As we delved into Carl Jung's archetype of the wounded healer last Monday, it reminded us of something we learned about the serotonin transporter gene. Has modern genetics discovered a pathway to the archetype? You be the judge in this throwback to a 2021 episode. 

Clinicians who have lived with mental illness show us how to build a deeper empathy from our past wounds, starting with Carl Jung.

Clinicians who live with mental illness share the do’s and don’t’s of self-disclosure.

14 clinicians with mental illness share how they ask patients about mania, depression, psychosis, OCD, panic disorder, addiction, trauma, and suicide.

Does psychiatry keep making the same mistakes? Edward Shorter gives us a historical perspective. 

0.25 CME Credits. Psychiatric news covered in this episode: FDA Grants Priority Review for MDMA Therapy, Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Perils, Lithium: Good for Bones?, Iloperidone Added to Anti-Psychotics with Mania Efficacy, Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment, A Door Closes for Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia, Therapy for Multi-Trauma PTSD.

Viibryd has gone generic, but is it worth prescribing? We review all there is to know about vilazodone in this update from our #1 most read article of 2023.

All sorts of medications are prescribed for anxiety in older adults. Today, we look at when and how to discontinue them.

Here's a Throwback Thursday episode originally cast in March of 2021, where we're going to look at the question of whether adding a z hypnotic improves antidepressant response. And stay tuned to the very end where I'm going to update it with new research. We all know that when you sleep better, you feel better.

Dosing is not a collaborative venture when it comes to controlled substances, and here we look for the safe upper limits of stimulant dosing.