Focus on COVID-19 with Dr. Lisa W. Coyne, Dr. Christine Moutier, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Dr. Peter Yellowlees

Psychcast

This week, we revisit four shows that offer guidance to clinicians for addressing the mental health fallout from COVID-19.

Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, founder of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents in Belmont, Mass., focuses on helping children and adolescents with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. She disclosed receiving royalties from New Harbinger and Little Brown Publishing.

Christine Moutier, MD, describes interventions that can prevent patients from ending their lives by suicide. She is chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Moutier reported no disclosures.

Sanjay Gupta, MD, offers a Masterclass on how to determine which medication works best for geriatric patients with symptoms of dementia. Dr. Gupta, chief medical officer at BryLin Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., disclosed serving on the speakers’ bureaus of AbbVie, Acadia, Alkermes, Intra-Cellular Therapies, Janssen, and Otsuka.

Peter Yellowlees, MBBS, MD, wraps up the podcast with perspective about permanent changes that could be in the offing to the practice of psychiatry because of the pandemic. He is a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Yellowlees has no disclosures.

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