Education Round - Exercising too much, microbiome, suicide and translation
The BMJ publishes a lot of educational articles, and in an attempt to help you with your CPD, we have put together this round-up. Our authors and editors will reflect on the key learning points in the articles we discuss, and explain how they may change their practice in light of that new understanding.
In this month's round up we're... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 15, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Education Round - Exercising too much, microbiome, suicide and translation
The BMJ publishes a lot of educational articles, and in an attempt to help you with your CPD, we have put together this round-up. Our authors and editors will reflect on the key learning points in the articles we discuss, and explain how they may change their practice in light of that new understanding.
In this month's round up we're discussing:
Addiction to exercise
http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1745
If your patient doesn’t speak the same language as you . . .
http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1511
Exploring thoughts of suicide
http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j1128
The role of the microbiome in human hea...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 15, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Noncompete Clauses
Ryan Stanton, MD, interviews Michael Myers, MD, about depression and suicide risk in emergency medicine. (Source: Everyday Medicine for Physicians)
Source: Everyday Medicine for Physicians - April 21, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Emergency Medicine News Emergency Medicine News Source Type: podcasts
Dying on the canal
Lady-Jacqueline Aster lives on a 72 foot canal boat. She's been diagnosed with adrenocortical cancer, and is receiving palliative care and is planning to die in the home she loves.
In this interview The BMJ's patient editor, Rosamund Snow, talks to Lady-Jacqueline about her cancer, her care and her funeral plans - and why planning one's own death can be fun.
Read more about healthcare on the water
http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j245
Since this recording, Rosamund died by suicide, making these discussions about planning for death more poignant. You can read more about Rosamund's life and work in her obituary.
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Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Pediatrics : State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts
Interview with Julia Raifman, ScD, author of Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Association Between State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts, and Mark Louis Hatzenbuehler, Ph.D., author of The Influence of State Laws on the Mental Health of Sexual Minority Youth (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - February 20, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts
Interview with Julia Raifman, ScD, author of Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Association Between State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts, and Mark Louis Hatzenbuehler, Ph.D., author of The Influence of State Laws on the Mental Health of Sexual Minority Youth (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - February 20, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
The different shades of Hope
Hope is one of the 24 character strengths as identified by VIA. Its also known as optimism, future-mindedness and future orientation. It is defined by VIA as ‘expecting the best in the future and working to achieve it; believing that a good future is something that can be brought about.’
There are three variants of this strength, as found in the psychological literature:
Optimism
Optimistic explanatory style
Hope
Is the glass half empty or half full? The pessimist would pick half empty, while the optimist would choose half full. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
(dispositional) Optimism is a general feeling that go...
Source: The Mouse Trap - January 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: strengths hope Optimism Positive psychology VIA Source Type: podcasts
Manic Depressive Leaders in a Time of Crisis
S. Nassir Ghaemi, in his book, A First Rate Madness: Uncovering the links between Leadership and Mental Illness, makes a case for the fact that while ‘normal’ leaders are good in times of stability and peace; in times of crisis, mentally ill or mentally abnormal people make for better leaders.
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He does this via historical analysis of leaders like Gandhi, Martin Luther King jr, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln etc. Some of these leaders he classifies as being predominantly depressive, others as manic while the rest as being of bipolar proclivity.
He lists f...
Source: The Mouse Trap - November 25, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: bipolar creativity depression empathy mania realism resilience Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Internal Medicine : Testing the Immunity of the Firearm Industry to Tort Litigation and the Impact of Florida ’s “Stand Your Ground” Self-defense Law on Firearm Violence
Interview with David K. Humphreys, BSc, MPhil, PhD, author of Evaluating the Impact of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” Self-defense Law on Homicide and Suicide by Firearm and Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil, author of Testing the Immunity of the Firearm Industry to Tort Litigation (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - November 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Testing the Immunity of the Firearm Industry to Tort Litigation and the Impact of Florida ’s “Stand Your Ground” Self-defense Law on Firearm Violence (JAMA Internal Medicine)
Interview with David K. Humphreys, BSc, MPhil, PhD, author of Evaluating the Impact of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” Self-defense Law on Homicide and Suicide by Firearm and Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil, author of Testing the Immunity of the Firearm Industry to Tort Litigation (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - November 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Psychiatry : Short-term Suicide Risk After Psychiatric Hospital Discharge
Interview with Mark Olfson, MD, MPH, author of Short-term Suicide Risk After Psychiatric Hospital Discharge (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - September 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
