Another installment of the radio program.  For newcomers, this is a program that I do each Monday morning.  You can subscribe to this content on i-tunes;  just search for ‘Junig’ or ‘shrink zone’ in the podcast section.  I will be posting past programs every time I think of it– hopefully at a pace of 2 or 3 per week until I am caught up to the present.  Thank you very much for listening, and I welcome your comments– which can be made through my home page at fdlpsychiatry.com.  I also provide telepsychiatry for patients in distant locations, as described here.

I’m going to get caught up with this year’s ‘episodes’ of my radio show.  Once I get them listed here, they get picked up on i-tunes…  amazing how that works!  Enjoy the show, and if you live in the area (Fond du Lac Wisconsin) listen and call in during the show.  Or better yet, send me an e-mail and I will answer your question on the show. Just write to drj@fdlpsychiatry.com.  The show is on AM radio, 1450, from 10:00 to 11:00 every Monday morning.

Another Shrink Zone psychiatry radio show from the archives, this one from 6.08.2009.

There are a number of web sites devoted to medicine, and it can be difficult to sort out the information that is accurate and unbiased from information that is placed more prominently after ‘donations’ to support the site. I try to ‘tell it like it is’ when it comes to mental health information, and if there are topics where I am expressing an opinion i try my best to point that fact– so that people know what is supported by data, what is supported by experience, and what is not ‘supported’ at all– but is conjecture based on background knowledge and opinion influenced by family issues and other personal life experiences.

Visit the growing medical database at Medpedia, and if you are an expert, add your knowledge as well.

I like the approach of Wikipedia and now Medpedia. The information is collected by the contributions of experts in the field, and if a person drifts into conjecture there are ways for others to step in and edit the information. That information is then edited by other readers. The result is a growing database of information that represents the best of human knowledge. Since contributors know that their comments are subject to edit, they are careful to get the facts right. And the very complex topics come together from the collective knowledge of the group.

I have contributed information about opiate dependence to Medpedia, and my two main blogs will be featured on their site. I invite readers to check out their information– which is growing daily. Please look for my blog while you are there, and say ‘hi’!

Here is another psychiatry radio show from the archive featuring myself, Jeffrey T Junig MD PhD, interviewed by Bob Hoffmaster of KFIZ radio.  I do tele-psychiatry by the way– if you are interested in a different type of psychiatry– the ‘old fashioned’ kind where you have time to talk. Check out my practice if you have the time; I am taking new patients, and I ‘see’ patients from across the country.  I avoid prescribing controlled substances, so if you require Xanax-type medications, I am not the right person.  But I can prescribe the typical psychiatric medications that are not controlled by the DEA– pretty much anything except for stimulants, ‘benzos’, or narcotics. Please read about my philosophy, which includes ‘seeing’ no more than 2 patients per hour. I don’t ‘belong’ to panels but I do submit insurance claims, and many people who have significant deductibles have no difference in payment for out of network docs– if the person never reaches the deductible, it doesn’t make any difference!

Another show from the archives.  I should mention that the other person on the show with me is Bob Hoffmaster, who does the morning show at KFIZ Fond du Lac every day.  As you can hear, he makes the show a breeze;  he has a curiosity about everything, and all I have to do is come in and chat with him.  It is always the high point of my week– too bad it has to happen on a Monday!!

Continuing my efforts to get all of the episodes on i-tunes, here is the show from 4.13.2009.  If you like it, send me a question and I’ll discuss it on the air next week!  Send it to radioshow@fdlpsychiatry.com.