The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society

Rhonda Goodman takes her U.S. nursing students to Guatemala for clinical rotations. An amazing programs

Ely Niromand speaks of the nature and effects of ACES on later life physical and emotional health. She gives details and a rating scale, and how tis concept is growing in its use.

These TED talks passionately capture much of the fundamental material and teachings about such tragedies, mental health, guns, and the role of violence, both with and without suicide. Aaron Star: why he almost was a mass murderer, then Sue Klebold: her son was a Columbine School shooter. An interesting note to consider is that both young men cut themselves

Bringing The Vulnerable To A Level Of Resilience - Pedro Greer, M.D., from Florida International University, describes a flourishing program that puts medical students directly into the patients’ homes to see the many whys and reasons they get sick, cannot get to or afford care, and the other tangible psycho-financial-cultural-social components of their lives, etc. February 2019

Alan Lockwood, M.D., addresses the history of, and current pressing scientific concerns, regarding global warming. Included are the growing political, social, physical and psychological (i.e., stress and insecurity) impacts of major changes in fresh water supplies, methane releases, heat, etc

Lynn Ringenberg, professor of pediatrics at Univ. of South Florida, expresses and details her considerable concerns on climate changes and its impact on our health and environment.

Seena Fazel, MD, from Univ of Oxford, speaks to this sizeable problem, with research findings, and then to interventions and corrective suggestions.

Convicted of murder and sentenced death, can he be executed now because of not remembering the crime. The US Supreme Court Case, Madison v Alabama (Oct 2, 2019)

Uma Suryadevara MD, at the Univ of Florida, teaches the art and manner of psychotherapy to psychiatric residents.

Roger McIntyre, M.D., from Toronto,, explains the new and better understanding of cognitive changes during depressions.

William Storey suffers from depression. These are his eloquent and thought provoking comments about how to approach and manage a depression.

Guadalupe Lara, MSW, on when immigrant or any child is separated from their families. She also speaks to the judicially mandated recent separations.

This is the 1938 BBC recording -- allegedly his only audio recording. He was suffering from advanced jaw cancer and speaking was difficult. He died from euthanasia within a year thereafter.

David Cosio, PhD, speaks to other 'alternative' effective pain management interventions, their roles, their significant effectiveness, etc.

Dan Cartledge, MD, addresses proper pain management, work-up, concurrent psychological variables, traditional and alternative treatments, the proper role of cannabis, etc.

Susan Kabot, PhD, speaks to he history and various presentations of autism, that it is an adult condition as well, of the biases, and how to approach in childhood and when in the adult workforce.

Ira Brenner, M.D., speaks about traumas that are passed from one generation to the next, with diagnostic and intervention concerns, etc.

Robert Pollack, a psychiatrist, gives some history of how this medication found a psychiatric utility, proper use protocols, what is thought to be its mechanism of action, its potential future, etc.

Brandi Baumkirchner, Ph. D.,speaks to the inner feelings of gender dissonance, then transition challenges, of helping transitioning families, the importance of using the correct language, etc.

David Goodman, MD, explores and emphasizes the nature, treatment, proper diagnosis, and other measures of ADD disorders in older adults.

Walter Brown, MD, from Brown University, speaks to the fascinating history of, nature of, and the potential clinical use of the placebo in treatment, including in substance abuse treatment.

Danny Brom, Ph. D., founder of the Israeli Center for Treatment of Psychotrauma, on the nature of trauma and then gives basic, time-proven suggestions to professionals, family, and the larger community, on how to best understand and manage the levels of the emotional responses, for different age groups, following such gruesome events.

Jay Goldman, DDS and LCSW, who ran the Orofacial Pain and TMJ Clinic at the NYU Dental School, gives important perspectives on the understanding and treating of chronic pain. He is now a psychotherapist.

James Woods, M.D., speaks about cellular receptors and the roles these play in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric and other conditions.

Susan Neiman, PhD, director of the Einstein Forum in Berlin, brings thought provoking questions and insights about the process of growing up.