An Interview with P. G. Janicak, MD (34:39 Minutes)
Neuromodulation

Dr. Janicak is professor of Psychiatry at Rush University in Chicago, Illinois, medical director of the Rush Psychiatric Clinical Research Center, and distinguished fellow at the American Psychiatric Association. He has been listed in Best Doctors of America since 1996 and Who’s Who in America since 2002. In 2003, the Illinois chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill named Dr. Janicak “Psychiatrist of the Year.” With a strong interest in the assessment and treatment of mood and psychotic disorders, he has been a National Institute of Mental Health grant awardee as both principal and co-investigator. Dr. Janicak is editor of the Psychopharm Review and has authored >250 publications in psychiatric literature, including Principles and Practice of Psychopharmacotherapy.

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An Interview with B. J. Sadock, MD (28:15 Minutes)
The Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 8th Edition

Dr. Sadock is Menas S. Gregory professor of psychiatry and vice chairman at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. He is attending psychiatrist at the Bellevue and Tisch Hospitals and is consulting psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Sadock is diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is also president and founder of the NYU-Bellevue Psychiatric Society. He was appointed Faculty Scholar at the NYU School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Sadock is author and editor of over 100 publications and book reviewer for psychiatric journals, including the American Journal of Psychiatry.

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An Interview with M. E. Thase, MD (22:16 Minutes)
Examining the Strengths and Limitations of Generic Formulations of Antidepressants

Dr. Thase is professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a non-profit mental health organization dedicated to serving people with mental health disorders. He is director of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmocology and vice chairman on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. Dr. Thase’s research centers on the evaluation and treatment of mood disorders.

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An Interview with J.F. Goldberg, MD (37:06 Minutes)
Bipolar Disorder

Dr. Goldberg is director of the Affective Disorders Program at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut, and associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. His research focuses on the treatment and clinical features of bipolar disorder. He is a co-investigator in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder and has received a Career Development Award from the NIMH. He has also received research grants from the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Stanley Foundation.

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An Interview with S.R. Marder, PhD (25:14 Minutes)
Newer Antipsychotics and the Differences Between Clinical Experiences and Clinical Trials

Dr. Marder is professor at the Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); director of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Los Angeles; and director of the Section on Psychosis at the UCLA Semel Institute. Dr. Marder’s research has focused on the treatment of schizophrenia and the pharmacology of antipsychotics.

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An Interview with N. Wray, PhD (28:51 Minutes)
Anxiety and Comorbid Measures Associated with Plexin A2

Dr. Wray is a statistical geneticist specializing in the genetics of complex diseases. She is senior research officer at Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Brisbane, Australia, where she leads the Anxiety and Depression Study of the Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory. The study represents a powerful design to identify a large cohort of individuals for genetic analysis for whom comorbidity between depression and anxiety subtypes is fully documented.

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An Interview with J. A. Lieberman, MD (25:08 Minutes)
Tardive Dyskinesia

Dr. Lieberman is the Lawrence E. Kolb Chairman of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York City. He also holds the Lieber Chair and directs the Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia, and serves as the principal investigator of the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness Research Program sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Lieberman’s research focuses on the neurobiology, pharmacology, and treatment of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.

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An Interview with D.A. Regier, MD, MPH (27:18 Minutes)
The Developmental Process for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition

Dr. Regier is executive director of the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education and director of the Division of Research at the American Psychiatric Association. During his 25 years at the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Regier was involved with the World Health Organization in international programs on the classification of mental disorders. He currently serves as vice chair of the task force to develop the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.

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An Interview with R.T. Joffe, MD (18:41 Minutes)
The Impact and Psychological Manifestations of Thyroid Dysfunction

Dr. Joffe is professor of psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and staff psychiatrist at The University Hospital, both in Newark. Dr. Joffe has been listed in The Best Doctors in America in 2005–2006. His research interests include depression, bipolar disorder, and psychoneuroendocrinology.

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An Interview with M.B. Whitlow, MD, PhD (19:36 Minutes)
The Dermatological Side Effects of Pharmacologic Agents

Dr. Whitlow is a dermatologist in private practice, and clinical associate professor of dermatology at New York University Medical Center, both in New York City. His clinical interests include allergic and immunologic skin disease.

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An Interview with E.M. Plakun, MD (24:18 Minutes)
The Impact of Suicide on Physicians

Dr. Plakun is director of admissions and professional relations, a treatment team leader, psychotherapy supervisor, a member of the management group of the Erik H. Erikson Institute for Education and Research, and co-principal investigator of a prospective study of treatment outcome that utilizes objective measures of psychodynamic constructs at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He is also a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and chair of its Committee on Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists.

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An Interview with C.H. Kellner, MD (26:45 Minutes)
Current Developments in Electroconvulsive Therapy

Dr. Kellner is professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and assistant dean for clinical research at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. He is also co-director of the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) service at The University Hospital in Newark with George Petrides, MD, and was editor of The Journal of ECT from 1994–2004. Dr. Kellner’s ongoing research includes studies comparing different ECT types and methods for optimizing maintenance ECT

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An Interview with A.A. Nierenberg, MD (21:50 Minutes)
The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression Study:
Recent Results

Dr. Nierenberg is associate director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is also director of the National Institute of Mental Health Bipolar Trials Network, a federally-funded infrastructure for the next generation of clinical trials to help patients with bipolar disorder. He was the site principal investigator for the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder and was involved in the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression study. His research interests focus on bipolar disorder, treatment-resistant depression, and the longitudinal course of affective disorders. Dr. Nierenberg has been listed in The Best Doctors in America for the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in every edition since 1994.

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An Interview with R.H. Weisler, MD (31:04 Minutes)
Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Dr. Weisler is adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill and adjunct associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center in Durham. Also a private practitioner in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Weisler has been a principal investigator in more than 200 clinical studies and was named one of America’s top psychiatrists for 2002–2003 by the Consumers’ Research Council of America. Dr. Weisler is currently working on a project with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve recognition and knowledge of disaster mental health for healthcare providers in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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An Interview with J.C. Nelson, MD (33:33 Minutes)
Treating Late-Life Depression
Dr. Nelson is professor of psychiatry, director of geriatric psychiatry, and holds the Leon J. Epstein, MD, chair in geriatric psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. His research and expertise focus principally on the description and treatment of adult and geriatric depression, as well as the psychopharmacology of antidepressants. Among many accomplishments, Dr. Nelson received the Yale Residents Outstanding Teacher award in 1995 and 2001, and the Distinguished Yale Alumni Award in 2006. He wrote Geriatric Psychopharmacology in 1998. Dr. Nelson was one of the founding members of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and served as its president from 1999 to 2003.

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An Interview with K.A. Yonkers, MD (25:47 Minutes)
Treating Depression in Pregnancy
Dr. Yonkers is associate professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and an instructor in the Division of Epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven. She is on the editorial boards of Archives of Women’s Health and Maternal and Child Health Journal. Dr. Yonkers is an ad hoc reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, president-elect of the North American Society of Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology, and secretary of the International Association for Women’s Mental Health. Among her most recent honors, Dr. Yonkers was named among the “Best Doctors” from 2001–2005 in both the New York metro area and the United States.

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