Psychiatry Unbound
APA Publishing's Books podcast, hosted by APA Books Editor-in-Chief, Laura Roberts, M.D. Psychiatry Unbound offers the opportunity to hear the voices behind the most prominent psychiatric scholarship in the field today. Subscribe now to learn about important topics in the field of psychiatry and see how our authors are making an impact in clinical settings throughout the world.
Episode 8: Dementia
With an aging population, the rates of Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders are due to rise dramatically. Join Dr. Laura Roberts as she welcomes Dr. Art Walaszek, a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and an expert in the field of dementia to Unbound. Dr. Walaszek’s research focuses on public health approaches to improving the care of people with dementia. He is the author of the recently published book, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.
Episode 7: Black Mental Health
Altha J. Stewart, M.D. comes from a family of storytellers and in this episode of Psychiatry Unbound she brings her own personal stories to life in rich detail. During an intimate conversation with Laura Roberts, M.D., M.A., she relives her own stories about how she came to be the person she grew into and the significance of becoming the first black President of the APA.
From the point of view of doctors and patients, Dr. Stewart and her fellow editors, Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D., Billy E. Jones, M.D., M.S., brought together Black Mental Health to contribute to the conversation about the role of race in mental healthcare and education with the hope that it will provide a path forward for the next 50 years.
Episode 6: Supervision in Psychiatric Practice
Despite the importance of supervision to the field of mental health—it is a building block of learning and a fundamental stepping-stone to unsupervised practice—most mental health supervisors receive little to no training in how to supervise. Supervision also remains the least developed and researched aspect of clinical training. APA Publishing Books Editor-in-Chief Laura Roberts, M.D. talks with editors Sallie G. De Golia, M.D. M.P.H., and Kathleen M. Corcoran, Ph.D. about applying approaches to supervision in the clinical practice setting and the challenges as first-time editors in bringing together this important work.
Episode 5: Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies
Peter Yellowlees, MBBS, M.D., and Jay H. Shore, M.D., M.P.H. believe that psychiatry increasingly will focus on the treatment of populations and that technology offers the best hope of doing so efficiently and effectively.
Listen as Laura Roberts, M.D. discusses with her guests the way telepsychiatry is revolutionizing Psychiatry and standardized care
Episode 4: Transgender and LGBTQ Mental Health
Societal awareness of transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) individuals is greater now than at any point in history, owing to the education of policy makers by advocacy organizations, the education of clinicians by research and scientific organizations, and the education of the general public by movies, television, and other media. However, most professional training programs for mental health professionals provide little to no education regarding gender diversity.
Psychiatry Unbound examines these issues in an honest and intimate conversation between Drs Laura Roberts and Eric Yarbrough. Dr. Roberts then discusses with Dr. Lawrence McGlynn his experience working within the LGBTQ community.
Episode 3: Psychopharmacology
Dr. Laura Roberts discusses the history and future of psychopharmacology with Alan. F. Schatzberg, M.D., editor of The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Fifth Edition. Dr. Schatzberg talks about the most recent edition and reveals the history of this groundbreaking textbook. A work of uncommon scientific rigor and clinical utility, this resource provides state-of-the-art information on both the principles and the practice of psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Roberts second guest, Christopher M. Bartley, M.D., Ph.D. covers the application of psychopharmacology in clinical settings.
Producers Note: The most current edition, The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Sixth Edition was released in 2024. This Podcast discusses the previous edition.
Episode 2: Physician Suicide
Dr. Laura Roberts talks with Peter Yellowlees, MBBS, M.D. author of Physician Suicide, Cases and Commentaries. Together they examine the multiple risk factors that account for the higher rates of burnout, depressive symptoms, and suicide risk physicians experience compared with the general population. Burnout is especially common and is frequently due to workload, work inefficiency, lack of autonomy and meaning, and work-home conflict.
On the second half of the show, Dr. Roberts discusses physician wellness with Dr. Grace Gengoux.
Episode 1: Narcissism and Its Discontents
The definition of narcissism can be a moving target. Is it an excess of self-love? Profound insecurity? Low self-esteem? Too much self-esteem? Because of the multifaceted nature of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), treating this disorder presents clinicians with a range of wholly unique challenges.
Dr. Laura Roberts, M.D. unwraps Narcissism with Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., and Holly Crisp-Han, M.D. authors of the book Narcissism and Its Discontents, Diagnostic Dilemmas and Treatment Strategies with Narcissistic Patients.