Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians

<h2>“Imagine a world where you have all the effects of antipsychotics, but none of the side effects.”</h2><p>Celebrities use them; politicians discuss them; our patients ask about them. Are semaglutide and sister drugs...

<h2>“It’s one of the largest psychotherapy trials in the world.”</h2><p>When we hear “innovations in mental healthcare,” we tend to think about apps or wearables. In today’s episode of Quick Takes – part of our series...

<h2>“Does depression care include the downward dog?”</h2><p>Mindfulness, acupuncture, yoga. These were all once considered alternative treatments – favoured by some patients but lacking in evidence. Times have changed...

<h2>“We all need help sometimes.”</h2><p>As doctors, we often shy away from discussing our health, especially our mental health — even with our own physicians. That’s unfortunate as doctors have a higher suicide rate...

<h2>“It took a pandemic to get us to realise that we could do so much online.”</h2><p>When it comes to medical education, much has changed over the years—including its name. What was once known as Continuing Medical...

<h3>“What is a mentor? Four words. One big question.”</h3><p>What do you look for in a mentor? What qualities should you consider? And, more importantly, what exactly is a mentor?<br />To help answer these questions and...

<p>Welcome to another episode of Quick Takes Essentials, our summer series. </p><p>This essential episode first aired in 2023 and is on the perpetually hot-topic of burnout. </p><p>Could the old concept of a doctor’s...

<p>Welcome to another episode of Quick Takes Essentials, our summer series. </p><p>On this episode, released this past February, I sat down with Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos (of the University of Toronto) and former...

<p>Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series.</p><p>ChatGPT is the most downloaded app in history.</p><p>What are the implications for mental health services?</p><p>Will AI change our work?</p><p>In this...

<p>Welcome to another episode of Quick Takes Essentials, our summer series. </p><p>This essential episode was released just this past May and is on the newly released CANMAT Depression Guidelines update. </p><p>If you...

<p>Welcome back to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series where we look back on recent clinical updates and big issues in psychiatry, which we focused on previously. </p><p>This is the sleep episode. For answers to...

<p>Welcome to Quick Takes Essentials our summer series that introduces (or re-introduces) you to episodes from our archives that have focused on important clinical updates and recent big issues in psychiatry.</p><p>Take...

<h3>“As far as medical treatments go, ECT is the safest medical procedure in all of medicine.”</h3><p>Will the stigma around ECT fade? Will ECT simply grow less relevant in the age of ketamine and MST? What’s the future...

<h3>“They really are the most widely used guidelines in the world.”</h3><p>Much has changed over the past eight years. In 2016, singer Olivia Rodrigo was just starting high school; quarterback Tom Brady seemed ageless...

<h3>“It's visible. It's in our streetcars and buses, our subways our streets, and it's hard to ignore.”</h3><p>Homelessness seems to be more prevalent now than ever before. But why? And is there a solution? Joining Dr...