• Brandon Spatz and John Delman: Have You Heard of the Clubhouse Model?
    Jan 21 2026
    Guests: Brandon Spatz has been an active member of Miracle Clubhouse for a decade, demonstrating a deep and consistent commitment to the Clubhouse Model. In 2024, he joined the Clubhouse International Faculty, facilitating Clubhouse Accreditation visits. Since joining the Faculty, Brandon has completed three accreditation visits, with his fourth scheduled for November 2025. He currently serves on the Miracle Clubhouse Advisory Board, is actively involved in the Clubhouse Ohio Coalition, and contributes to multiple committees both within and beyond the Clubhouse network. He is also the co-creator and host of a mental health podcast developed with his colleagues as part of the Work-Ordered Day at Miracle Clubhouse called EmpowerHalfAnHour. Since its launch, the podcast has reached listeners in 20 countries and 37 U.S. states. Brandon has presented and served as a panelist at Clubhouse conferences and other conferences both in Ohio and nationally. Most notably, he was a panelist at the Clubhouse International USA Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he shared insights on integrating innovative work into the Work Ordered Day—particularly podcasting—into the Clubhouse. EmpowerHalfAnHour podcast: https://empowerhalfanhour.wordpress.com/ Podcast instagram:https://www.instagram.com/empowerhalfanhour/John Delman has been a member of Fountain House for fifty years, and was on the staff for thirty-five years. As a member he engaged in all aspects of the program--vocational, residential, and social--and as a social practitioner he worked extensively in Visiting Colleague Training, as well as with the educational and housing components of the clubhouse. He recently attended a psychiatric conference in Berlin, and will be writing an article for the ROAR journal on the founder of the model, John Beard, whom he knew well. He is currently a member of the Partners in Care team, creating closer bonds between clubhouses and the psychiatric community, and at age 75 is something of a Fountain House historian, assisting a History professor from Bryn Mawr in a review of the archives in preparation for a book on Deinstitutionalization.Resources:Clubhouse Model International - https://clubhouse-intl.org/Fountain House - https://www.fountainhouse.org/Host:Angela Liu, MD is a fourth-year psychiatry resident and Chief Resident of Medical Education at Northwell Health - Zucker Hillside Hospital. After graduating residency, she will be joining the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. Editor: Mike Zhang is a third year medical student. He is drawn to community psychiatry because it bridges clinical care with public health and social support, allowing him to work directly with underserved populations. Having lived in diverse places and seen how community context shapes well-being, he values psychiatry’s potential to address mental health through connection and collaboration. He is especially interested in how preventive and rehabilitative services can improve long-term outcomes for individuals and families.Social Media Content Creator:Pooja Jaiswal Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations. This is not intended to provide personal medical advice, but intended for educational purposes only.Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP).Free AACP Membership for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows | Instagram | Twitter | Listener Survey | Follow, review, and share!Credit Attribution: Stock Media provided by StockAudios / Pond5
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  • Special Session: AACP’s 40th Year Celebration with Dr. Gordon Clark and Dr. Altha Stewart
    Jan 1 2026

    Guests:

    Dr. Gordon Clark is the Founding President of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, and worked to develop guidelines for psychiatrists practicing in various settings, including CMHCs, state hospitals, state offices of mental health, staff model HMOs, and organized systems of care. He is also a Past President of the American Association for Psychiatric Administration & Leadership. Dr. Clark has a BA in English from Yale University and a Master of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. He received his MD degree from George Washington University Medical School, where he received the Benjamin Manchester Award. He did his internship, residency, and fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and was also a Falk Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Board of Medical Management, and the American College of Physician Executives. He is certified both in administrative psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association and as a physician executive by the Certifying Commission in Medical Management.


    Dr. Altha Jeanne Stewart is the Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, and Director of the Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being, and Director of the Division of Public and Community Psychiatry at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). In her role as Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, she serves as PI/co-PI overseeing grants funded by HHS (SAMHSA, NIH, CDC and OMH), DOJ (OJJDP), Robert Wood Johnson and Annie E. Casey Foundations, local philanthropy, and the state of Tennessee totaling over $10 million in annual funding. She is also responsible for developing services related to outreach efforts in critical health areas facing the local community, including primary care and mental health service access, integrated health/behavioral health, chronic medical conditions (diabetes, hypertension and cancer), and COVID-19 identified health disparities. As a native Memphian and longstanding leader in Community Engagement, she has established working relationships with community organizations serving children and families, and strong ties with community health, behavioral health, and social and human service providers across the county to assist with referrals for needed services.


    Hosts:

    Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.

    Angela Liu, MD is a fourth-year psychiatry resident and Chief Resident of Medical Education at Northwell Health - Zucker Hillside Hospital. After graduating residency, she will be joining the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship.


    Social media content creator:

    Vishnu Ghantasala


    Editor:

    Daniel Ernesto Carvallo Ruiz


    Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.

    Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP).

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    37 mins
  • Dr. Thida Thant on Clearing the Haze: Cannabis & Psychiatry
    Dec 17 2025

    Guest:

    Dr. Thida Thant is a consultation-liaison psychiatrist and associate professor in the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry where she is the director of the CL psychiatry service, the Psychiatric Consultation for the Medically Complex clinic, the Easy Consultation psychiatry access program and Program Director of the CL Psychiatry Fellowship. She completed undergrad at the University of Texas at Austin, attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and completed her general adult psychiatry residency and CL fellowship at the University of Colorado. Her academic interests include marijuana and its impact on psychiatric practice, cannabis in medical education and comprehensivepsychiatric care for medically and neurologically complex patients. She has written about cannabis and psychiatric care in books such as Marijuana and Mental Health, Cannabis in Medicine and Cannabis in Psychiatric Practice and has published an AAMC MedEdPortal curriculum entitled "What You Need to Know About Cannabis: An Evidence-Based Crash Course for Mental Health Trainees."


    Host:

    Anish Dhamija, MD, MS is Board-Certified in both Psychiatry and Family Medicine, completing residency training at UC San Diego in 2022. He attended the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University from 2022-2023 and also served as Clinical Director of the Crisis Team and 988 Headquarters in Westchester County, New York. His current position is as the Director of Behavioral Health at an FQHC by the border of San Diego and Mexico, where he works in an integrated care setting closely with primary care. He lives in San Diego with his wife and young child.


    Editor:

    Daniel Ernesto Carvallo Ruiz comes from Caracas, Venezuela, where he went to Medical School at “Universidad Central de Venezuela - Escuela José María Vargas”. This is where he learned how to truly help disadvantaged and marginalized populations as an MD.

    With this passion in mind, he was fortunate enough to work as a Research Assistant at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and to become a Member in Training of the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP), as well as one of the audio editors of their magnificent podcast - The Community Psychiatry Podcast!

    He is currently a Psychiatry Resident PGY-1 at BronxCare Health System - Mount Sinai, a Residency Program that focuses on delivering individualized mental health support to some of the most underserved and underprivileged populations in the country, while receiving the best and most supportive, academic and comprehensive training as a Psychiatry Resident.

    After Residency, he wishes to apply everything that he has learned in this profoundly amazing program and continue being an advocate for mental health, serving marginalized, underserved and disadvantaged communities as a Leader in the fields of Adult Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Public Psychiatry.


    Social Media Content Creator:

    Pooja Jaiswal


    Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.


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    53 mins
  • Special Session: Dr. Tony Carino on the Community Psychiatry Certification Exam
    Nov 19 2025

    Guest:

    Dr. Tony Carino, MD is a Street Psychiatrist in the Bronx where he provides psychiatric care to people experiencing homelessness. Dr. Carino is the Director of Psychiatry at Janian Medical Care and leads a team of 46 psychiatric practitioners who care for people experiencing homelessness at 86 NYC programs. Dr. Carino is on faculty at Columbia University Public Psychiatry Fellowship and teaches as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has served on the Board of Directors at the American Association of Community Psychiatry. Dr. Carino previously worked as the Associate Medical Director at Pathways to Housing. He completed his psychiatric and medical training at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Albert Einstein Montefiore Medical Center and Loyola University Medical Center.


    Host:

    Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.


    Podcast editor:

    Mike Zhang is a third year medical student. He was drawn to community psychiatry because it bridges clinical care with public health and social support, allowing him to work directly with underserved populations. Having lived in diverse places and having seen how community context shapes well-being, he values psychiatry’s potential to address mental health through connection and collaboration. He is especially interested in how preventive and rehabilitative services can improve long-term outcomes for individuals and families.


    Social media content creator:

    Poyani Bavishi


    Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.


    Learn more about the Community Psychiatry Certification Exam:

    https://www.communitypsychiatry.org/aacp-board-certification


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    19 mins
  • Meet the Team: Dr. Mena Mirhom on the Strength of Support Networks in Mental Health
    Oct 15 2025

    Guest:

    Dr. Mena Mirhom completed his adult psychiatry residency in BronxCare Hospital, followed by a Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Clara Maass Medical Center, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health system. Dr. Mirhom also serves as the Chief Wellbeing Officer for Athletes For Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting athletes with community service initiatives. Additionally, he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a consultant for the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), where he supports the mental health needs of NBA players and staff.


    Host:

    Elise Kao is a first-year psychiatry resident and was a 2024-2025 Community Psychiatry Podcast Manager.


    Social media content creator:

    Pooja Jaiswal is a Community Psychiatry social media content creator and current fourth year medical student at NYITCOM Old Westbury.


    Podcast editor:

    Dr. Nisha Beard is a fourth year psychiatry resident. Dr. Beard was very intentional about looking for community programs while applying to psychiatry residency. The ability to not only treat patients with severe mental illness but also advocate for access to care has continued to fuel Dr. Beard’s passion for community psychiatry.


    Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.


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    17 mins
  • Meet the Team: Dr. Halimah Hamidu-Egiebor on Using Your Voice as a Community Psychiatrist
    Sep 17 2025

    Guest:

    Halimah Hamidu-Egiebor, MD, MS, MBA is a psychiatry and internal medicine resident physician at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and a host of The Community Psychiatry Podcast. She is passionate about integrated and collaborative care, community psychiatry, and advocating for mental wellness and systemic change.


    Host:

    Elise Kao is a first-year psychiatry resident and was a 2024-2025 Community Psychiatry Podcast Manager.


    Social Media Content Creator:

    Poyani Bavishi


    Editor:

    Daniel Ernesto Carvallo Ruiz comes from Caracas, Venezuela, where he went to Medical School at “Universidad Central de Venezuela - Escuela José María Vargas”. This is where he learned how to truly help disadvantaged and marginalized populations as an MD. With this passion in mind, he was fortunate enough to work as a Research Assistant at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and to become a Member in Training of the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP), as well as one of the audio editors of their magnificent podcast - The Community Psychiatry Podcast! He is currently a Psychiatry Resident PGY-1 at BronxCare Health System - Mount Sinai, a Residency Program that focuses on delivering individualized mental health support to some of the most underserved and underprivileged populations in the country, while receiving the best and most supportive, academic and comprehensive training as a Psychiatry Resident. After residency, he wishes to apply everything that he has learned in this profoundly amazing program and continue being an advocate for mental health, serving marginalized, underserved and disadvantaged communities as a Leader in the fields of Adult Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Public Psychiatry.


    Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.


    Created by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP).


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    16 mins
  • Career Chat: Dr. Emily Morse on Housing as Healing in Community Psychiatry
    Aug 20 2025

    Guest: Emily Morse, DO, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa where she was first drawn to community-based care during her residency training. Her current clinical work spans a variety of settings which include outreach clinics embedded within local permanent supportive housing programs in partnership with Shelter House in Iowa City—an organization that provides comprehensive support services to help individuals move beyond homelessness. She also works as part of interdisciplinary teams that reach patients across Iowa, including one focused on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and another providing reproductive and perinatal mental health care. Along with her clinical work, she is active in medical education as a psychiatry clerkship co-director, and she enjoys working alongside residents and fellows while aiming to provide accessible, collaborative, and relationship-centered care.


    Host: Halimah Hamidu-Egiebor, MD, MS, MBA is a psychiatry and internal medicine resident physician at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and a host of The Community Psychiatry Podcast. She is passionate about integrated and collaborative care, community psychiatry, and advocating for mental wellness and systemic change.


    Social media content creator: Dr. Katherine J Valles is a physician with a background in psychiatry and clinical research, trained at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the NIH. They have published on trauma and geriatric psychiatry and have been active in frontline advocacy for survivors of violence.


    The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guest speakers and are not representative of their employers or affiliated organizations.


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    21 mins
  • Dr. Karinn Glover on Integrating Racial Identity and Cultural Humility into Psychiatric Practice
    Jul 16 2025

    Dr. Byron Young hosts Dr. Karinn Glover on the Community Psychiatry Podcast to discuss her background, her work in community psychiatry, and the intertwining of empathy, ancestry, and black love in her practice. Dr. Glover shares her experience with various marginalized communities, her journey in integrating mental health within primary care, and the importance of justice in health. They explore themes of humanizing healthcare, the power of cultural identity in practice, and the challenges and rewards of leadership in the field.


    Guest:

    Karinn Glover, MD graduated from Howard University with a BA in History. Subsequently, she worked at Essence Magazine and as an Account Executive for Verizon. She followed her curiosity about medicine and ultimately attended SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and obtained an MPH from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Currently Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Glover teaches psychopharmacology and psychotherapy to Psychiatry and Family Medicine residents. Her career as a consultant and educator have informed her expertise in the fields of health equity, workplace mental health, and organizational success. www.drkarinn.com


    Host:

    Byron Young, MD is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, as well as an emotional wellness program developer and consultant. He works primarily as a psychiatrist and psychiatric consultant with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s specialized foster care program. Dr. Young is passionate about being impactful in under-resourced and marginalized communities, particularly communities of color, in both his daily work with the LA County DMH and various community oriented projects. He primarily focuses on the intersection of mental health, social justice/racial justice, and the arts though his initiative DointItWell.org. He develops and consults on creative programs and initiatives to impact the collective emotional wellness of communities and organizations from a DEI lens.


    Editor: Chelsea Mathews is a medical student and research assistant.


    Social Media Content Creator: Poyani Bavishi, MD is a psychiatry resident.


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    32 mins