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This is a teaser for the release of our next series on Lithium with Dr. Rifaat El-Mallakh.  I'll try to include these at the end of each series so listeners know what's to come. Thanks for listening.  For more social media content, check us out on all social media platforms @Renegadepsych. If you have any comments, questions or challenges to the information we've presented here, if you'd like to b...

This will be a recurring segment where we try to garner a little bit of personal information about our guests, to give listeners a window into who the person behind the professional title is.  Here, Ken talks about his experience with religion and his upbringing, as well as his role in launching 'the last advertisement for Tranylcypromine,' an MAOI medication.  Hope you enjoyed this series on Anti...

Here, Dr. Gillman and I summarize our thoughts on our topic of discussion for listeners.  Then, we transition to listening to a song by a local Louisville artist.  We hope you enjoyed this series as well as the song, "Santa Maria," by the band/artist, NOLIA NOON. Thanks for listening.  For more social media content, check us out on all social media platforms @Renegadepsych. If you have any comment...

This segment doesn't perfectly fit into our broader discussion on Antidepressants, but Dr. Gillman is an internationally-recognized expert in serotonin toxicity, and may be THE MOST expert professional when discussing serotonin toxicity in the world.  It was well-worth the add for this segment that better conceptualizes serotonin overload as a toxicity as opposed to a syndrome. Thanks for listenin...

Dr. Gillman discusses the nuances between diagnosing biologic vs neurotic depression and tells us how to appropriately and effectively treat biologic depression, including his professional push to get more practitioners to utilize MAOIs. Thanks for listening.  For more social media content, check us out on all social media platforms @Renegadepsych. If you have any comments, questions or challenges...

Dr. Gillman gives us some fascinating historical background discussing the emergence of the medical publishing industry and its' relation to Robert Maxwell, the father of Ghislaine Maxwell (confidant of Jeffrey Epstein).  He talks about how decisons are driven by financial incentives and discusses how rating scales and data manipulation runs rampant in all of medicine, but especially in psychiatry...

In this segment, I start with a historical monologue on the history of depression and its' treatments throughout human history.  Then, Dr. Gillman explains why it's so important to adequately treat depression with appropriate medications, despite sometimes having to manage a more severe side effect profile.  He argues that the risk/benefit ratio, especially when biologic (vs. neurotic) depression...

In this segment, Dr. Gillman and I return to the drawing board and discuss on a very fundamental level, what depression is.  We talk about how the concept of and diagnosis of depression has been progressively watered down over the last 50 years, leading to more people being diagnosed and treated with SSRI antidepressants, which have very questionable efficacy and under-reported and under-recognize...

In this section, Dr. Gillman talks about the origins of Randomized Controlled Trials and illuminates why we should be skeptical of 'so-called' Evidence-Based Medicine.  We also discuss why anecdotal data, or anec-data, aka deriving clinical practice recommendations and guidelines from our own experiences with patients and the drugs we prescribe them, is so important to developing as a good, effect...

In this segment, Dr. Gillman tells us about his professional background and what makes him an expert on the subjects of depression and their most appropriate treatments. If you're passionate about what we do here at Renegade Psych, we're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support our work, you can! Or not... I'll continue putting out content as long as my other jobs pay the bills.  Other things you...

This is the introductory episode to our opening series on Antidepressants - Going Backwards with Dr. Ken Gillman.  We'll talk about how 1st line antidepressant medications have become less effective with time, how the diagnostic criteria for depression have been watered down, and reveal how Evidence-Based Medicine can be heavily manipulated.  We'll also give advice on how to best recognize subtype...