Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians
CAMH, Dr. David Gratzer: Physician and Educator at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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Every year physicians and residents encounter a growing number of patients — and a shrinking amount of time to keep up-to-date on new practices or legislation surrounding the field of mental health and addiction.
Now, with the help of Dr. David Gratzer, co-chief of the General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems Division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, you can receive your clinical education on-the-go as he and his guests take these current policies and practices and summarize them for you.
As an educator, Dr. David Gratzer has been recognized by students and peers alike for his ability to take complex topics and present them in a concise and interesting way. He’s been doing this with a variety of articles related to psychiatry since 2012 in his popular blog, Reading of the Week. Now, in this new show, Dr. Gratzer brings his analytical skills on-air and, with the help of other experts, presents them in short, easily digestible, podcasts.
Give him just a few minutes of your time for each episode and come away with strategies and insight on how each topic could affect your practice — and your patients.
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Every year physicians and residents encounter a growing number of patients — and a shrinking amount of time to keep up-to-date on new practices or legislation surrounding the field of mental health and addiction.
Now, with the help of Dr. David Gratzer, co-chief of the General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems Division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, you can receive your clinical education on-the-go as he and his guests take these current policies and practices and summarize them for you.
As an educator, Dr. David Gratzer has been recognized by students and peers alike for his ability to take complex topics and present them in a concise and interesting way. He’s been doing this with a variety of articles related to psychiatry since 2012 in his popular blog, Reading of the Week. Now, in this new show, Dr. Gratzer brings his analytical skills on-air and, with the help of other experts, presents them in short, easily digestible, podcasts.
Give him just a few minutes of your time for each episode and come away with strategies and insight on how each topic could affect your practice — and your patients.
With a few clicks of the mouse, our patients can read what we read – including the latest journals. But they also can access a world of half-truths, misleading claims, and falsehoods. On this episode of Quick Takes, I speak with Dr. Jonathan Stea, a University of Calgary psychologist and a bestselling author, about his research on the wellness industry.
News about semaglutide and other GLP-1 medications is everywhere—and these treatments are increasingly becoming part of our work with mental health patients. To explore how they’re being used, along with their benefits and drawbacks, I'm joined by experts Dr. Mahavir Agarwal, Lisa Schaffer, and Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam.
Perinatal depression is common – and yet many women in Canada and other high-income countries don’t receive care. What can be done to help them? Could nonspecialist providers – like nurses, midwives, and doulas – be trained up to deliver psychotherapy effectively? Can telemedicine be used? In this episode of Quick Takes I spoke with Daisy Single, co-lead of the SUMMIT trial which focused on finding answers to these questions.
In this Quick Takes episode, I speak with Dr. Vanika Chawla, a psychiatrist, a registered yoga teacher, and an assistant professor at Stanford University, about her experience incorporating yoga into her practice.
In this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. David Gratzer sat down with Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the Canadian Medical Association, who openly shares her own experiences with depression, as a doctor and as a patient.
Join Dr. David Gratzer as he speaks with Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, CAMH’s VP of Education and CMO, as they explore the evolving world of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Mentorship can be a rewarding part of a physician’s career. To discuss what makes a good mentor Dr. David Gratzer is joined in this episode by Dr. Suzanne Koven, author of the New England Journal of Medicine article “What is a Mentor?”
Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series.
This essential episode is on the hot topic of burnout. As physicians, we know colleagues who may have experienced it – and we may have personal experience. How do we define burnout and understand this term? What’s being done to help combat it? In this episode, I speak with Dr. Srijan Sen (of the University of Michigan).
Please enjoy.
Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series.
This essential episode is on homelessness, a profound problem for some – for too many – of our patients. The topic is bleak but my conversation with Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos (of the University of Toronto) is upbeat and optimistic. We speak about the challenges of engaging and treating this population, as well as how providers should approach clinical care.
Please enjoy.
Welcome to another episode of Quick Takes Essentials, our summer series.
This essential episode focuses on the possible impact of AI on mental health care. I speak with Dr John Torous (of Harvard University), a returning guest. We discuss the potential of AI to make clinical notes more accessible to patients, the potential problems with privacy, and whether or not he likes the term hallucinate (he doesn’t).
Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series.
This essential episode was released just this past May and I interviewed first co-author Doctor Raymond Lam of the University of British Columbia on the newly released CANMAT Depression Guidelines update.
Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series that introduces (or re-introduces) you to episodes from our archives that have focused on important clinical updates and recent big issues in psychiatry.
For answers to questions on sleep disorders and the new medications available for physicians to prescribe, have a listen to this episode released in April of 2023 where I interviewed psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist, Dr. Michael Mak.
Welcome to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series that introduces (or re-introduces) you to episodes from our archives that have focused on important clinical updates and recent big issues in psychiatry.
This selection first aired back in May of 2022 and in it I spoke about cannabis use ("Who should be using cannabis? How should we talk to our patients about it?") with Dr. Kevin Hill of Harvard University.
The benefits of ECT of course are well established. So is the stigma. Is that stigma likely to fade with time? Is ECT itself growing less relevant in the age of ketamine and MST? What is the future of neuromodulation? Join Dr. David Gratzer in conversation with Dr. Daniel Blumberger, scientific director of the Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, and find out.
The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) released its first major depression update in eight years. How has depression management changed, and what does it mean for you and your practice? Join Dr. David Gratzer as he speaks to Dr. Raymond Lam, the co-first author and the executive chair of CANMAT and find out.
Across North America, there are more people who are chronically homeless than ever before. Who are they? What psychiatric problems do they have? How can we help them? Joining Dr. David Gratzer to discuss this topic: Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos, a former Physician-in-Chief of CAMH and an internationally recognized expert on chronic homelessness.
The world of medical education has changed. Textbooks, highlighters, and classrooms are being replaced by AI, sim and e-learning. To talk about the evolution of medical education, Dr. David Gratzer sat down with returning guest Dr. Ivan Silver, former vice president of education at CAMH and vice dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine.
It’s the most downloaded app in history. ChatGPT has caused a stir. People use it to write resumes, plan dinner, and help with college term papers. What are the implications for mental health care? Will AI change our work? In this interview, Dr. Gratzer talks with returning guest Dr. John Torous, Director of the Digital Psychiatry Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
New York. California. Alberta. Across North America, there is growing interest in getting more people with mental health problems into care – even against their will. Why is this happening? What should we worry about? In this episode of Quick Takes, Dr. David Gratzer speaks with journalist and bestselling author Anna Mehler Paperny. Their discussion highlights the complex balance between patient rights and intervention.
Up to 80% of psychiatrists experience a suicide loss in their careers and a recent survey found that the majority of them felt caught off guard by the emotional impact it had on their lives. On this episode of Quick Takes Dr. Gratzer and his guest, Dr. Juveria Zaheer, discuss the impact of losing a patient to suicide.
Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians
Every year physicians and residents encounter a growing number of patients — and a shrinking amount of time to keep up-to-date on new practices or legislation surrounding the field of mental health and addiction.
Now, with the help of Dr. David Gratzer, co-chief of the General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems Division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, you can receive your clinical education on-the-go as he and his guests take these current policies and practices and summarize them for you.
As an educator, Dr. David Gratzer has been recognized by students and peers alike for his ability to take complex topics and present them in a concise and interesting way. He’s been doing this with a variety of articles related to psychiatry since 2012 in his popular blog, Reading of the Week. Now, in this new show, Dr. Gratzer brings his analytical skills on-air and, with the help of other experts, presents them in short, easily digestible, podcasts.
Give him just a few minutes of your time for each episode and come away with strategies and insight on how each topic could affect your practice — and your patients.
