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USHMedstudent

by Kent Roundy and Tom Rayner

This is USHMedstudent podcast! Find interesting information about the world of psychiatry with a focus on information for medical students. This is moderate yield information for MS III/OMS III students in their clerkship. Built by third and fourth year medical students rotating at the Utah State Hospital and best used driving. The format is that of an Expert Interview led by Kent Roundy, MD/Tom Rayner, MD. Podcasts will be annotated to define if they are higher yield for shelf prep or if they provide more context for the learning. Follow us @USHMedstudent on Twitter for announcements!

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Episodes

  1. FTDs: A Quick Look at Syndromes, Genes, Proteins and Treatments

    Thank you Lexi Powell, OMS IV, for developing this podcast! Thank you Paige (E. Perfect) Mitchell for being a great sidekick! The high yield content reviews common shelf based approaches for quizzing FTDs. The podcast then dives into the non-overlap between the FTD syndromes, Genetics, proteomics...

  2. Catatonia: Beyond the ABCs (Antipsychotics, Benzodiazepines and eCt)

    Thank you Henry Thomas, OMS IV, MSBS for developing this podcast! The high yield content reviews common shelf based topics for catatonia. The podcast then dives into how inflammation, mood and circuitry affect function. It ends with some medication options. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you…

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  3. Seclusion and Restraint: A Necessary Evil

    Thank you Alex Jones, OMS III, MSBS, for developing this podcast! Thank you Jens Fillmore, OMS III, for being the sidekick. The high yield content reviews agitated patient management. The podcast then addresses the goal of eliminating patient restraint and seclusion with the barriers to achieving...

  4. Excess Mortality and Morbidity in Schizophrenia: Metabolic Syndrome and Antipsychotic Medications

    Thank you Jens Fillmore, OMS III, for developing this podcast! Thank you Alex Jones, OMS III, MSBS and Henry Thomas OMS IV for being sidekicks This podcast contains high yield content regarding antipsychotic medication complications. This podcast then addresses the challenges of cardiovascular...

  5. The ANA in Psychosis: Now What?

    Thank you Chase Kruse, OMS IV, MS for developing this podcast! This podcast contains high yield content regarding Schizophrenia (ANA related). This podcast dives into the very complex topic of Autoimmunity in Psychosis. This builds on recent podcasts that have looked at this topic from other...

  6. Emergency Department Management of Schizophrenia

    Thank you Katie 'The Voice' Werman, OMS III, MS for developing this podcast! Thank you Joseph 'The Hitman Jones' Davenport, OMS III, for being a great sidekick. This podcast contains high yield content regarding emergency room aspects of the shelf exam. The podcast then discusses the the…

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  7. The Overlap of Psychiatry and Empathy in the Emergency Department

    Thank you Joseph 'The Hitman Jones' Davenport, OMS III, for developing this podcast! Thank you Katie 'The Voice' Werman, OMS III, MS for being a great sidekick. This podcast contains personal anecdotes about the benefit of spaced repetition. The podcast then discusses the challenges of mental...

  8. Oral Health and the Interplay with Schizophrenia (DMFT and Inflammation)

    Thank you Alex Kimberling, OMS IV, for developing this podcast! Thank you Chad Quilling, OMS III for being a great sidekick.This podcast contains a high yield section on psychotic spectrum illnesses. The podcast then introduces the interaction between oral health and schizophrenia. There is some...

  9. Estrogen and the Treatment of Schizophrenia

    Thank you Abigail Garza, OMS IV, for developing this podcast! This podcast is part two of a podcast looking at how estrogen and psychosis are related. This podcast dives deeper into how estrogen has been used to treat psychosis spectrum illnesses. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too!...

  10. Suzetrigine and the NaV 1.8 Sodium Channel

    Thank you Chad Quilling, OMS III, for developing this podcast! This podcast contains a high yield section on opiate use disorder. The podcast then introduces Suzetrigine and the Sodium Gated Voltage Channel 1.8. We discuss how it addresses pain and how it may be used in psychiatry eventually. We...

  11. Estrogen's Storied History in Psychosis

    Thank you Abigail Garza, OMS IV, for developing this podcast! This podcast does not start with a high yield section. There are a number of aspects that address questions that often come up regarding schizophrenia. The focus of this podcast is to introduce the history of our growing understanding…

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  12. The Evolving Story of Famine and Psychosis

    Thank you John Eri, OMS III, for developing this podcast! Thank you Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS IV for being a great sidekick. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to risk factors in schizophrenia. It then dives into a tangled relationship between famine, nutrition…

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  13. Intro to Calcium Channel Blockade in Severe Mental Illness

    Thank you Cody Martin, OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you John Eri, OMS III and Chris Abraham, OMS III for being great sidekicks. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It then dives into a description of...

  14. Twins AND Narcolepsy: Chris' Psychiatry Rotation Experience

    Thank you Chris Abraham, OMS III, for developing this podcast! Thank you Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS IV for being a great sidekick. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to concordance in schizophrenia and how to consider questions about narcolepsy. It then dives into...

  15. An Introduction to SPECT and PET Imaging as a way to Understand the Brain in Schizophrenia

    Thank you Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS IV for developing this podcast topic! Thank you John Eri, OMS III and Cody Martin, OMS III for being great sidekicks. This podcast has a high yield section focused on questions that relate to imaging and schizophrenia. It then dives into an introduction to SPECT...

  16. Alpha 2 adrenoreceptors: A review

    Thank you Camila Ugaz OMS IV for developing this podcast topic! This podcast lacks a high yield section. We focused on a review of alpha2 receptors with a focus on dexmedetomidine. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to the physicians that have blazed the podcast pathway over...

  17. Understanding and Improving Medical Student Test Taking

    Thank you Spencer Downs, 'I'm chill' OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Jessica 'Keen' Bagley, OMS III for being a great sidekick! This podcast lacks a high yield section, unless you want to spank the tests you are required to take. In that case, it is all high yield! We enjoyed...

  18. Cytokines and Schizophrenia

    Thank you Jessica 'Keen' Bagley, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Spencer Downs, OMS III and Camila 'The Pseudonyms' Ugaz, OMS IV, for being great sidekicks! This podcast starts with high yield information about schizophrenia risk factors. The discussion then dives into how…

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  19. Synchrony, PV Interneurons and a touch of the Default Mode Network

    Thank you Cynthia Sharma, OMS IV, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Sabrina 'The Unyielding' Tran, OMS IV, for being a great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia. The discussion then dives into the nuances of the…

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  20. Food for Thought: Navigating Medication Absorption and Metabolism After Bariatric Surgery

    Thank you Sabrina 'The Unyielding' Tran, OMS IV, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Cynthia Sharma, OMS IV, for being a great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about SSRI discontinuation syndrome and Lithium toxicity. The discussion then dives into the nuances of...

  21. Growing up with Schizoaffective Disorder: A Student Experience

    Thank you Andrew 'Chuck' Blotter, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Bryson Edwards, OMS III, and Cynthia Sharma for being great sidekicks! This podcast starts with high yield information about how Schizoaffective disorder seems to be tested in the shelf exam. The discussion…

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  22. The Microbiota: An Update!

    Thank you Jayce Blomquist, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Dr. Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS III, for being great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about autism spectrum disorder, Rett Syndrome and some question details regarding alcohol/opiate use disorder...

  23. Linking Depression to Neuroanatomy via MS using DTI

    Thank you Dr. Gentry Ensign, DPT, OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Jayce Blomquist, OMS III, for being great sidekick! This podcast starts with high yield information about depression questions, adjustment questions and a few imaging questions. The topic then dives into a...

  24. Propofol and Treatment Resistant Depression

    Thank you Alex Kimberling III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Kasey Doney OMS MS III for being great sidekick! This podcast provides some high yield information about Benzos and Barbiturates that start of the podcast. The remainder is about an emerging treatment for Treatment...

  25. CJD: An Update

    Thank you Kasey Doney OMS III, for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Alex Kimberling OMS III for being great sidekick! This podcast addresses the state of understanding regarding CJD. It is an update from a previous podcast. I hope this leads to great things for Kasey! There is some high...

  26. Stalking and Mental Illness

    Thank you Ben Ballard, PMHNP-S for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Kasey Doney OMS III and Alex Kimberling OMS III for being great sidekicks! This podcast addresses the use of stalking and the overlap with mental illness. This was fascinating and provides insights into how to consider…

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  27. Esketamine Treatment in Treatment Resistant Depression

    Thank you Ben Ballard, PMHNP-S for developing this podcast topic! This podcast addresses some details regarding Esketamine for the use of treatment resistant depression and updates a previous podcast that looked at this medication. Thank you to the physicians that blazed the podcast pathway over...

  28. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): An introduction

    Thank you Sierra "emotional support" Taylor, OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Paige Douty, OMS III for significant contributions. This podcast has a substantial high yield component that looks at the various eating and feeding disorders. It also looks at a disorder new to the...

  29. Estrogen in Psychosis: Menopause Associated Psychosis as a Starting Point

    Thank you Ysatis Ruiz, OMS III for developing this podcast topic! Thank you Sierra "emotional support" Taylor, OMS III, for being a great sidekick. This podcast has some high yield information about schizophrenia at the onset. It looks at how estrogen may affect psychosis and what this may mean…

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  30. The Gut-Brain Axis: A Different Perspective From 2020

    Thank you Alex McRae, OMS III for building this podcast podcast! Thank you Carter Moon, OMS III, for being a great sidekick. The last podcast these two did revisited a podcast from 2020 by Dr. Steven Doyle that included sidekicks Dr. Valentina Bonnefil and Dr. Gio Montesano. Amazingly, this…

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  31. Social Media and Harm (or Good) for Adolescents: An Update

    Thank you Kevin McOmie, OMS IV for building this podcast podcast! This podcast revisits a previous podcast looking at the effects of social media. This podcast does not have high yield at the onset. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too! Thank you to the immortal Jordan Turner for…

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  32. TBIs and Psychiatric Sequelae: An Update and Expansion of a Previous Podcast

    Thank you Carter Moon, OMS III for building this podcast podcast! Thank you Alex McRae, OMS III, for being a great sidekick. This podcast revisits a podcast from 2020 by Dr. Steven Doyle that looked at psychosis following a TBI. There is great high yield information at the onset and some new data...

  33. Palliative Psychiatry and Psychiatry in Palliative Care

    Thank you Parker Webber, OMS IV for building a very difficult (for me) podcast! Thank you Liz "SP" Mouw, OMS IV, for helping out. This podcast looks at the current ecosystem of both palliative psychiatry and psychiatry involvement in palliative care. We enjoyed (mostly) our discussion and hope…

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  34. Care Transition for Psychiatric Care in Patients with Developmental Disabilities

    Thank you Liz "Smarty Pants" Mouw, OMS IV developing this podcast. This podcast is describes how psychiatric illness care moves (or doesn't) from specialized developmental disorder clinics to adult clinics. Liz does a great job of describing the current landscape and how that may be evolving. We...

  35. Developmental Disorders and Mental Health

    Thank you Liz "Smarty Pants" Mouw, OMS IV developing this podcast. This podcast is focused describing how the growing understanding of genetics has led to changes in how developmental disorders might be addressed. This podcast looks at neurodevelopmental disorders and syndromic disorders. There…

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  36. The Role of Sleep in Various Mental Health Disorders

    Conner Dearden, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you Parker Webber, OMS IV, for helping out! This podcast focuses on sleep and what role is seems to play in a number of conditions including manic switches, postpartum depression and more! This podcast does not have information for shelf...

  37. Cotard's Syndrome: An introduction

    Thank you Alex Calescibetta, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you , Liz Mouw, OMS IV for helping out! This podcast is an introduction to Cotard's Syndrome. It is a broad topic with numerous case reports. High Yield shelf information about the differences between Illness Anxiety…

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  38. Psychiatry Shelf Prep for Sleep Disorders

    Thank you Parker Webber, OMS IV as primary lead on this podcast and Conner Dearden, OMS III, for helping to develop this podcast. This podcast is focused on focusing on the important aspects of sleep in terms of sorting out questions for the shelf exam. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do...

  39. Sleep and Schizophrenia: There is Overlap and it is Important!

    Thank you Conner Dearden, OMS III, for developing this podcast (and two more at the same time). Thank you Alex Calescibetta, OMS III and Parker Webber, OMS IV for helping out! This podcast looks at some interesting aspects of sleep in terms of emotional response to lack of sleep and also how…

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  40. An Update on Delirium

    Thank you Noel "65%" Delgadillo, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you Jasmine Kaura, OMS III, for helping out! This podcast starts by defining delirium then discusses the landscape of delirium. After this, it moves into high yield information at about the 19 minute mark. More follows!…

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  41. How to get into Medical School: Alex's Story

    Thank you Alex Jones, BS, MSBS, for taking time to help others learn about your pathway to medical school. Alex described how he ended up in medical school. It was what one of my mentors would have called the "Broken Arrow Pathway (Dr. P. Foreman)." What a ride! It is a great listen for those...

  42. Mental Health Courts: The Details

    Thank you Jasmine Kaura, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you Brandon Wilkinson, OMS IV, for helping out! This podcast has high yield information for the shelf at the start at the start addressing the distinctions between capacity and competency. Jasmine then provides a very…

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  43. Dissociative Disorders: The Debate about the Diagnosis

    Thank you Nara Kim, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you Brandon Wilkinson, OMS IV, for helping out! This podcast has high yield information for the shelf at the start. We have a structured debate about the condition which we think mirrors some of the thoughts about this condition in…

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  44. Amisulpride: The Atypical Atypical

    Thank you Brandon Wilkinson, OMS IV, for developing this podcast. Thank you Noel Delgadillo, OMS III, for helping out! This podcast dives into the medication Amisulpride. We talk about why it isn't in the United States, implications of the medication and what may be on the horizon. There is a...

  45. Suicide in Youth Focused on 5-10

    Thank you Kody Bailey, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you Bayli Zimmerman, OMS IV, for helping out! This podcast dives into the literature regarding suicide. We tried to focus on very young suicide and found some interesting information. The explicit content is discussion about...

  46. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Malignant Hyperthermia: Is there a link?

    Thank you Miranda "Spitfire" Speth, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you Bayli Zimmerman, OMS IV, for another guest star appearance! This podcast discusses these two syndromes based on Miranda's review of the literature. She did a great job and helped me learn more about the…

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  47. An Antipsychotic Quiz--The tables are turned on Dr. Roundy

    Thank you Miranda "Spitfire" Speth, OMS III, for developing this podcast. Thank you Bayli Zimmerman, OMS IV, for helping out! This podcast took an unexpected turn when Miranda quizzed Dr. Roundy about antipsychotic medication. This is high yield--the entire podcast. Clearly somebody has some work...

  48. Antipsychotic Related Mortality: Surprising Data!

    Thank you Brandon Wilkinson, OMS IV, for developing this podcast. Thank you Bayli Zimmerman, OMS IV, for helping out last minute! This podcast provides a discussion about the safety of antipsychotic medications. The data is quite surprising! There is a fair amount of information through the…

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  49. Major Self-Mutilation in Schizophrenia

    Thank you Bayli Zimmerman, OMS IV for developing this podcast. Thank you Nara Kim, OMS III for chipping in. This podcast discusses what Bayli found in the literature about major self-mutilation in psychosis with the goal of figuring out how we might intervene. There is some content about…

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  50. Autoimmune Encephalopathies: An Introduction

    Thank you Spencer Hood, OMS III for developing this podcast. Thank you Dr. Dave "Batman" Brown for a guest star appearance! This podcast introduces autoimmune encephalopathies. There is shelf exam content in this podcast starting at the 5:00 mark. We enjoyed our discussion and hope you do too!...

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This is USHMedstudent podcast! Find interesting information about the world of psychiatry with a focus on information for medical students. This is moderate yield information for MS III/OMS III students in their clerkship. Built by third and fourth year medical students rotating at the Utah State Hospital and best used driving. The format is that of an Expert Interview led by Kent Roundy, MD/Tom Rayner, MD. Podcasts will be annotated to define if they are higher yield for shelf prep or if they provide more context for the learning. Follow us @USHMedstudent on Twitter for announcements!

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