The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

Recent Episodes

The Rise and Sudden Fall of Zimelidine: The First SSRI

Posted November 16, 2020 • 00:23:34

How the SSRIs were derived from Benadryl, how a forgotten antidepressant almost brought the serotonergic industry to a halt in the 1980’s, and how...

A Dangerous Game with Benadryl [60 Sec Psych]

Posted November 14, 2020 • 00:02:29

The FDA issued a warning in September about a dangerous game that teens have been playing with Benadryl during COVID. [

COVID Mortality is Higher with Psychiatric Illness

Posted November 11, 2020 • 00:01:48

We’re hearing a lot about people at risk for death with COVID – the elderly, African Americans, men, those with medical problems or low vitamin...

How to Set Behavioral Goals in the Med Visit

Posted November 9, 2020 • 00:17:08

Do you see patients who have no motivation to do anything? Michael Posternak has a novel strategy for working with this depressive symptom during the...

How To Spot An Ultraprocessed Food [60 Sec Psych]

Posted November 7, 2020 • 00:05:34

This month the first systemic meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies of ultra processed foods has come out, and we have a clearer picture of what poor...