The Lancet Psychiatry in conversation with
Sophia Davis, Senior Editor at The Lancet Psychiatry, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explores their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from premature mortality in people with mental illness to cranial electrostimulation therapy for depression, the importance of first-person stories to psychological therapy for sleep problems in young people at risk of psychosis, and more.
Episodes
99 episodes
Nguyen Tran and David Kinitz on conversion practices and mental health
Nguyen Tran and David Kinitz talk with Sophia Davis about conversion practices for people of sexual and gender minorities and their mental health.Read the full article:
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Marco Solmi, Manish Sood, and Nicholas Fabiano on eating disorders and electrolyte abnormalities
Marco Solmi, Manish Sood, and Nicholas Fabiano join Sophia Davis to discuss electrolyte abnormalities in people with eating disorders and their association with physical health outcomes and mortality.Read the full article:
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33:54
Frank Padberg and Stephan Goerigk on child maltreatment and psychotherapy
Frank Padberg and Stephan Goerigk join Sophia Davis to discuss the effects of child maltreatment on psychotherapy for depression.Read the full article:
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35:45
Ryan Van Patten on cognition in functional seizures
Ryan Van Patten joins Sophia Davis to discuss cognitive performance in functional seizures.
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44:11
Sebastian Wolf on exercise and mental health
Sebastian Wolf joins Sophia Davis to discuss a transdiagnostic exercise intervention for mental health.Read the full article:
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30:00
Jinah Park and Whanhee Lee on heat and emergency admissions
Jinah Park and Whanhee Lee join Sophia Davis to discuss the effects of increasing ambient temperature on hospital admissions for people with mental disorders and developmental disabilities.Read the full article:
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23:57
Vincenzo Oliva on medications for psychotic depression
Vincenzo Oliva joins Sophia Davis to discuss medications for psychotic depression.Read the full systematic review:
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24:28
Maike Richter and Nils Opel on narcissistic traits
Maike Richter and Nils Opel join Sophia Davis to discuss narcissistic traits and depressive symptoms in psychotherapy.Read the full article:
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27:34
Lucy Stephenson, Astrid Gieselmann, and Matthé Scholten on self-binding directives
Lucy Stephenson, Astrid Gieselmann, and Matthé Scholten join Sophia Davis to discuss self-binding directives in psychiatric practice.Read the full Review:
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Gustavo Medeiros on brain-based correlates of antidepressant response to ketamine
Gustavo Medeiros joins Sophia Davis to discuss a review of brain-based correlates of antidepressant response to ketamine, using neuro-imaging studies.Read the full article:
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30:49
Felicity Waite on psychological therapy for sleep problems in young people at risk of psychosis
Felicity Waite joins Sophia Davis to discuss a psychological therapy for sleep problems in young people at ultra-high risk of psychosis.Read the full article:
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32:47
Joelle Mak and Ligia Kiss on psychosocial interventions for survivors of human trafficking
Assistant Professor Joelle Mak and Dr Ligia Kiss join Sophia Davis to discuss a new review of psychosocial interventions for survivors of human trafficking.Read the full article:
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27:05
Rory O’Connor on premature mortality in people with mental illness
Professor Rory O’Connor joins Sophia Davis to discuss a paper on the Gone Too Soon project about premature mortality in people with mental illness or mental distress.Read the full article:
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44:31
Ian Wong on methylphenidate for children and adolescents with ADHD
Professor Ian Wong joins Sophia Davis to discuss the research on methylphenidate for children and adolescents with ADHD.Read the full article:
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15:41
Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar on drug use and treatment services in the Eastern Mediterranean
Professor Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar joins Sophia Davis to discuss the systematic review of drug use, drug use disorder, and treatment services in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Read the full article:
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19:44
Richard Morriss on cranial electrostimulation therapy for depression
Professor Richard Morriss joins Sophia Davis to discuss a trial into cranial electrostimulation therapy with Alpha-Stim AID for people with depression. Read the full article:
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38:15
Protection or Paternalism?
Deputy Editor Dustin Graham talks with Sally McManus and co-authors of a Comment piece about ethical review committees and who gets to decide which questions are too risky for research.
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11:11
Wellcome Global Monitor
We talk with Professor Miranda Wolpert, Director of Mental Health at Wellcome, about the Wellcome Global Monitor report and its implications for the future of mental health science.
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6:07
Cultural Competency
Senior Editor Dustin Graham speaks with the authors of a newly published paper on the impact of race and ethnicity on patients' perspectives of their providers' cultural competency and what this means with clinical care.Read the full ar...
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14:13
ECT safety
Chief Editor Niall Boyce talks with Tyler Kaster about his groups' recent study looking at the safety and efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy for adults hospitalised with depression.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/...
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20:44
Debbie Challis on helping children deal with the aftermath of COVID-19
Dustin Graham talks with Dr Debbie Challis about the Fading Rainbows project and helping children deal with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
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14:13
Erica Crompton on the importance of first-person stories
Dustin Graham talks with Erica Crompton, journalist and mental health advocate, about the importance of publishing first-person stories from service users.
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11:00
Michael Wright on mental health in Aboriginal communities
Michael Wright discusses his groups efforts to work with Aboriginal communities in Western Australia to design better mental health services.
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