Pearls and Prep
Pearls and Prep: Psychiatric Case Studies is the go-to podcast for psychiatric nurse practitioner students, psych residents, clinicians, and anyone fascinated by the human mind. Whether you’re prepping for boards, sharpening your diagnostic skills, or just curious about what psychiatry looks like behind the scenes, this show delivers clinical gold in every episode.🎯 What You’ll Learn:Each episode walks you through real-world psychiatric case studies — from initial chart review to final treatmen...
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Episodes (123)
Schizoid or Schizotypal? The Clinical Clues That Give It Away
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Why I Have a Love-Hate Relationship with Latuda
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Inside the Ring 🥊: Effexor or Cymbalta? Here’s the Real Difference
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How to Interview Psychiatric Patients With Confidence: 4 Skills Every New PMHNP...
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Why LAIs Are the Real MVPs in Psychiatry
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Drug Tests Aren’t Always Right—Here’s Where Things Go Wrong
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ADHD or Bipolar? The Questions That Actually Reveal the Truth
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The Insomnia Trap: Stop Treating Every Sleepless Psychiatric Patient the Same
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Effexor Explained: Why, When & Who?
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Are We Missing One of Psychiatry’s Easiest Wins? (Metformin)
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Prozac vs Zoloft: They Look the Same... But They're Not at All
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Would You Diagnose PTSD, Depression, or Adjustment Disorder? One Patient. Three...
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How I Choose Antipsychotics in Real Clinical Practice: 4 Pearls That Will Transf...
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The 6 Reasons Experienced Clinicians Reach for Wellbutrin First
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Antipsychotic Switching: Key Concepts and Clinical Considerations
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The Grocery Store Trick That Will Change How You Understand Every Psychiatric Me...
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The Bipolar Medication Mistake That Keeps Patients Relapsing
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Why Abilify Isn't an Antidepressant (But Helps with Depression)
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Why Your Bipolar Patient Keeps Relapsing: The Polarity Index
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Naltrexone: Your New Bestie in Alcohol Management. Using the Sinclair Method to...
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ADHD Stimulants Made Easy: The Only 5 Pearls You'll Ever Need
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Why SSRIs Work in Days for PMDD—but Weeks for Depression | PMDD Made Simple: Dia...
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How missing this ONE detail can derail your ENTIRE treatment plan
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The 3 CYP450 Clinical Pearls Every Psychiatric Prescriber Should Know
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Why Two Patients on the Same SSRI Dose Can Have Opposite Outcomes: CYP Enzymes,...
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Why Your Meds ‘Aren’t Working (It’s Not What You Think)
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Irritability Pearls: Avoiding the Most Common Clinical Mistakes
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The Good, the Bad & the Weird of Z-Drugs
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Why Lexapro Might be a Uniquely Important Tool in Your Medication Arsenal
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Mock Patient Elias: “Am I Real?” | The Diagnostic Tangle of Depersonalization vs...
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Kratom Uncovered: 5 Game-Changing Pearls for Your Practice
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Memorizing ADHD Inattentive Type Criteria Through a Cookie Baking Story
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The DSM Sleep Disorders: One Episode to Make Sense Them All.
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5 Things You Probably Get Wrong About Adjustment Disorder
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Paxil Withdrawal or Depression Relapse? The Difference Changes Everything
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The Borderline Personality Disorder Insight I Wish Someone Had Taught Me Earlier
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Cannabis Psychosis or Schizophrenia? What Do You Do When You Can't Tell?
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Would You Get This Right? Illness Anxiety vs Somatic vs Factitious vs Malingerin...
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ADHD or Anxiety? The One Question That Changes Everything
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4 Ways Personality Disorders Can Disrupt Even the Best Treatment Plans. And what...
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What If Your Most Stable Patient Is Developing Your Biggest Blind Spot?
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Tardive Dyskinesia Risk Factors: One of These Should Jump Off the Page
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The Benzo Boarding Pass: The Pharmacokinetics of Fear at 35,000 Feet
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Ninjas at Costco: OCD, PTSD, GAD, or Emerging Psychosis?
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6 Pearls You May Have Not Known about Major Depressive Disorder with Psychotic F...
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If We Don't Understand Autoreceptors, We Don't Understand Psychopharmacology
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How We Can Understand Psychopharmacology Through Topamax and McDonald’s 🍔🧠
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The Missing Lab That Looks Like Half the DSM: Why 1 in 3 Women May Be Misdiagnos...
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Hydroxyzine Explained: The Most Misunderstood Anxiety Medication? Itchy, Edgy… &...
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Auvelity May Change How You Think About Depression: NMDA, Sigma-1, Dopamine & Cl...
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