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The Psych Review

The Psych Review

The Psych Review is a podcast reviewing recent developments in Australian psychiatry. The cast is hosted by four psychiatric doctors: Alanna, Mazz, Greg and Milla.We realise how hard it can be to stay on top of the latest research, so we created this cast to help our colleagues (and ourselves) keep up to date, in quick summary shows of less than 30 minutes.Disclaimer: The Psych Review is not affiliated in any way with The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) nor either

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S8E3 - Dementia Lancet Report

The Psych Review ·

2025/07/01

In this episode of The Psych Review, a very brave Greg decides to tackle the very large, but also very interesting, 2024 Lancet commission report into dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Jump in to learn about newly discovered and previously unknown dementia risk factors, to understand about the surprisingly large size of the connection between depression and dementia, and to hear Greg nerd out about the unique methodology of this impressive project. The references for this episode

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34:27

S8E2 - Novel Psychosis Concepts

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2025/03/17

As we move further into the year, 2025 brings further changes to The Psych Review team. This special episode is Shakira's last with the podcast, and we try to mark the occasion with a couple of very interesting and novel articles. Greg walks us through some exciting developments around the potential for GLP-1 receptor antagonists to treat psychosis, and Alanna digs into the complexity of delusions in psychosis and how things may be more complex than they seem. Goodbye Shakira, the team won't be the

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32:27

S8E1 - Mothers, Parents, Babies, and Criminality

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2025/03/03

The team is back with a brand new host for season 8! Greg bravely steps up to join the team and is unfortunately welcomed by an unexpected salvo fired by Mazz. This month is all about parents and babies, Shakira talks us through a large study looking at outcomes of babies who have parents with criminal convictions, and Mazz leads a discussion about the importance of gendered language in psychiatry. Welcome Greg!The references for this episode are:Shakira: Järvinen, A., Lichtenstein, P., D'Onofrio,

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33:07

S7E7 - Running Therapy and Personality Classification

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2024/12/20

It's December and as 2024 draws to a close so does year mark the moving on of on one of our founding hosts. It's Dave's last ever episode (for real this time) and we have the whole crew together to send him off. Dave's final article considers the often overlooked importance of exercise in treating psychiatric conditions, and with her article Alanna brings us up to speed on alternate approaches to defining personality disorders. We miss you already Dave!The references for this episode are:Dave:

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35:57

S7E6 - Prolactin Associated Breast Cancer and...

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2024/10/09

The whole team is together for the latest episode of The Psych Review. Alanna walks us through the latest evidence regarding the association between antipsychotic induced hyperprolactinaemia and risk of breast cancer, and Mazz dusts off an article from 2019 that covers subtle but important and influential games that have been occuring in YOUR supervision sessions.The references for this episode are:Alanna: Solmi, M., Lähteenvuo, M., Tanskanen, A., Corbeil, O., Mittendorfer-Rutz, E., Correll, C. U.,

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S7E5 - Does Moving Houses Damage Your Children?

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2024/08/15

It's August, and Dave, Shakira, and Mazz got together to record the latest episode of The Psych Review. Dave attempts to answer the question: Does moving house damage your children? Shakira's article asks the question: What drives violence in patients in forensic settings? Mazz doesn't ask any intelligent questions, but he does manage to quote Spider-Man.The references for this episode are:Dave: Sabel, C. E., Pedersen, C. B., Antonsen, S., Webb, R. T., & Horsdal, H. T. (2024). Changing

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38:16

S7E4 - SSRIs, Sex, and Truths of Suicide

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2024/08/02

July saw the entire cast of The Psych Review get together for the first time in 2024. Mazz walks us through important developments related to sexual side effects of antidepressant medications in the context of a recent Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration announcement, and Shakira talks us through a very useful and thoughtful article that explores 'eight truths' about suicide learned over the course of a psychiatrists career.The references for this episode

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56:08

S7E3 - 2024 RANZCP Congress Special

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2024/05/31

In May The Psych Review attended the 2024 RANZCP Congress in Canberra and presented a live and interactive episode direct from Ngunnawal Country. Alanna explores the nuance of the digital therapeutic alliance, Shakira broadens our understanding of the impact of racism in the clinical setting, and Dave guides us through a session covering the benefits of heated yoga.The references for this episode are:Alanna: Tong, F., Lederman, R., D'Alfonso, S., Berry, K., & Bucci, S. (2023). Conceptualizing

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28:08

S7E2 - Novel Psychiatric Interventions

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2024/04/25

In the second episode of 2024 Dave and Mazz discuss interesting novel psychiatric interventions. Dave guides us through the promising and cost-effective arts-literacy intervention Pre-Texts in the Kenyan context, and Mazz takes us on a roller-coaster ride through the twists and turns of the development of the novel antipsychotic medication Ulotaront.The references for this episode are:Dave: Osborn TL, Ndetei DM, Sacco PL, Mutiso V, Sommer D. An arts-literacy intervention for adolescent depression

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32:48

S7E1 - Thought Suppression and Cat Related Psychosis

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2024/03/07

The Psych Review is back in 2024 and the whole gang is back together - but just not for this episode. Join Shakira, Alanna, and Dave as they get stuck into two new pieces of research. Dave holds our hand through a dense paper covering potential benefits of the suppression of unwanted thoughts, and Alanna explores an unexpected link between psychosis and cats.The references for this episode are:Dave: Mamat Z, Anderson MC. Improving mental health by training the suppression of unwanted thoughts. Sci

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30:45

S6E7 - Prolactin and Ketamine

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2023/11/20

In the seventh episode of this season of The Psych Review the team dig into two papers. Dave reviews recent evidence that compares ketamine and ECT in the treatment of depression, and Alanna investigates the link between prolactin elevating antipsychotics and breast cancer.The references for this episode are:Dave: Anand. A et al. Ketamine versus ECT for nonpsychotic treatment-resistant major depression. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2023 June; 388(25):2315:2324.Alanna: Hope JD, Keks NA,

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33:32

S6E6 - Classic Psychiatric Literature Special

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2023/10/08

It's episode six of season six of The Psych Review and this month we take a very special trip back in time to look at some classic psychiatric papers. Alanna's is authored by Australia's very own John Cade, and describes his historic discovery of the psychiatric uses of lithium. Dave covers The Rosenham Experiment, by reviewing an incredible article that might just be a bit too good to be true.The references for this episode are:Alanna: CADE J. F. (1949). Lithium salts in the treatment of psychotic

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32:41

S6E5 - Atypical Anorexia and Australian ADHD Guidelines

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2023/09/10

In episode five of season six The Psych Review hosts explore two very different topics. Alanna guides us down a very interesting (but very complicated) pathway to learn about Atypical Anorexia, and Dave looks into the methodology underpinning the recent Australian ADHD guidelines.The references for this episode are:Alanna: to be updated.Dave: May T, Birch E, Chaves K, et al. The Australian evidence-based clinical practice guideline for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Australian & New

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32:46

S6E4 - The Australian Child Maltreatment Study

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2023/08/20

This important episode of The Psych Review shines a sobering spotlight on the recent Australian Child Maltreatment Study. The team looks at the study as a whole including the reasons as to why study was created, as well as the individual papers that have used the study data to investigate more specific associations. This episode contains some very concerning statistics related to child maltreatment in Australia which some listeners may understandably find distressing. To learn more about the

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S6E3 - Eco-Anxiety and the Mental Health and...

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2023/06/29

It's the third episode of season six and The Psych Review is thinking about the future. Dave is looking ahead as he talks about climate change and it's potential impacts on mental health, and Mazz is focussing on an impending deadline as he walks us through the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Act that is due to become active later this year.The references for this episode are:Dave: Patrick, R., Snell, T., Gunasiri, H., Garad, R., Meadows, G., & Enticott, J. (2023). Prevalence and determinants of

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S6E2 - 2023 RANZCP Congress Special

The Psych Review ·

2023/06/01

The Psych Review has recorded this very special episode at the 2023 RANZCP Congress on Whadjuk country in Perth, Western Australia. Dave and Mazz hide in a vacant seminar room to discuss their impressions of the congress, and Mazz takes us through some important learnings from a workshop on Good Psychiatric Management of borderline personality disorder.The workshop covered in this episode was:Good psychiatric management: an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder. This session

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29:44

S6E1 - Genetics of Depression and Psychedelic...

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2023/04/27

The Psych Review is back in force in 2023, with the entire cast returning for what is shaping up to be an epic season six. In the first episode of this season Dave digs into the largest ever depression focussed genome wide association study and discovers some new significant genetic loci for depression, and Alanna talks us through the recent Therapeutic Goods Administration approval of Psychedelic Assisted Therapies in Australia - a world first.The references for this episode are:Dave: Mitchell, B

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30:07

S5E3 - Forensic Polypharmacy and Functional...

The Psych Review ·

2023/01/09

It's episode 3 of season 5! We're finishing off the season with a discussion about polypharmacy in the forensic setting and biomarkers for FND in children. The references for this episode are: Farrell, C., & Brink, J. (2020). The Prevalence and Factors Associated With Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, 263. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00263Chung, J., Mukerji, S., & Kozlowska, K. (2023). Cortisol and α-amylase awakening response in

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30:42

S5E2 - Concept Creep and Post Traumatic Stress...

The Psych Review ·

2022/09/24

It's episode 2 of season 5! Shakira walks us through 'concept creep', and Alanna discusses the relationship between PTSD and dementia. (And we dip our toe into some statistics...)The references for this episode are: Jackson, H. J., & Haslam, N. (2022). Ill-defined: Concepts of mental health and illness are becoming broader, looser, and more benign. Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 30(4), 490–493.

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29:48

S5E1 - Depots for the Elderly and First Episode...

The Psych Review ·

2022/08/23

It's the (long awaited, we're sure!) first episode of season 5. Alanna talks about the evidence of the use of LAIs in the old age population and Shakira walks us through pathways to care in first generation migrants. The references for this episode are: Doolabh, U., & Yeap, S. (2022). Examining long-acting injectable antipsychotic (depot) medication in the elderly: a five-year retrospective cross-sectional study evaluating depot use in an Australian psychogeriatric service. Australasian

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