PsychEd Episode 51: Mental Illness and Violence with Dr. Robert McMaster and Dr. Ragy Girgis

<p dir="ltr">Welcome to PsychEd — the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode covers the “big picture” relationship between violence and severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar spectrum disorders. Our guest experts in this episode are Dr. Robert McMaster, Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Dr. Ragy R. Girgis, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York.</p> <p dir="ltr">This episode is a good companion to <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mZkLoBd0EpXFbmMk64tUI?si=4899d76d8b994f31"> Episode 15: Managing Aggression and Agitation with Dr. Jodi Lofchy</a>, which covers how to identify and manage acute risk of violence in a clinical setting.<br /> <br /></p> <p dir="ltr">The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:</p> <p dir="ltr">By the end of this episode, you should be able to…</p> <ol> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Describe the epidemiology of violence in severe mental illness (rates of perpetration vs. victimization, risk factors, quality of evidence) </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Understand and critique how society currently addresses violence in those with severe mental illness </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Discuss this topic with patients, caregivers and the public, and address common myths </p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">Guests: </p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Dr. Robert McMaster - Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Toronto</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Dr. Ragy R. Girgis - Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Hosts: Dr. Alex Raben (Staff Psychiatrist), Dr. Gaurav Sharma (PGY4), Sena Gok(IMG), Josh Benchaya (CC4)</p> <p dir="ltr">Audio editing by: Gaurav Sharma</p>