In this series, Dr. Mo Alsuwaidan, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in Canada, and Founder and Clinical Director of the MindWell Centre in Kuwait, will engage in clinical case-based discussions with some of the most renowned Key Opinion Leaders in the field of Psychiatry from around the world. These cases are focused on some of the most common situations that you may encounter in your daily practice.

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Mind The Mind – Episode: MDD in Pregnancy

Prof. Andrea Fagiolini

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Siena, Italy.

About the podcast

Having a baby is an exciting and joyous time for the whole family. However, it can also be a stressful time for the new mother, involving hormonal, physical, financial and social changes. A history of depression may represent an additional burden on women who are in the process of getting accustomed to their new responsibilities and are caring for the newborn. Maternal depression can also be considered as the first adverse event in the life of newborns, as it may predispose them to develop serious mental health conditions later in life.1-6

Today Professor Andrea Fagiolini, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Siena, Italy, will discuss with an obstetrician the importance of properly evaluating the potential benefits versus risks of continuing therapy with antidepressant medications in pregnant patients with MDD.

Mind The Mind – Episode: MDD and Diabetes & Obesity Comorbidity

Prof. Roger S. McIntyre

Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada

About the podcast

Type 2 Diabetes is a common comorbidity in people with a psychiatric disorder and the presence of diabetes doubles the odds of comorbid depression.¹ Studies show that depression increases the risk of mortality in people with Diabetes by almost 1.5 times.² Today Professor Roger S. McIntyre, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto, Canada, discusses with a GP as to how to approach an MDD patient with comorbid diabetes and obesity.

Mind The Mind – Episode: Elderly patient with MDD and CV comorbidity

Prof. Allan H. Young

Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, England

Prof. Mohammad Alsuwaidan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto / Founder and Clinical Director MindWell, Kuwait

About the podcast

With Mental health problems becoming more prevalent with increasing age and the tripling of the population people aged 80 and older, expected to augment from 126.5 million to 446.6 million between 2015 and 2050, it is crucial that the extension of duration of life is accompanied by a satisfactory quality of life. Therefore, an urge for novel and innovative strategies need to be devised and tested to ensure that affordable, sustainable, specialised, and effective treatments for mental health and related comorbidities are accessible to all elderly citizens.1,2 Today, Professor Allan H. Young, Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders at the Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, England, will assess the situation of polypharmacy in the elderly with a special focus on Major Depressive Disorder complicated by the presence of cardiovascular conditions.

Mind The Mind – Episode: Severe MDD and Suboptimal Response

Prof. Andrea Fagiolini

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Siena, Italy.

About the podcast

In this episode, Professor Andrea Fagiolini, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Siena, Italy, will discuss with a colleague about a patient with severe MDD and suboptimal response to a previous SSRI, talking on the option of switching medications.

Mind The Mind – Episode: MDD & Lack of Motivation

Prof. Roger S. McIntyre

Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada

Prof. Mohammad Alsuwaidan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto / Founder and Clinical Director MindWell, Kuwait

About the podcast

In today's episode, we will talk about an important clinical construct in major depressive disorder, amotivation. Amotivation is a core symptom of depression and negatively impacts a person's quality of life and the ability to return to full functioning.1,2 Joining us is Professor Roger S. McIntyre, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto, Canada..

Mind The Mind – Episode: Early TRS diagnosis and initiating the right treatment

Prof. Ofer Agid

Medical head at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada

About the podcast

According to a study conducted in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), a delay of about three years in initiating clozapine led to the response rate dropping from 81.6% to 30.8% compared to those in whom it was initiated within the critical therapeutic window.

Today, Professor Ofer Agid, Medical head at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada, explains to one of his residents as to how an early diagnosis and optimized treatment could increase the chance of a better outcome in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

Mind The Mind – Episode: Overcoming patient related barriers to clozapine initiation

Prof. Christoph U. Correll

Professor of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine in New York and Chair at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany

About the podcast

Today, we will draw on the experience of Professor Christoph U. Correll, Professor of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine in New York and Chair at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany, to help address the main concerns related to treatment resistant schizophrenia from diagnosis up to treatment with clozapine. Let’s listen to his conversation with an early career psychiatrist.

This has been Mind the Mind, a Viatris podcast where globally distinguished experts provide you with pragmatic insights on Mental Health disorders. Stay tuned for more episodes and thank you for joining us.

The clinical cases, all names, characters, and stories represented in this series are fictitious. Diagnosis and prescription are based on expert opinion of the scientific board of the project. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), is intended or should be inferred. Information and prescriptions shared with this podcast series are intended as expert suggestions.