The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

Recent Episodes

Mood, Metabolism, and Cognition: An Interview with Rodrigo Mansur, MD

Posted April 12, 2021 • 00:24:10

We look at three ways that the body influences psychiatric disorders in the brain – through neurohormones, inflammation, and metabolic health. Dr....

Do Benzos Treat Depression?

Posted April 5, 2021 • 00:25:41

Around 50 controlled trials have tested benzodiazepines in depression, and the results are surprising. They seem to work. In this episode we look at...

COVID, Benzos, and Opioids

Posted March 29, 2021 • 00:26:50

Overdose deaths have been rising during COVID, but simply stopping the drug causes problems of its own. In this episde, Ashwin Patkar and Richard Weisler...

How to Stop Benzos and Stimulants

Posted March 22, 2021 • 00:21:34

Swapnil Gupta, author of Deprescribing in Psychiatry, shares tips on how to help patients taper off benzodiazepines and psychostimulants. She adds a...

In Memoriam: Hagop Akiskal and the Bipolar Spectrum

Posted March 15, 2021 • 00:26:19

DSM-5 has adopted many of the concepts from Hagop Akiskal’s Bipolar Spectrum, but not in the way he had planned. Here we trace his thinking back to...