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Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

Written by: David Puder M.D.
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Join David Puder as he covers different topics on psychiatry and psychotherapy. He will draw from the wisdom of his mentors, research, in-session therapy and psychiatry experience, and his own journey through mental health to discuss topics that affect mental health professionals and popsychology enthusiasts alike. Through interviews, he will dialogue with both medical students, residents and expert psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and even with people who have been through their own mental health journey. This podcast was created to help others in their journey to becoming wise, empathic, genuine and connected in their personal and professional lives.2018 DAVID PUDER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Science
Episodes
  • Schizophrenia: Early Signs, Genetics, Treatment, and a Family's Lived Experience with Dr. Consuelo Walss-Bass and Dr. Julio Licinio

    Schizophrenia: Early Signs, Genetics, Treatment, and a Family's Lived Experience with Dr. Consuelo Walss-Bass and Dr. Julio Licinio
    Oct 9 2026

    In this episode of the Podcast, Dr. David Puder is joined by psychiatric geneticist Dr. Consuelo Walss-Bass and Dr. Julio Licinio for a powerful conversation on the early signs, genetics, and treatment of schizophrenia. Drawing from her lived experience growing up with a mother and sister who both have schizophrenia, Dr. Walss-Bass discusses prodromal symptoms, the 287 risk genes identified by the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, gene-environment interactions, challenges of early intervention, and why clozapine remains the gold standard for treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

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    58 mins
  • Postpartum Psychosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention with Dr. Margaret Spinelli

    Postpartum Psychosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention with Dr. Margaret Spinelli
    Sep 25 2026

    In this essential episode of the podcast, Dr. David Puder and reproductive psychiatrist Dr. Katrina Furey interview pioneering expert Dr. Margaret Spinelli on postpartum psychosis, covering its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. They explore the history of perinatal psychiatry, neonaticide and dissociation, the critical need for mother-baby units, rapid symptom progression, why timely hospitalization and treatment lead to full recovery for most women and much more.

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Postpartum Psychosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Lithium, and Relapse Prevention with Dr. Veerle Bergink

    Postpartum Psychosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Lithium, and Relapse Prevention with Dr. Veerle Bergink
    Sep 18 2026

    In this essential episode of the Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast, Dr. David Puder sits down with internationally renowned expert Dr. Veerle Bergink, Director of Mount Sinai's Women's Mental Health Center, for an in-depth discussion of postpartum psychosis. Covering early warning signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis including anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and thyroid issues, a highly effective acute treatment algorithm using benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, and lithium, the remarkable 98% remission rates with proper care, lithium's superior role in preventing relapse during the first postpartum year, the simple but powerful prophylaxis strategy of "baby out, lithium in" for high-risk women with bipolar disorder or prior episodes, the urgent need for mother-baby psychiatric units in the U.S., and the ongoing push to formally classify postpartum psychosis in the DSM.

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    52 mins
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