by MedExperts | Jan 25, 2026
Frederick Goodwin (1930s–2022) was one of the most influential modern psychiatrists in mood disorders, psychopharmacology, and lithium. Dr. Nassir Ghaemi reflects on Goodwin as a mentor and public figure—his years at NIMH (including as Director), the landmark...
by MedExperts | Jan 25, 2026
Emil Kraepelin shaped modern psychiatric diagnosis—but much of what we “know” about him is wrong. In this episode, Dr. Nassir Ghaemi explains why Kraepelin’s key insights were about course of illness, how “dementia praecox” diverged from today’s schizophrenia concept,...
by MedExperts | Nov 3, 2025
Join the Waitlist for the Mini-Course on Lithium: https://psychiatryletter.com/lithium-enroll-waitlist/?utm_term=lithiumsafest In this episode, Dr. Nassir Ghaemi—Harvard-lecturer psychiatrist and international expert on mood disorders—dives deep into one of...
by MedExperts | Nov 3, 2025
This podcast episode is about lithium, why it is the most effective psychiatric drug, and also very safe when used at the right doses. Frederick Goodwin MD used to say: “If you can’t or won’t use lithium, get out of the business of treating bipolar disorder.” I might...
by MedExperts | Nov 3, 2025
Supporting articles: Koukopoulos and Ghaemi: The Primacy of Mania https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18789854/ Sani G, Vöhringer PA, Napoletano F, Holtzman NS, Dalley S, Girardi P, Ghaemi SN, Koukopoulos A. Koukopoulos׳ diagnostic criteria for mixed depression: a...
