulin control and diabetes.

    39 min

  4. 25/07/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: Mental Health and Suicide in Autistic Teens and Adults

    Carla Mazevsky PHD, is the Nancy J Minshew Endowed Chair in Autism Research, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and Translational Research at the University of Pittsburgh. She is an expert in key emotional aspects of Autistic people at all ages. This Podcast presents and focusses upon the challenges of overcoming/treating this unifying concept/reality among autistic people relating to “emotional dysregulation”. This is a fundamental/measurable concept and is characteristic of autistic people.

    37 min

  5. 25/07/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: Present Challenges and Opportunities in the New Era of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Annie Cohen PHD is Associative Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. This Podcast updates ongoing research and manifestation of Alzheimer’s Disease, its diagnosis (Amyloid, Tau deposition), biomarkers that may influence severity and early detection/diagnosis, also how social determinants of health affects early detection, e.g. access, extent of cardiovascular disease, residence, neighborhoods.

    39 min

  6. 25/07/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: The Etiology and Treatment of Weight Related Disorders in Youth

    Andrea Goldschmidt PHD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry. This Podcast focusses upon the causes and treatment of excessive weight gain, loss of control of eating in youth and adolescents. The major topic of discussion relates to “binge eating “, the emotional and environmental causes of such eating disorders, such as uncontrolled urges, eating without feeling hungry, particularly after school. This is translational research. Gaps in present knowledge about these disorders are noted.

    31 min

  7. 23/07/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: The University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry Is Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    The University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry is involved in efforts to promote and implement Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). In this podcast, four faculty members offer brief presentations and discuss the importance of DEI. Guests include Sarah Pederson, PhD; Paul Pikonis, PhD; Piper Carroll, MD; and César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD. They discuss linking the Department of Psychiatry to the Pittsburgh community; the psychiatry residency training curriculum; departmental surveys; and LGBTQ+ health matters.

    47 min

  8. 17/07/2024

    Psychiatry Advances: Severe Anxiety in Older Adults and its Effects on Brain and Body Aging

    Carmen Andreescu is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. This podcast focusses on severe worry and anxiety in aged persons. Not all worry in aged persons is pathological. Severe worry includes dramatic effects on patient’s psychology, brain, and aging. These are characterized here as well as appropriate intervention/treatment noted. The value of Transcranial Stimulation(TMS) is noted.

    38 min
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Discover innovative research and patient-centered programs at the cutting edge of psychiatry and behavioral health sciences on the “Psychiatry Advances” podcast series. Psychiatric, psychological, nursing, and rehabilitative professionals will enjoy this podcast from UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital of Pittsburgh, a national leader in the innovative treatment of mental health and addictive disorders.

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  • Creator
    UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    52
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
  • Show Website
    Psychiatry Advances

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