Michigan Medicine Presents

Welcome to “Michigan Medicine Presents,” a wide-ranging exploration into topics spanning the field of medicine. We’ll dig into what’s happening on the leading edge of research and innovation, what we know about historic roots, and the current state of conditions that affect us all.

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Michigan Medicine digs into a new topic with each season. Stop by for one season, or subscribe to the series to expand your horizons with each new episode.

Michigan Medicine is the academic medical center for the University of Michigan. The Michigan Medicine Presents is part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Michigan Medicine Presents on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts

Season 3 - Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is more than just mood swings. It’s a journey marked by intense highs of mania and debilitating lows of depression. But within this condition exist millions of people who live unique lives.

Join us for our three-part miniseries on bipolar disorder, where we talk to clinical and research experts from the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program at Michigan Medicine to learn more about the science of bipolar disorder—diagnostics, genetics, and decision-making.

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Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is more than just mood swings. It’s a journey marked by intense highs of mania and debilitating lows of depression. But within this condition exist millions of people who live unique lives. Today, we're going to talk to three clinical and research experts from the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program at Michigan Medicine to learn more about the science of bipolar disorder—diagnostics, genetics, and decision-making. We'll be hearing from Dr. Melvin McInnis, director of the Prechter Program, Dr. Paul Jenkins, associate professor of pharmacology and associate director of the Prechter Program, and Dr. Chandra Sripada, professor of psychiatry and philosophy.

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Episode 2: Exploring the Meaning of Wellness

Research into conditions like bipolar disorder cannot happen without the participation of hundreds of people who sign up for research studies and programs like the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program. In this episode, we’ll unpack wellness—how we define and measure it healthcare and research settings. We’re joined by Dr. Alexandra Vinson, assistant professor of Learning Health Sciences and co-lead of the Prechter Bipolar Disorder Learning Community. Stephanie Prechter, artist, philanthropist, a bipolar disorder research participant with lived experience and board member of the Prechter Program, and Dr. Sarah Sperry, director of the Emotion and Temporal Dynamics Lab and associate director of the Prechter Program.

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Episode 3: Medication, Relationships, and Caretaking

Like many other mental health conditions, bipolar disorder is still quite stigmatized in our society. Stigma can play a significant role in how people living with bipolar disorder receive treatment and care, their education and careers, and many other aspects of daily life. For this episode, we’ll be tackling topics like medications, relationships, the workplace, and supporting a loved one. We’ll be hearing from Dr. Sagar Parikh, a psychiatrist in the Michigan Medicine Bipolar Disorder Clinic and professor of psychiatry and of health policy and management in the School of Public Health at UofM, and Michelle Yang, writer, activist, marketing project manager, and research participant with the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program.

Season 2 - The Science of Addiction

Almost 21 million Americans have at least one addiction. The financial impact on the US economy is staggering, but the human toll – the impact on lives and the lives of the person struggling with addiction – is immeasurable. Addiction threatens careers and destroys marriages. Even at its most basic level, any form of addiction harms a person’s health.

But most of us don’t treat addiction like other conditions that affect your health. Addiction is often stigmatized or hidden.

And that may be part of why so many of us know so little about what addiction actually is, and how it works.

The Science of Addiction talks with the experts at the U-M Addiction Treatment Services, part of the U-M Addiction Center and to help listeners better understand what we know about addiction today.

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Why do People do Drugs?

Why do you people do drugs? Addiction. Featuring Jonathan Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.

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Alcohol Addiction

Episode 2. Alcohol addiction

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Helping Someone get Help with Addiction

Episode 3. Helping someone get help with addiction

Season 1 - How to Get into Medical School

Join Dr. Deb Berman, assistant dean for admissions, and Carol Teener, director of admissions, along with two current medical students from the University of Michigan Medical School for answers to your questions about getting into medical school and more. The conversation ranges from GPAs and personal statements to the culture and experiences that make Michigan unique.

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Michigan Medicine Presents: How to Get into Medical School

Join Dr. Deb Berman, assistant dean for admissions, and Carol Teener, director of admissions, along with two current medical students from the University of Michigan Medical School for answers to your questions about getting into medical school and more. The conversation ranges from GPAs and personal statements to the culture and experiences that make Michigan unique.

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