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The Lancet Psychiatry in conversation with

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Sophia Davis, Senior Editor at The Lancet Psychiatry, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explores their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy. A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from premature mortality in people with mental illness to cranial electrostimulation therapy for depression, the importance of first-person stories to psychological therapy for sleep problems in young people at risk of psychosis, and more.

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Jun 17, 2026

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Episodes

Lucy Stephenson, Astrid Gieselmann, and Matthé Scholten on self-binding directives 18.10.2023

Lucy Stephenson, Astrid Gieselmann, and Matthé Scholten join Sophia Davis to discuss self-binding directives in psychiatric practice. Read the full Review: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00221-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpsy Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/the...

Gustavo Medeiros on brain-based correlates of antidepressant response to ketamine 14.09.2023

Gustavo Medeiros joins Sophia Davis to discuss a review of brain-based correlates of antidepressant response to ketamine, using neuro-imaging studies. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00183-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpsy Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https:/...

Felicity Waite on psychological therapy for sleep problems in young people at risk of psychosis 16.08.2023

Felicity Waite joins Sophia Davis to discuss a psychological therapy for sleep problems in young people at ultra-high risk of psychosis. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00203-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpsy Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com...

Joelle Mak and Ligia Kiss on psychosocial interventions for survivors of human trafficking 21.06.2023

Assistant Professor Joelle Mak and Dr Ligia Kiss join Sophia Davis to discuss a new review of psychosocial interventions for survivors of human trafficking. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00105-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpsy Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ h...

Rory O’Connor on premature mortality in people with mental illness 01.06.2023

Professor Rory O’Connor joins Sophia Davis to discuss a paper on the Gone Too Soon project about premature mortality in people with mental illness or mental distress. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00058-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanpsy Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky...

Ian Wong on methylphenidate for children and adolescents with ADHD 24.03.2023

Professor Ian Wong joins Sophia Davis to discuss the research on methylphenidate for children and adolescents with ADHD. Read the full article: Long-term safety of methylphenidate in children and adolescents with ADHD: 2-year outcomes of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Drugs Use Chronic Effects (ADDUCE) study Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelance...

Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar on drug use and treatment services in the Eastern Mediterranean 24.02.2023

Professor Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar joins Sophia Davis to discuss the systematic review of drug use, drug use disorder, and treatment services in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Read the full article: Drug use, drug use disorders, and treatment services in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/...

Richard Morriss on cranial electrostimulation therapy for depression 29.01.2023

Professor Richard Morriss joins Sophia Davis to discuss a trial into cranial electrostimulation therapy with Alpha-Stim AID for people with depression. Read the full article: Clinical effectiveness of active Alpha-Stim AID versus sham Alpha-Stim AID in major depression in primary care in England (Alpha-Stim-D) Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.socia...

Protection or Paternalism? 16.12.2021

Deputy Editor Dustin Graham talks with Sally McManus and co-authors of a Comment piece about ethical review committees and who gets to decide which questions are too risky for research. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet h...

Wellcome Global Monitor 20.10.2021

We talk with Professor Miranda Wolpert, Director of Mental Health at Wellcome, about the Wellcome Global Monitor report and its implications for the future of mental health science. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https...

Cultural Competency 23.09.2021

Senior Editor Dustin Graham speaks with the authors of a newly published paper on the impact of race and ethnicity on patients' perspectives of their providers' cultural competency and what this means with clinical care. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00285-6/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thel...

ECT safety 12.07.2021

Chief Editor Niall Boyce talks with Tyler Kaster about his groups' recent study looking at the safety and efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy for adults hospitalised with depression. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00168-1/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram...

Debbie Challis on helping children deal with the aftermath of COVID-19 20.05.2021

Dustin Graham talks with Dr Debbie Challis about the Fading Rainbows project and helping children deal with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Erica Crompton on the importance of first-person stories 10.03.2021

Dustin Graham talks with Erica Crompton, journalist and mental health advocate, about the importance of publishing first-person stories from service users.  Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancett...

Michael Wright on mental health in Aboriginal communities 09.02.2021

Michael Wright discusses his groups efforts to work with Aboriginal communities in Western Australia to design better mental health services. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Kimberly Sue on increasing access to buprenorphine 22.01.2021

Dr Kimberly Sue discusses a new US policy making buprenorphine easier to prescribe for opioid addiction, and the challenges that remain for increasing access in practice.  Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube...

Youth work environments 11.12.2020

Dustin Graham talks with Aaron Kandola about his group's recent Commission with the UK Wellcome Trust to understand how work environments can be improved for young workers' mental health.  You can see the Commission at  https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/excessive-occupational-sitting-and-mental-health-young-people Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.so...

Off-radar youth 09.12.2020

COVID-19 related lockdowns can exacerbate problems for children and young people at risk of abuse. Niall Boyce discusses this with Laura Fischer and Jane Chevous how we can improve outreach and empowerment, and help make sure at-risk youth stay on our radars.  Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://fac...

If a patient dies by suicide 19.11.2020

We talk with Dr Rachel Gibbons about the challenges that clinicians face in the wake of losing a patient to suicide, and the support we should provide.  Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

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