When meds don't work: Diagnostic confusion, trauma, sleep, hormones, and mistaken expectations
When psychiatric meds work well, it can be nothing short of miraculous. Yet so often, patients accumulate a long list of med failures, leading to a se...
Back from the Abyss
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How do we find a way out of the darkest depths of despair? Psychiatrist Dr. Craig Heacock hosts a deep dive into powerfully moving stories of hope and healing, as well as topical explorations of psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and psychedelics.
The Secret Sauce
An amazing healing journey deserves a detailed post-game analysis and deconstruction. Here Elizabeth, a participant in the MAPS MDMA study, sits do...
Craig and Antonio talk shop
Craig sits down with LA-based Cuban American storyteller, author, BFTA super-advisor, and longtime dear friend Antonio Sacre to explore the art and po...
I felt the world too much
Life would be so much easier if we each came with an individual instruction manual, to both guide us and also warn us of how our inherited temperament...
Where did our son go?
Just after starting his career, Dr. H met Matthew, a middle school student in the midst of a horrifying psychotic break. Here Dr. H sits down with M...
The Quickening
12 step programs have helped millions of people, but they can't address everything. Randy got clean and sober and found a supportive community in...
Spiritual gaslighting
We're back!!Sometimes it's irresistible, necessary even, to lose ourselves into the greater collective, to become a honeybee buzzing with th...
Fishbowl #2-- Chris and Craig talk shop
In this final episode of season 2, Chris and Craig explore the highs and lows of the last year and plans for season 3.BFTAhttps://www.craigheacockmd....
(Almost) Everything about psych meds... in under 16 minutes
Antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, stimulants.....READY SET GO!Med cheat sheetSSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inh...
All we have is now
How do you show up for others when you are facing the loss of everything you have ever known and loved?Here Leah Barrett, a Colorado-based psychothera...