This Is Your Brain On Drugs Psychiatry Podcast
By Cody Armstrong, MD
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Episodes: 118
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Join Cody Armstrong as he takes you on an adventure through psychiatric medications and beyond, breaking down these oft misunderstood drugs into easy, concise, and digestible pearls with his patented punk rock flare and a healthy dose of real science. Come explore these drugs like never before in fascinating detail whether you are a student, nurse, doc, patient, or just want to learn more. Listen to episodes on the podcast platform of your choice, follow along on YouTube with ease with slides and audio, or download slides at no cost at www.punkrockpsychiatrist.com. This Is Your Brain on Drugs Psychiatry Podcast will never charge you, show you an ad, or take sponsorship dollars from anyone because that just wouldn't be punk rock!
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E101: Antipsychotics: D2 and 5HT2A Receptor Activity
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Oct 28, 2026 |
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E100: Antipsychotics: Dosing
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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E99: Antipsychotics: Introduction
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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E98: Antipsychotics: Medical Work-up for Psychosis
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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E97: Antipsychotics: Schizophrenia: Psychogenic Polydipsia and Catatonia
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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E96: Antipsychotics: Schizophrenia Diagnosis and Pathophysiology
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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E95: Antipsychotics: Schizophrenia Background Information
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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E94: Obesity Medicine: Weight Loss Procedures, Lipedema, and MASLD
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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E93: Obesity Medicine: GLP1s of the Future, Weight Loss Meds for Kids, and the Insurance Gauntlet
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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E92: Obesity Medicine: GLP-1s: Saxenda, Wegovy, Zepbound, and Foundayo
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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E91: Obesity Medicine: GLP-1s: Eating Disorders, Drug Interactions, Shortages, Cost, and Compounding
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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E90: Obesity Medicine: GLP-1 Contraindications, Adverse Effects, and What To Do About It
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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E89: Obesity Medicine: GLP-1 Dosing and Duration of Use
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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E88 Obesity Medicine: GLP-1 Introduction, Mechanism, and Benefits
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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E87 Obesity Medicine: Medication: Other Medications
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May 27, 2026 |
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E86 ADHD: Effects of Menstrual Cycle and Perimenopause and Harder to Treat ADHD
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May 20, 2026 |
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E85: Obesity Medicine: Medication: Phentermine/Topiramate ER (Qsymia) and Naltrexone/Bupropion (Contrave)
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May 13, 2026 |
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E84: ADHD: Non-Stimulants Part 2: Guanfacine (Intuniv), Clonidine (Kapvay, Onyda XR), TCAs, Bupropion, Solriamfetol, Centanafadine, and Saffron
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May 04, 2026 |
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E83: Obesity Medicine: Medication: Phentermine, Vyvanse, and More Stimulants
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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E82: ADHD: Non-Stimulants Part 1: Atomoxetine (Strattera) and Viloxazine (Qelbree)
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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E81: Obesity Medicine: Medical Assessment Before Starting Obesity Medications
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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E80: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Sleep, Toxins, Social, Learning, and the Outdoors
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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E79: ADHD: Stimulants: Adverse (Side) Effects Part 3: Substance Abuse Risk
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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E33: Antidepressant Efficacy Part 3: The Case for Antidepressants
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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E31: Psychogenomic Testing (RePublish for Spotify)
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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E30: Improving Efficacy of Medications (RePublish for Spotify)
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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E29: Efficacy of Antidepressants (RePublish for Spotify)
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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E78: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Physical Fitness
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Quick Take #8: February Updates!: New Ketogenic Diet Studies for Mental Health Disorders, ProlivRX for Depression, New Blood Test for Alzheimers, and MORE!!!
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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E77: ADHD: Stimulants: Adverse (Side) Effects Part 2: Cardiac and Pregnancy
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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E76 Obesity Medicine: How Deception Works, How I've Been Deceived, and Corrections I'm Making
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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QT7: Quick Take #7: Why Is Adderall A Mixture of Salts?
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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E75: ADHD: Stimulants: Adverse (Side) Effects
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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E74 Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Barriers to Healthy Eating
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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E73 ADHD: Stimulants: Methylphenidate: Adhansia XR, Focalin, Azstarys, Modafinil (Provigil), and Armodafinil (Nuvigil)
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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E72 Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Scientific Evidence for Diet Improving Mood
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Quick Take #6: Nov 25 Updates! Part 2: Seltorexant, Fecal Transplant, and Ketogenic Diet for Depression? LSD for Anxiety? Vomiting in Pregnancy Associated with Depression? And More!!!
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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E71 :ADHD: Stimulants: Methylphenidate: Daytrana, Quillavant XR, Quillachew XR, Aptensio XR, Cotempla ODT-XR, and Jornay PM
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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E70: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Cholesterol, Protein, and Healthy Foods for your Brain
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Quick Take #5: Nov 25 Updates! Part 1: Guanfacine for Catatonia? Doxycycline for Schizophrenia? More Data on Pramipexole for Depression? Is Vortioxetine Anti-inflammatory? And More!!!
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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E69 ADHD: Stimulants: Methylphenidate: Ritalin, Methylin, Metadate, and Concerta
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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E68: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Fats: Saturated Fats and Seed Oils
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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E67: ADHD: Stimulants: Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse) and Amphetamine Base Medications
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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E66: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Fructose and Artificial Sweeteners
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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E65 ADHD: Stimulants: Dextroamphetamine and Mixed Amphetamine Salts (Adderall)
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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E64: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Ultra-Processed Foods
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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E63: ADHD: Introduction to Stimulants
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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E62: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Ketogenic Diet
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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E61: ADHD: Medication Aspects to Consider
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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E60: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Nutrition Recommendations
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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E59: ADHD: Treatments Other Than Medications
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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E58: Obesity Medicine: Lifestyle Medicine: Nutrition Introduction
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Quick Take #4: Sept 25 Updates! Part Deux: Benefits of Drug Treatment of ADHD, ChatGPT-induced Bromide Poisoning Psychosis, Ineffectiveness of Gabapentin, Newest GLP-1 Trial Results, and MORE!!!
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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E57: ADHD: Adult ADHD
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Quick Take #3: Sept 25 Updates! Part 1: Old Drugs For New Indications (Ketamine, Strattera, Flexeril) And Some Antidepressants On The Horizon (Nelivaptan and Seltorexant)
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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E56: Obesity Medicine: Medical Effects of Obesity and Assessing the Obese Patient
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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E55: ADHD: Diagnosis, Comorbidities, and Differential
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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E54: Obesity Medicine: Measurements, Rates, Trends, and Causes
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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E53: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Background and Pathophysiology
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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E52: Depression Differential: When to Consider Bipolar Disorder or Something Else
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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E51: Procedures: Bright Light Therapy, Vagal Nerve Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulators
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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E50: Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Most Effective Psychiatric Treatment
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Quick Take #2: Jul 25 Updates!: FDA Denies New Treatment for PTSD, Alcohol Intake Limit Recommendation Ends?, New BBW on SSRIs?, Clozapine REMS Ends!, New Psychedelic for Depression?, and Many More!
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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E49: NAC, Creatine, Aromatherapy, Unfounded Alternative Treatments, and Complementary Medicine Wrap-Up
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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E48: Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Are They Good For Mental Health, Too?
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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E47: Zinc: The Second Most Important Mineral for Mental Health?
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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E46: Magnesium: The Most Important Mineral for Mental Health?
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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E45: Vitamin D: Does Supplementation Help With Mental Health?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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E44: L-Methylfolate (Deplin) and SAMe for the Treatment of Depression
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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E43: B Vitamins and Why They Are Important for Mental Health
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Quick Take #1: Suzetrigine (Journavx)
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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E42: Herbal Antidepressants: St. John's Wort, Rholiola Rosea, and Kanna
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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E32: UPDATE! Medication Treatment Course: Discontinuation and Taper of Antidepressants
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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E41: Hypogonadism vs Depression
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May 28, 2025 |
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E40: UPDATE! Breastfeeding and Antidepressant Safety: L1-L5 Updates
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May 25, 2025 |
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E40: Breastfeeding and Antdepressant Safety
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May 21, 2025 |
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E39: Peri-partum Depression: Including Antidepressant use, Brexanolone (Zulresso), and Zuranolone (Zurzuvae)
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May 14, 2025 |
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E38: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Peri-menopausal Psychiatric Symptom Treatments: Estrogen, Progestin, Testosterone, Duavee, Veozah, Tamoxifen
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May 07, 2025 |
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E37: Pediatric and Geriatric Psychiatric Drug Management
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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E36: Depression Subtypes: How to Pick the Best Antidepressant for Each
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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E35: Antidepressant Augmentation
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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E34: Antidepressant Switching
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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E21: NDRI: Bupropion (Wellbutrin) (RePublish)
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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E20: SARIs: Trazodone and Nefazodone (RePublish)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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E33: Antidepressant Efficacy Part 3: The Case for Antidepressants
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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E32: Medication Treatment Course
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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E31: Psychogenomic Testing
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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E30: Improving Efficacy of Medications
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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E29: Efficacy of Antidepressants
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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E28: Selecting an Antidepressant
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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E27: Investigational Antidepressants
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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E26: Antidepressant Dosing
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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E25: 5-HT1A Partial Agonist: Gepirone ER (Exxua)
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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E24: NMDA Receptor Antagonists: Ketamine, Esketamine (Spravato), and Dextromethorphan+Bupropion (Auvelity)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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E23: Serotonergic Modulators and Stimulators: Vilazodone and Vortioxetine (Viibryd and Trintellix)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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E22: Noradrenergic and Specific Serotonergic Antidepressant: Mirtazapine (Remeron)
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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E21: NDRI: Bupropion (Wellbutrin)
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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E20: Serotonin Antagonist and Reuptake Inhibitors (SARIs): Trazodone and Nefazodone
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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E19: SNRIs (Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors): Venlafaxine, Duloxetine, Desvenlafaxine, Milnacipran, Levomilnacipran
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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E18: SNRI Overview
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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E17: SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors): Fluoxetine, Sertraline, Paroxetine, Fluvoxamine, Citalopram, Escitalopram
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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E16: SSRI Overview
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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E15: Serotonergic Adverse Effects
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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E14: Serotonin Toxicity (AKA Syndrome)
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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E13: Antidepressants and Suicide Risk
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Episode 12: PDE5 inhibitors and Supplements for Sexual Dysfunction
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Episode 11: Sexual Dysfunction Associated with Serotonergic Medications
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Episode 10: QTc Prolongation
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 9: Receptor Selective (2nd Generation) Antidepressants
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Trailer
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Episode 8: Tricyclic Antidepressants
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 7: Neuroreceptors
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 6: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 5: Introduction to Antidepressants
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 4: Depression Treatment Overview
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 3: Introduction to Depression Part 2
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 2: Introduction to Depression Part 1
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Episode 1: Introduction to This Is Your Brain on Drugs Psychiatry Podcast
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Sep 19, 2024 |