Psyched Perspectives

In this episode of “Psyched Perspectives,” host Frank A. Clark, MD, speaks with Mary Branch, MD, a noninvasive cardiologist with subspecialty training in cardio-oncology, about the bidirectional relationship between cardiovascular disease and mental health. Branch, who trained at Case Western, Massachusetts General, UNC, and Wake Forest, built a cardio-oncology program at Cone Health in Greensb...

In this episode of “Psyched Perspectives,” host Frank A. Clark, MD, discusses bereavement with Joyal Mulheron, MSc, and Lauren Rowley, MBA, RN, of Evermore, an organization focused on bereavement policy, research, and support. Mulheron founded Evermore after her daughter's death and years advising policymakers on public health issues; Rowley, a registered nurse, joined Evermore's board after lo...

In this episode of “Psyched Perspectives,” host Frank A. Clark, MD, sits down with Shambrekia Wise, who is an author, entrepreneur, and public health professional, to discuss the Sightseeing Sandy Project. This is a children's book series she created with her daughter, Sandy, to introduce young readers to world cultures without the financial barriers that often limit family travel. Wise, a Gat...

In this episode of “Psyched Perspectives,” host Frank A. Clark, MD, sits down with Manizeh Mirza-Gruber, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist and certified mindfulness and mind–body medicine practitioner. Together, they discuss the role of vulnerability, presence, and collective awareness in contemporary psychiatric practice. Mirza-Gruber emphasized that vulnerability, both as clinicians and as ...

In this episode of “Psyched Perspectives,” host Frank A. Clark, MD, chats with Julia Rodes, MD, a fourth-year psychiatry resident at the Medical University of South Carolina, about an integrative approach to chronic pain. Rodes researches brain stimulation interventions and gender differences in pain, and speaks from both a clinical and personal vantage point as a paraplegic following a spinal ...

In this episode of “Psyched Perspectives,” host Frank A. Clark, MD, discusses trauma, transformations, and truth with colleague Emily Lafferman, MD. Lafferman shared a poem she wrote as a reflection on her transition and learning in psychiatry residency, called “Regalis Becoming.” Working together at Prisma Health, the two have a dedicated project to share insights in the psychiatrist experienc...

Frank A. Clark, MD, in this installment of "Psyched Perspectives," a series in which he converses with his colleagues about the practice of psychiatry, sits down with Brittany Albright, MD, MPH, to talk about the often neglected topic of the intersection of sex and psychiatry, emphasizing the importance of addressing sexual health in psychiatric care. Albright, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist a...

In this episode of “Psyched Perspectives,” host Frank A. Clark, MD, speaks with Verena Rizg, MN, NP-PHC, founder of the first BIPOC-focused clinic in the Canadian Armed Forces and a pioneer of nurse practitioner-led care across federal prisons in Nova Scotia. The conversation centers on culturally and racially responsive care, and how clinicians can improve diagnostic accuracy by expanding thei...

Frank A. Clark, MD, in this episode of "Psyched Perspectives," sits down with Tiffani Bell Washington, MD, MPH, to talk about finding joy and balance as a psychiatric practitioner. Washington is a quadruple board certified psychiatrist who specializes in child & adolescent and adult psychiatry, and obesity and lifestyle medicine. She is the founder of The Healthy Weigh MD (https://www.thehealt...

In the first installment of "Psyched Perspectives," a series in which he will converse with his colleagues about the practice of psychiatry, host Frank A. Clark, MD, sits down with Jessica Obeysekare, MD, to discuss parental leave. When interviewing patients who are soon to be parents, Clark and Obeysekare find that many express anxiety, specifically anxiety around work. Can they take time off?...