Podcasts
Listen to our RCPsych podcasts.
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Professor Charis Kubrin: the psychology of gated communities
22 January 2019
Dr Raj Persaud talks to Professor Charis Kubrin about her wide-ranging research on the psychology of gated communities, walls, whether immigrants commit more crime and rap music.
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Social Inclusion
07 January 2019
Dr Howard Ryland talks to Dr Jed Boardman about his role as the Lead for social Inclusion for the College.
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Stigma On Gambling Addiction
26 October 2018
Peter Markham and Owen Baily discuss gambling addiction, and his own experiences with addiction.
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Is there hidden meaning to the use of Violence in the Movies?
01 May 2018
Dr Raj Persaud talks to Professor David Humbert about his new book on Violence in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock.
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Why do we get old and sick?
12 February 2018
Raj Persaud talks to Professor Volter Longo about his new book 'The Longevity Diet.' Could you live to 120 years old? Is all disease just a manifestation of a more ...
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Surviving stigma: an interview with a recovering addict
02 February 2018
In this podcast, Diane Goslar, a recovering alcoholic, talks with brutal honesty about the stigma she faced among family, friends and work colleagues as she battled alcohol addiction.
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Women, science, medicine, and psychiatry
01 February 2018
Dr Derek Tracy BJPsych editorial board at the BJPsych and Josefien Breedvelt, Research Manager for Mental Health Foundation talk about women science, medicine, and psychiatry.
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Is Human Progress Inevitable?
19 January 2018
In this groundbreaking book, celebrated economic historian Joel Mokyr argues that a culture of growth specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment laid the foundations for the scientific ...
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International Congress 2017: The strange case of Dr Oliver Sacks
28 July 2017
Dr Raj Persaud interviews Professor Anthony David on his keynote lecture about Dr Oliver Sacks at International Congress 2017 in Edinburgh
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Choosing Wisely: What every psychiatrist needs to know
28 June 2017
Dr Howard Ryland, the BJPsych’s Trainee Editor, talks about the Choosing Wisely initiative.
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Medico legal reporting of malingering
13 December 2016
Dr Howard Ryland in conversation with Dr Derek Tracy and Professor Keith Rix.
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Malingering
13 October 2016
The first of two linked BJPsych Advances podcasts recorded at the RCPsych International Congress 2017.
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Peer reviewing
06 September 2016
In conversation with Dr Howard Ryland today, Professor Patricia Casey, Editor of BJPsych Advances, gives an overview of the importance of the peer review system and provides comprehensive guidance and ...
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At-risk mental state for psychosis: identification and current treatment approaches
16 August 2016
Dr Andy Thompson in conversation with Dr Howard Ryland about his recently published BJPsych Advances paper.
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Ego is the Enemy
20 July 2016
Ryan Holiday discusses his new book 'Ego Is The Enemy' with Dr Raj Persaud - how ego blocks success and happiness.
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Eleanor's terrifying stalking experience
27 June 2016
GP, Eleanor, describes a harrowing and prolonged experience of being stalked: in conversation with Dr Raj Persaud, FRCPsych
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Personalised approaches to pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia
26 May 2016
Dr James MacCabe, Reader in the Epidemiology of Psychosis at Kings College, London, discusses his paper on Personalised approaches to pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia, recently published in BJPsych Advances.
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How evolution can help us understand child development and behaviour
14 March 2016
Dr Howard Ryland discusses the topic with Dr Annie Swanepoel who, together with her co-authors, Daniela F. Sieff, Graham Music, John Launer, Michael Reiss and Bernadette Wren, has published a ...
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Inflammation and metabolic changes in First Episode Psychosis: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study
26 October 2015
Dr Paola Dazzan talks to Dr Raj Persaud about how brain inflammation might be linked to psychosis.
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Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided World
12 October 2015
Carlos Fraenkel, teacher of philosophy and religion at McGill University Montreal, in conversation with Raj Persaud about his new book
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