Psychiatry and Mental Health

Approach to Major Depressive Disorder

This podcast discusses an approach to pediatric major depressor disorder. Listeners will learn about the clinical presentation of depressive disorders, as well as diagnostic criteria and treatment options. This episode was created by Jeff Bennett with the assistance of Dr. Heidi Wilkes. Jeff is a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Wilkes is a consultant psychiatrist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.


Approach to Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour

This podcast presents an approach to suicidal ideation and behaviour in adolescent patients. This episode was written by Colin Siu, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Melissa Chan, a pediatric emergency physician and Clinical Lecturer at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital. 


Approach to Eating Disorders

This episode presents an approach to eating disorders in the pediatric population.  Listeners will learn about the epidemiology and clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, possible complications, and management of eating disorders in children and adolescents.  The podcast was written by Rhea D’Costa, a medical student at McMaster University, and Dr. Jennifer Couturier, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University.


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