Renegade Psych

This series is about encephalitis, or brain infection.  This is such an important topic in psychiatry because it is a potential medical cause of psychiatric or behavioral symptoms.  I've seen encephalitis patients misdiagnosed and put on the inpatient psychiatric unit , and that delay of care can be disastrous for their brain's chances of recovery.  In this series, we welcomed Australia's Philip B...

I'm super excited for this first PATIENT EXPERIENCE episode with a live interview with an old friend of mine, Alex, who recently suffered a bout of likely VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS, or brain infection, that led to primarily behavioral changes before any obvious focal neurologic deficits.  This is such an important topic in psychiatry because it is a potential medical cause of psychiatric or behavioral sy...

Hey! Welcome to my next series on ENCEPHALITIS, or infectious causes of encephalopathies, or medical problems that cause altered mentation and behavior.  It's such an important topic in psychiatry because it is a potential medical cause of psychiatric illness.  I've seen encephalitis patients misdiagnosed and put on the inpatient psychiatric unit , and that delay of care can be disastrous for thei...

Thanks for listening.  I hope you've enjoyed this series on the US Drug Epidemic.  This week, I am just re-releasing all 6 episodes of the series in one episode, for those who prefer 3.5 hours of drug epidemic talk/information.  I recommend watching this entire series on my YouTube channel so you can see several charts/graphics you won't be able to see otherwise; search 'Renegade Psych' on YouTube...

Thanks for listening. I recommend watching this entire series on my YouTube channel so you can see several charts/graphics you won't be able to see otherwise; search 'Renegade Psych' on YouTube to find the page.  All future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce an audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't do either, Life is full o...

Thanks for listening. I recommend watching this entire series on my YouTube channel due to there being several charts and graphics that you won't be able to see on other platforms; just search 'Renegade Psych' on YouTube to find our page.  Future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce our audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't d...

Thanks for listening. I recommend watching this entire series on my YouTube channel due to there being several charts and graphics that you won't be able to see on other platforms; just search 'Renegade Psych' on YouTube to find our page.  Future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce our audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't d...

Thanks for listening. I recommend watching this entire series on my YouTube channel due to there being several charts and graphics that you won't be able to see on other platforms; just search 'Renegade Psych' on YouTube to find our page.  Future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce our audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't d...

Thanks for listening. I recommend watching this one on my YouTube channel due to being paired with several charts and graphics; just search 'Renegade Psych' on YouTube to find our page.  Future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce our audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't do either, Life is full of choices! I recorded this se...

Thanks for listening. I recommend watching this one on my YouTube channel due to being paired with several charts and graphics; just search 'Renegade Psych' on YouTube to find our page.  Future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce our audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't do either, Life is full of choices! I recorded this se...

Thanks for listening. RENEGADE PSYCH NOW HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL; just search 'Renegade Psych' to find our page.  Future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce our audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't do either, Life is full of choices! If you're passionate about what we do here at Renegade Psych, we're now on Patreon! If you'd...

Thanks for listening. RENEGADE PSYCH IS GOING VIDEO and starting our very own YouTube channel, just search 'Renegade Psych' to find our page.  All future episodes will be live video recordings, but we'll still produce our audio-only version as well, so view on YouTube, listen on other platforms, or don't do either, Life is full of choices! If you're passionate about what we do here at Renegade Psy...

Thanks for listening. For the first time, RENEGADE PSYCH is GOING VIDEO on YouTube, just search 'Renegade Psych' to find our page.  All future episodes will be available for video viewing or audio listening, depending on the platform. 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 c...

In this series, Dr. Stephen Love, MD, and I discuss a vitally important aspect of substance use treatment that is not discussed enough as a society or in our medical training, educating users on how to reduce the harms associated with substance use.  In this episode, we focus on HARM REDUCTION, and identify several rules of Safer Drug Use.  Though abstinence is the only way to completely remove ha...

In this series, Dr. Stephen Love, MD, and I discuss a vitally important aspect of substance use treatment that is not discussed enough as a society or in our medical training, educating users on how to reduce the harms associated with substance use.  We delve into what addiction is in this episode and discuss whether the causes are biological or environmental in nature... and you guessed it, we se...

In this series, Dr. Stephen Love, MD, and I discuss a vitally important aspect of substance use treatment that is not discussed enough as a society or in our medical training, educating users on how to reduce the harms associated with substance use.  Just as we would not neglect treatment for an uncontrolled diabetic who refuses to comply with diet, lifestyle, and medications, we shouldn't neglect...

Here I reveal some exciting new upcoming changes to the podcast, starting in July of 2024.  Hope you enjoy.

Here, I summarize my closing thoughts, then Adam and I talk about how we fix the systemic and multifactorial problems that in the American healthcare system.  As always, to bring my angst down a notch at the end of the series, I've included a local artist and song, again featuring Jared Foos inaugural solo album,  Who Loves You Baby , with the song, " I know ."  Enjoy!  I'll be back next week with...

Dr. Urato has been talking about the risks of SSRIs (Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, Paxil, etc.) during pregnancy for almost as long as he was talking about the risks of Makena, nearly two decades.  He reveals to us the data behind the FACT that there are risks to the developing fetus of maternal SSRI use during pregnancy, starting with the common sense evidence, followed by information obtained from hu...

In this segment, Dr. Urato and I talk about his history with getting Makena removed from the pharmaceutical market after 20 years and how the pharmaceutical industry rolls out products with a relatively consistent M.O. and playbook.  Adam talks about how a lot of treatments don't 'work' from a medical standpoint, but that they 'work' from a financial standpoint... if there are enough people and/or...

For this series, Harvard-trained Dr. Adam Urato, MD, Maternal-Fetal-Medicine specialist joins us to discuss his experiences with Makena, a synthetic progesterone allowed to remain on the market for a convenient 20-year period despite true evidence of its safety and efficacy.  His stance established intellectual clout and authority that bolsters his reputation as a harbinger of truth and makes it h...

Welcome to another series.  This one features Dr. Adam Urato, MD, a Maternal-Fetal-Medicine specialist living and working in Framingham, MA, near where he trained at Harvard.  Adam is in a unique position in medical culture because of his past experience sounding the alarm on Makena, a synthetic progesterone FDA approved for preterm labor in 2013, despite  ONE shoddy clinical trial claiming it red...

Join us for this episode outlining modern medical training and discussing some of the medicine cultural issues that contribute to a lack of critical thinking, and the primary care shortage, which is the worst in the world, by a landslide.  Only 11.5% of U.S. Medical graduates go into primary care, which easily ranks as the lowest in the world (Germany is ~25%), and creates a system of specialists,...

In this extra segment, recorded with Taylor Beckman, DO, from the "Inherent Problems" series, we discuss how the medical training system exploits students/residents, and acts like a monopoly, paying all residency positions nearly the same amount, with minimal pay increases each year, despite their skill level drastically improving.  We give specific examples of how the financial systems integrated...

This is the 2nd part of my original recording with Rob Goodknight, my audio engineer and friend, who helped me get the podcast started and provided a studio for our first several recordings.  After explaining RFT in the first EXTRA segment, here we turn our focus to outlining the core processes of ACT, Acceptance, Defusion, Mindfulness, Self-as-Context, Values, and Committed Actions.  I hope you e...