Gender Affirming Care in Exile: Targeting the Leader
The president of the US branch of WPATH built one of the largest youth gender clinics in the country, then watched it close under political fire. Now she's facing a malpractice lawsuit from a former p...
11 Mai 16min
Gender Affirming Care in Exile: The Trials
Medical societies are reversing decades of support for gender-affirming care in youth — but is it the science driving the shift, or the politics? This episode walks through the evidence, from randomiz...
4 Mai 13min
Gender Affirming Care in Exile: The Lawsuits
Two malpractice cases — one worth $2 million — are reshaping the standards of gender-affirming care. This episode traces what went wrong, what held up in court, and what every clinician needs to know ...
27 Apr 12min
Lithium Goes Mainstream
In the 1950s, a young Danish psychiatrist named Mogens Schou staked his career — and his family — on a mineral most of his colleagues dismissed as dangerous nonsense. This is the story of how lithium ...
20 Apr 16min
Treating BPD Series Ep 2: Transference-Focused Psychotherapy—From Splitting to Coherence with Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD
Dr. Frank Yeomans is an Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is one of the developers of Transference-Focused Psycho...
16 Apr 40min
Lithium: From 7UP to Table Salt
Before lithium became a cornerstone of psychiatry, it was in soda, spa water, and salt shakers. Trace lithium’s journey from Victorian health fad to life-saving mood stabilizer, and discover why the u...
13 Apr 12min
When Autism Meets the Legal System: A Clinician’s Guide
Legal questions come up in clinical care of autistic children and adults more often than many of us expect. A parent asks for a custody letter; a school requests documentation for services; a patient ...
6 Apr 19min
Jeffrey Epstein on the Couch: Part IV
Narcissism, antisocial, pedophilia… A lot of psychiatric terms have been used to explain Jeffrey Epstein. We’ll look at what fits.CME: Take the CME Post-Test for this EpisodePublished On: 03/30/2026Du...
30 Mar 12min
