Is There a Med For That?

Duncan Gill, MD
  • 5.0 (10)
  • Mental Health
  • Biweekly

Is There a Med For That? is a podcast featuring Duncan Gill, MD and Victoria Lee, LCMHC, discussing child and adolescent psychiatry, diagnosis, medication, parenting, and mental health. Combining clinical experience, humor, and perspective, the podcast explores everything from diagnosis and medication to family conflict, independence, anxiety, and what is actually “normal” growing up. While new episodes of Is There a Med For That? are no longer being produced, the archive remains available for listeners. Duncan Gill’s current podcast, The Direction Podcast, continues the conversation with a broader focus on parenting, adolescence, education, mental health, and human development.

  1. 06/16/2023

    Questions for the Doc From the Kids

    Today the doc answers questions from real-live teenagers in the program as delivered by our very own fact-checker and group counselor, Angela.  Who knows what they'll ask next -- the suspense is real.

  2. 06/02/2023

    Introducing Val: OT Extraordinaire

    We are pleased to introduce Valerie Boles to the show.  Val is an occupational therapist dynamo who will bring a whole new perspective to the podcast.  In this episode Duncan asks Valerie to explain exactly what occupational therapists are, where they come from, and how they work to help kids with all kinds of neuropsychiatric difficulties.

  3. 05/18/2023

    The Prozac Blues: Are Antidepressants Killing Our Kids?

    Dunc and Vicki talk about antidepressants, kids, and the "black box warning" on many psychiatric medications now warning about increased risk of suicide for kids and young adults taking them.  They talk pros and cons of the warning and how these meds can still benefits lots of kids.

  4. 05/03/2023

    Intentional Family: Time Together Well Spent, Part 2

    The highly-anticipated sequel to our last podcast.

  5. 04/19/2023

    Intentional Family: Time Together Well Spent, Part 1

    Victoria introduces the concept of the "Intentional Family".  She talks with Duncan about proactively seeking to make spending time together a family habit, and ways to go about doing so that don't have to feel like forced marches.  The two talk about the returns on this "investment" and why they might be higher than you'd expect. Part 1 of a 2-part series.

  6. 04/12/2023

    Telehealth: Wave of the Future?

    Telehealth was probably already coming, but the pandemic sure moved it along.  More and more therapists and docs are doing treatment from the comfort of their own homes, as are their patients.  Dunc and Victoria talk pros and cons of treatment and for whom it works.

  7. 01/12/2023

    Identity Crisis: ITAMFT’s Future!

    Dunc and Vicki reflect on year one of Is There a Med For That: what's worked well, what's worked not so well, and how a psychiatrist and therapist with little to no social media / podcast experience can forge on and make good things happen for the show in 2023.

  8. 01/06/2023

    Are We Sure ”Parents and Kids Shouldn’t Be Friends”?

    Vicki talks about one of her pet peeves, the old admonition that "parents and kids shouldn't be friends."  She explores with Duncan how the phrase, while containing an important element of truth, can easily become an excuse for parental misbehavior.

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Is There a Med For That? is a podcast featuring Duncan Gill, MD and Victoria Lee, LCMHC, discussing child and adolescent psychiatry, diagnosis, medication, parenting, and mental health. Combining clinical experience, humor, and perspective, the podcast explores everything from diagnosis and medication to family conflict, independence, anxiety, and what is actually “normal” growing up. While new episodes of Is There a Med For That? are no longer being produced, the archive remains available for listeners. Duncan Gill’s current podcast, The Direction Podcast, continues the conversation with a broader focus on parenting, adolescence, education, mental health, and human development.

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  • Creator
    Duncan Gill, MD
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2022 All rights reserved.
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