Accent Image for Mind Dive, A Podcast for Mental Health Professionals

For Clinicians

More Information

Mind Dive, A Podcast for Mental Health Professionals

Welcome to Mind Dive, Menninger's podcast for mental health professionals, with Robert Boland, MD, senior vice president and chief of staff, and Kerry Horrell, PhD.

Podcast Focus

Each month, they dive into topics that fascinate them as clinical professionals and hopefully fascinate you, too. They examine dilemmas faced by professionals here at Menninger and colleagues across the nation while working with some of the most challenging cases. They explore the latest research and other trending topics on the minds of psychiatrists, psychologists and others who are interested in the treatment and study of the mind.

Drs. Boland and Horrell also make it a goal to cover information that gets little attention in formal training programs.

Most Recent Episodes

Episode 58: Better Living with Bipolar Disorder featuring David Miklowitz, PhD

David Miklowitz, PhD, has been pioneering family psychoeducational treatments for bipolar disorder by integrating psychotherapy and family therapy with medication. Dr. Miklowitz’s research emphasizes the critical role families play in identifying the early signs of bipolar disorder and how family members can help a patient implement effective strategies in managing their symptoms.

This episode of The Menninger Clinic’s Mind Dive podcast features Dr. Miklowitz, accomplished psychologist and author, for a comprehensive look at bipolar disorder, its effect on family dynamics and how patients and their families can work together to better navigate life after a diagnosis.

“There is a grief over the lost healthy self where people start thinking of their lives as bifurcated before and after they became ill,” Dr. Miklowitz explained. “We try to help normalize it and help them figure out what is their personality versus their disorder.”

Dr. Miklowitz is a professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine and a senior clinical researcher at the University of Oxford. He directs the Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program and the Integrative Study Center in Mood Disorders at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.

Dr. Miklowitz is also a renowned author; his latest book is Living Well with Bipolar Disorder: Practical Strategies for Improving Your Daily Life.

Follow The Menninger Clinic on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn to never miss an episode of Mind Dive. To submit a topic for discussion, email podcast@menninger.edu.

Meet the Hosts

Dr. Boland is an educator at heart with decades of experience teaching and mentoring psychiatry residents. In addition to his roles at Menninger, he is the executive vice chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.

A psychologist on our Compass Program for Young Adults, Dr. Horrell also loves teaching. She completed a predoctoral internship and postgraduate fellowship at Menninger and Baylor College of Medicine.

Both are well read, love canines (and have to resist rescuing too many) and are curious about many subjects.

Join Us

We hope you’ll join us on our podcast journey. And if you have a topic in mind that you would like us to dive into, drop us a note.

Mind Dive is available on all of the places you find your favorite podcasts.

Leave a Review

If you give Mind Dive a try and want to leave a review, we'd appreciate it! On Apple Podcasts, it's easy:

From a mobile device, click Write a Review, which you'll find under Ratings and Reviews; then add the Title and Review. Finally, click Submit.
On a desktop, click the Write a Review button. In the pop-up box, add the title, click the rating stars and add a comment in the box. Click Submit.

More Information