What's On UEN-TV
Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
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Update On Covid and Mental HealthSunday, May 19
11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1A follow up to the 2022 season of "Healthy Minds" explores some potential long-term effects of Covid including depression, anxiety, psychosis and "brain fog," as well as treatments for these conditions. Guest: Maura Boldrini, M.D., Ph.D, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director, Quantitative Brain Biology Institute (Brain QUANT). -
Update On Covid and Mental HealthWednesday, May 15
1:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1A follow up to the 2022 season of "Healthy Minds" explores some potential long-term effects of Covid including depression, anxiety, psychosis and "brain fog," as well as treatments for these conditions. Guest: Maura Boldrini, M.D., Ph.D, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director, Quantitative Brain Biology Institute (Brain QUANT). -
Metabolic PsychiatrySunday, May 12
11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1A ketogenic diet focused on increased protein and decreased carbohydrates has shown positive results for patients with bipolar disorder, epilepsy and schizophrenia. Guests: Jan Ellison Baszucki, mother of bipolar patient, now funding research as President, Baszucki Group; Judith M. Ford, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. -
Metabolic PsychiatryWednesday, May 8
1:33 pm on UEN-TV 9.1A ketogenic diet focused on increased protein and decreased carbohydrates has shown positive results for patients with bipolar disorder, epilepsy and schizophrenia. Guests: Jan Ellison Baszucki, mother of bipolar patient, now funding research as President, Baszucki Group; Judith M. Ford, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. -
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and Post-Traumatic StressSunday, May 5
11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1New uses for psychedelic drugs offer potential breakthroughs for patients with post-traumatic stress, working with trained therapists to guide the experience and open perspectives into a patient's state of mind. Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience / Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai and Director, Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research has been at the forefront of trauma research for three decades and discusses this new development. -
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and Post-Traumatic StressWednesday, May 1
1:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1New uses for psychedelic drugs offer potential breakthroughs for patients with post-traumatic stress, working with trained therapists to guide the experience and open perspectives into a patient's state of mind. Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience / Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai and Director, Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research has been at the forefront of trauma research for three decades and discusses this new development. -
Deep Brain Stimulation - Treatment-Resistant DepressionSunday, April 28
11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1A treatment originally used for Parkinson's Disease may have the potential to help patients with depression who have not responded to multiple treatments including medications, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy. Helen Mayberg, M.D, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai and Director, Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, discusses the next generation of deep brain stimulation (DBS). -
Deep Brain Stimulation - Treatment-Resistant DepressionWednesday, April 24
1:31 pm on UEN-TV 9.1A treatment originally used for Parkinson's Disease may have the potential to help patients with depression who have not responded to multiple treatments including medications, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy. Helen Mayberg, M.D, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai and Director, Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, discusses the next generation of deep brain stimulation (DBS). -
Creating Community and Giving Hope: Clubhouse InternationalSunday, April 21
11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1A social support membership organization designed to give people living with mental illness what they need beyond medication and therapy - help with securing jobs, education, housing, a safe space to find community, and more, where they can also give back to help others. Guest: Clubhouse International Executive Director and CEO Joel D. Corcoran. -
Optogenetics with Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D. - Part TwoWednesday, April 17
1:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1Dr. Borenstein continues his conversation with Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D, professor of Bioengineering, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University's Howard Hughes Medical Institute, about his revolutionary optogenetics research of behavior in mice that can help doctors better understand the human brain and disorders. -
Nami: National Alliance On Mental IllnessSunday, April 14
11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1The Non-Profit Organization founded in 1979 by family members of people diagnosed with mental illness has grown into the largest grass roots mental health organization in the United States dedicated to building better lives for mental health patients with free resources, support, and events. Guest: NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. -
Optogenetics with Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D. - Part OneWednesday, April 10
1:33 pm on UEN-TV 9.1A technique that uses light to control brain cells enables researchers to turn behaviors on and off in lab mice to better understand the human brain and disorders including autism, depression, eating disorders, and more. Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D, professor of Bioengineering, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University's Howard Hughes Medical Institute, developed optogenetics and explains his research and how his findings impact what he sees clinically working with human patients. -
Bipolar Disorder, Part Two: A Conversation With Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.DSunday, April 7
11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1The psychologist and MacArthur Fello A Conversation With Kay Redfield Jamison, PH.Dw shares her experience living with bipolar disorder, and explains factors of heredity, the necessity of early diagnosis and ongoing treatment, and the role of parents in helping young adults manage their risk during the most common onset period of the disorder. Dr. Jamison's many books on the subject include Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind. -
Rapid-Acting Transcranial Magnetic StimulationWednesday, April 3
1:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1The new rapid-acting Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant depression works in days instead of weeks, and may have implications for use in other mental disorders. Nolan Williams, M.D., Assistant Professor, Director, Interventional Psychiatry Clinical Research and Director, Brain Stimulation Laboratory at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University Medical Center explains how this non-invasive treatment works.