PsychEd Episode 40: Suicide Epidemiology and Prevention with Dr. Juveria Zaheer

PsychEd Episode 40: Suicide Epidemiology and Prevention with Dr. Juveria Zaheer

This episode covers suicide epidemiology and prevention with Dr. Juveria Zaheer, a Clinician Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research and Education Administrator in the Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Emergency Department at CAMH in Toronto, Ontario. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods to better understand suicide and identify areas of potential improvement.

PsychEd Episode 34: Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression with Dr. Sandhya Prashad

PsychEd Episode 34: Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression with Dr. Sandhya Prashad

This episode covers ketamine for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) with Dr. Sandhya Prashad, a psychiatrist and the founder and medical director of Houston Ketamine Therapeutics. She has extensive expertise using ketamine and is one of the most experienced ketamine psychiatrists in the United States, with her clinical practice focusing on TRD and incorporating transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), sometimes in conjunction with ketamine.

PsychEd Episode 30: Anti-black Racism and Mental Health with Dr. Kwame McKenzie

PsychEd Episode 30: Anti-black Racism and Mental Health with Dr. Kwame McKenzie

This episode covers anti-black racism and mental health with Dr. Kwame McKenzie. Dr. McKenzie is an international expert on the social causes of illness, suicide, and the development of effective, equitable health systems. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a staff psychiatrist and Director of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

PsychEd Episode 27: Serotonin Pharmacology: From SSRIs to Psychedelics with Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris

PsychEd Episode 27: Serotonin Pharmacology: From SSRIs to Psychedelics with Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris

In this episode, we begin to explore the neurobiology of the serotonin system — along with key pharmacological agents (SSRIs and classical psychedelics) that act on this system — with guest expert Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, a neuroscientist and head of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London.

Statement on Diversity and Equity

Here at PsychEd, we value the importance of diverse perspectives, experiences, and opinions on our team and within the field of psychiatry.

While this has long been a key component of our mandate, we feel that now more than ever it is vital to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and hold ourselves accountable to these commitments. To this end, we are sharing the following diversity and inclusion efforts, which are part of our Diversity and Equity policy, with you in the hopes that we can engage in meaningful dialogue around these important issues.

PsychEd Episode 22: Psycho-Oncology Assessments with Dr. Elie Isenberg-Grzeda

PsychEd Episode 22: Psycho-Oncology Assessments with Dr. Elie Isenberg-Grzeda

This episode is an introduction to the subspecialty of psychosocial oncology, focusing on 10 key content areas that you want to supplement your general psychiatric interview with. Along the way, we discuss the history of the field, contemporary controversies, and useful interviewing techniques that can help with history collection, therapeutic alliance, and formulation.