Dr. Neil Kaye opens up the phone lines and takes your calls on all topics in mental health: Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Bipolar Disorder, ADD/ADHD, Schizophrenia, Head Injury, and Forensic Psychiatry.

Guest,Robin Sesan, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of The Brandywine Center in Wilmington, Delaware, a woman owned and operated group psychotherapy practice focusing on women’s issues.

Dr. Sesan promotes and supports recovery from eating disorders. Issues central to recovery such as self-care, self-esteem, body image, sexuality, family and interpersonal relationships are explored with Dr. Kaye.

Lee S. Cohen, M.D. is Associate Professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, both in Boston.

Tune in as Drs Kaye and Cohen discuss treatment of premenstrual dysphonic disorder, the longitudinal course and treatment of psychiatric illness during pregnancy and the postpartum period, the impact of maternal psychiatric illness on child development, and management of peri and postmenopausal depression.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious illness with symptoms of depression, anxiety, avoidance, re-living, re-experiencing, and autonomic arousal. PTSD is caused by traumatic experiences such as war, rape, assault and motor vehicle accidents.

Dr. Kaye discusses the common symptoms and treatment approaches for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Host Dr. Neil Kaye is joined by long time friend and associate Dr. Robert P. Granacher. Dr. Granacher is president and executive director of the Lexington Forensic Institute in Lexington, KY. He has been on the faculty of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine for over 25 years, where he is a clinical professor of psychiatry.

Dr. Granacher is a renowned expert in traumatic brain injury and the sole author of the standard reference text: “Traumatic Brain Injury”. He has personally evaluated over 3000 brain injury cases and discusses the proper diagnosis and treatment approaches to the cognitive, behavioral and emotional sequels of brain injury.

Dr. Neil Kaye is honored to be joined by longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Thomas Wind. Thomas Wind, D.O. is a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist in private practice in Media, Pennsylvania. In his child-centered practice he treats a wide variety of mental illnesses using both medication and psychotherapy. Dr. Wind answers questions about the proper diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional, cognitive and behavioral symptoms. Drs Kaye and Wind discuss the current controversy surrounding safety and efficacy of medications in this age group.

Dr. Neil Kaye is honored to have Ranga N. Ram, MD on “Psychiatry: Ask the Expert”. Schizophrenia is a complex and serious mental illness. In the last few years new medications have dramatically altered the basic approach to the acute and long term medication treatment of this illness. Dr. Ram is a former researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and Director of Mental Health Services for the State of Delaware. Dr. Ram has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of people with schizophrenia and discusses the evidence based approach to state of the art treatment of schizophrenia, with special attention to medication side effects and monitoring.

Dr. Glenn Treisman, MD, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins College of Medicine joins host Dr. Neil Kaye to discuss the challenges in getting the correct diagnosis. ADD/ADHD and Bipolar Disorder share many of the same symptoms but, the treatment for one can worsen the other. Join our experts as they discuss the intricacies of this diagnostic dilemma. Audience questions are encouraged.

Dr. Jack Dettwyler, Ph.D., private practice psychologist, joins host Dr. Neil Kaye to discuss the importance of integrated medication and non-medication approaches in people with anxiety and depression. Join us for a lively discussion of how to find the right doctor and the right therapist, and how to know which approach you need, and when. Audience questions are encouraged.

Dr. Kaye, an international expert on people who kill newborn and young children, discusses this most troubling behavior. As an expert witness, Dr. Kaye has been involved in over 100 cases of neonaticide or infanticide and shares his analysis of these high profile cases.

Anxiety is one of the most common illnesses in all of medicine. Dr. Kaye discusses the different types of anxiety and available treatments. He also discusses the medications used to treat anxiety, their potential benefits and risks.

Depression is one of the most common illnesses in all of medicine. Dr. Kaye discusses the different types of depression and available treatments. He also discusses the medications used to treat depression, their potential benefits and risks.