Renegade Psych

By Ethan P. Short, MD

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Episodes: 185

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In more than a decade of training and clinical practice as a psychiatrist, I've become increasingly disillusioned by the American healthcare system. It prioritizes profit over progress at the expense of OUR health. The average American spends almost twice as much on healthcare as the next highest spending country, yet our life expectancy drags four years behind other industrialized nations and ranks OUTSIDE the top 50 in the world. The system is a disaster, yet it's broadcast as 'the greatest healthcare system in the world.' Renegade Psych wants to return medicine's focus to PROGRESS OVER PROFIT, and limit the influence and power of the pharmaceutical industry and big business entities, whose primary motivations are financial in nature. This conversational podcast is released monthly via SERIES on particular topics. There are 8-12 SEGMENTS, or episodes, per topic. I interview internationally-recognized experts in their fields AND relatively unknown, up-and-coming healthcare providers. Hopefully, we can educate patients AND providers about our medical system (especially mental health), so they can make better and more informed healthcare decisions.

Episode Date
50.1 Functional Psychiatry with Dr. Jim Greenblatt, MD
Apr 22, 2026
49.1 Brazil perspective: Immoral Marketing of SSRIs, MAOIs, Lithium, Benzo's - FULL Interview Antonio Nardi, MD
Mar 25, 2026
48.1 Philanthropic Funding of Research by Elizabeth Lukens, DO student
Mar 10, 2026
47.4 Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimers: EXPENSIVE, UNSAFE, and INEFFECTIVE with Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Mar 04, 2026
47.3 Lithium is NOT a Panacea: Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Feb 24, 2026
47.2 USE MORE LITHIUM: Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Feb 17, 2026
47.1 Fantasy of Understanding Reality: Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Feb 14, 2026
46.6 AI: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD
Jan 27, 2026
46.5 GLP-1s and SSRIs: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD
Jan 20, 2026
46.4 The Cautionary Tale of Andrea Yates: SSRI Risk in Postpartum Depression (+ Visual Snow) with David Healy, MD
Jan 13, 2026
46.3 Don't Take SSRIs for Premature Ejaculation (+ the Preventable Suicide of Woody Witczak) with David Healy, MD
Jan 06, 2026
46.2 LISTEN TO YOUR PATIENTS; Responsible Prescribing with David Healy, MD
Dec 23, 2025
46.1 EXPERT: SSRIs, Suicide, and Homicide with David Healy, MD
Dec 17, 2025
45.1 Hyperconnected Minds Unraveling: Impact of Information Overload
Dec 17, 2025
44.2 Nuances of Therapy with Joe Kanengiser, SW
Dec 02, 2025
44.1 MCAS/EDS/POTS and a Mixed Response to Low Dose Lithium with Joe Kanengiser, SW
Nov 25, 2025
43.2 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 2
Nov 18, 2025
43.1 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 1
Nov 12, 2025
42.3 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated ft. Roman Wyden - Part 3
Oct 28, 2025
42.2 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 2
Oct 21, 2025
42.1 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 1
Oct 15, 2025
41.1 Dr. Short Answers Ask Reddit Mental Health Questions
Oct 07, 2025
40.1 The Tylenol-Autism Controversy
Sep 30, 2025
39.2 Keto for Severe Mental Illness with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD
Sep 23, 2025
39.1 Metabolic Psychiatry, Ketogenic Diet with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD
Sep 22, 2025
38.1 Can Lithium Supplementation Prevent Alzheimer's, New HARVARD Dementia Study
Sep 09, 2025
37.3 A Lithium Argument and A Broken Healthcare System with David Cohen, PhD, MSW
Sep 02, 2025
37.2 ADHD is Overdiagnosed/Treated, DSM is invalid with David Cohen, PhD, MSW
Aug 26, 2025
37.1 Nuances of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Addiction with David Cohen, PhD, MSW
Aug 19, 2025
36.2 From Recovery to Doing What Matters with Norman Curtiss, PA, PharmD
Aug 12, 2025
36.1 PA's Journey to Recovery with Norman Curtiss, PharmD, PA
Aug 05, 2025
35.2 Eugenics in Psych's Origins Part 2 + Steve Hayes, PhD
Jul 29, 2025
35.1 Eugenics in Psych Origins with Steve Hayes, PhD
Jul 23, 2025
34.2 Functional Medicine with Patient/Physician/Cancer Survivor, Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD
Jul 14, 2025
34.1 Functional Medicine with Patient/Physician/Cancer Survivor, Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD
Jul 08, 2025
33.2 Lithium, Lithium, Lithium, + Lavender + Seroquel with Carlat's Chris Aiken, MD
Jul 01, 2025
33.1 Evaluating DATA with Carlat's Chris Aiken, MD
Jun 24, 2025
32.3 DATA on Increased Risk of SSRIs in pregnancy w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN
Jun 17, 2025
32.2 Makena, Pharmaceutical Corruption, and Misinformation w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN
Jun 10, 2025
32.1 Meds are Chemicals. Chemical have Consequences w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN
Jun 04, 2025
32.0 Teaser: Medication Risk in Pregnancy with Adam Urato, MD
May 29, 2025
31.1 Functional Psychiatry with James Greenblatt, MD
May 20, 2025
30.2 Vaccine Nuance, THE SCIENCE, and Alzheimer's Drugs with Nikki Johnson, MD
May 14, 2025
30.1 Gender Dysphoria and Medical Education with Nikki Johnson, MD
May 07, 2025
29.2 A Radically Genuine Conversation with Roger McFillin, PsyD, ABPP
Apr 15, 2025
29.1 A Radically Genuine Conversation with Roger McFillin, PsyD, ABPP
Apr 09, 2025
28.2 Stop Abandoning the Severely Mentally Ill with Nick Rosenlicht, MD
Apr 01, 2025
28.1 Stop Abandoning the Severely Mentally Ill with Nick Rosenlicht, MD
Mar 25, 2025
27.2 Misdiagnosed and Overmedicated Kids with Kassondra Ola, Part 2
Mar 18, 2025
27.1 Misdiagnosed and Overmedicated Kids with Kassondra Ola
Mar 11, 2025
24.3 Why Most Modern Research is Flawed with Ken Gillman, MD
Mar 04, 2025
SPECIAL: 10 WAYS to REDUCE your HOSPITAL BILLS
Feb 28, 2025
25.4 Deadly Alzheimer's Drugs: Lecanemab... Different Drug Same Story, with Michael Shuman, PharmD
Feb 25, 2025
25.3 Deadly Alzheimer's Drugs: Aducanumab's sketchy Accelerated Approval, with Michael Shuman, PharmD
Feb 18, 2025
25.2 Deadly New Alzheimer's Drugs: Fraudulent Research, with Michael Shuman, PharmD
Feb 12, 2025
24.2 Strangling the Bloody Cockerel with Ken Gillman, MD: RCTs are Imperfect
Feb 04, 2025
26.2 Mental Coaching in Pro Golf with "Clever Trevor" Jones, ACT therapist
Jan 29, 2025
26.1 Mental Coaching in Pro Golf with "Clever Trevor" Jones, ACT therapist
Jan 22, 2025
SPECIAL RELEASE: Inner Excellence Interview with author Jim Murphy
Jan 15, 2025
25.1 New Alzheimer's Drugs Are Deadly: Intro with Michael Shuman, PharmD
Jan 15, 2025
23.3 Drug Advertising: Ways Clinical Trials are Manipulated with Michael Shuman, PharmD
Jan 07, 2025
24.1 Critical Thinking with Ken Gillman and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Dec 31, 2024
23.2 Drug Advertising: the VIOXX Tragedy with Michael Shuman, PharmD
Dec 18, 2024
23.1 Direct to Consumer Advertising with Michael Shuman, PharmD: Background and History
Dec 11, 2024
22.2 Steven Hayes, PhD: RFT, ACT, Evolution, The FLIP, and Mental Health
Dec 03, 2024
22.1 Steven Hayes, PhD: ACT and Relational Frame Theory
Nov 26, 2024
21.2 Dr. Robert Post, MD: Lithium, Dementia, and NIH Research Failures
Nov 19, 2024
21.1 Dr. Robert Post, MD: Youth-Onset Bipolar Illness
Nov 12, 2024
20.1 Lithium: Beyond its' Psychiatric Use with Janusz Rybakowski, MD
Nov 05, 2024
19.1 The Problem with Rapid Benzo Detox; Patient Perspective with Nicole Lamberson, PA
Oct 30, 2024
18.2 How We Should Be Practicing Psychiatry with Cara Hoepner, PMHNP
Oct 22, 2024
18.1 How We Should Be Practicing Psychiatry with Cara Hoepner, PMHNP
Oct 15, 2024
17.1 Clozapine Underutilization with Jose Rubio, MD
Oct 01, 2024
RANT: This HEALTHCARE BILL IS absurd
Sep 25, 2024
16.3 Encephalitis: Interview with Jaime Shoup, MD
Sep 18, 2024
16.2 Encephalitis: PATIENT PERSPECTIVE with Alex
Sep 10, 2024
16.1 Encephalitis Interview with Philip Britton, MD
Sep 04, 2024
15.7 OVERDOSED Full Series Uninterrupted
Aug 28, 2024
15.6 Overdosed: SOLUTIONS to the current epidemic
Aug 20, 2024
15.5 Overdosed: Other complications and consequences of Drug Use
Aug 13, 2024
15.4 Overdosed: 3rd Wave: Fentanyl Contamination and COVID
Aug 06, 2024
15.3 Overdosed: The 2nd Wave: Heroin and IV Drug Use
Jul 30, 2024
15.2 Overdosed: The 1st Wave: An Increase in Opioid Prescribing
Jul 23, 2024
15.1 Overdosed: The Worst Drug Epidemic in Human History
Jul 17, 2024
14.1 Interview with Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH
Jul 09, 2024
13.2 What's Wrong With Modern Psychiatry, Pt 2 with Josef Witt-Doerring
Jul 02, 2024
13.1 What's Wrong with Modern Psychiatry - Interview 1 with Josef Witt-Doerring
Jun 25, 2024
12.3 Safer Drug Use: Rules to Reduce Harm from Illicit Drug Use
Jun 18, 2024
12.2 Safer Drug Use: What is Addiction?
Jun 11, 2024
12.1 Safer Drug Use with Stephen Love, MD: INTRO
Jun 04, 2024
Update and upcoming changes to podcast
May 24, 2024
11.4 Consequential Chemicals: Closing Thoughts, Solutions, and SONG
May 21, 2024
11.3 Consequential Chemicals: Antidepressant Risks during Pregnancy
May 17, 2024
11.2 Consequential Chemicals: Makena, COVID vaccine, and TinFoil Hats
May 14, 2024
11.1 Consequential Chemicals: RANT + Guest Intro, Adam Urato, Md
May 10, 2024
11.0 Consequential Chemicals with Adam Urato, MD: TEASER
May 07, 2024
Extra: Pitfalls of Modern Medical Training and the Dr/Primary Care Shortage
May 03, 2024
Extra: Resident Exploitation and their True Value
Apr 26, 2024
10.6 Inner Excellence/ACT: EXTRA: ACT with Rob
Apr 23, 2024
10.5 Inner Excellence/ACT: EXTRA: RFT with Rob
Apr 19, 2024
10.4 Inner Excellence/ACT: Closing Thoughts and Song
Apr 16, 2024
10.3 Inner Excellence/ACT: Principles of Inner Excellence
Apr 12, 2024
10.2 Inner Excellence/ACT: A Convergence of Ideas
Apr 09, 2024
10.1 Inner Excellence & ACT: RANT + Guest Intro
Apr 05, 2024
9.4 Low-Dose Lithium: Solutions, Closing Thoughts, and Song
Apr 02, 2024
10.0 Inner Excellence and ACT: TEASER
Apr 02, 2024
9.3 Low-Dose Lithium for COVID (+ other viruses) and Personal Experiences
Mar 29, 2024
9.2 Low-Dose Lithium (+ ADHD treatment) in Detox/Addiction
Mar 26, 2024
9.1 Low-Dose Lithium: RANT + Guest Intro
Mar 22, 2024
9.0 TEASER: Low-Dose Lithium with Sudhir Gadh, MD
Mar 19, 2024
8.6 Problems: Extra: Falling Life Expectancy
Mar 15, 2024
8.5 Problems: Solutions, Closing Thoughts, and Song
Mar 12, 2024
8.4 Problems: OverTreatment: Heart Caths, Alzheimer's Drugs, Ozempic
Mar 08, 2024
8.3 Problems: The CORPORATIZATION of Healthcare
Mar 05, 2024
8.2 Problems: the ABSURD cost of U.S. Healthcare
Mar 01, 2024
8.1 Problems: RANT + Guest Intro
Feb 27, 2024
8.0 Problems in U.S. Healthcare: TEASER
Feb 23, 2024
7.7 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: EXTRA: Failed Treatment Options, the Content of Psychosis, and Human Consciousness
Feb 20, 2024
7.6 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: Closing Thoughts and Song
Feb 16, 2024
7.5 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: Impact of Transitional Periods in Schizophrenia, Bipolar
Feb 13, 2024
7.4 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: FLAWED Women's Health Initiative/WHI Study
Feb 09, 2024
7.3 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: Basics of Menopause and Menopausal Psychosis
Feb 06, 2024
7.2 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: 1st Episode of Psychosis in Menopause Discussion
Feb 02, 2024
7.1 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: RANT and GUEST INTRO
Jan 30, 2024
7.0 Menopausal Psychosis and Hormone Therapy: TEASER
Jan 26, 2024
6.7 Benzodiazepines: EXTRA: Does long-term Benzo Use Lead to Dementia?
Jan 23, 2024
6.6 Benzodiazepines: Closing Thoughts and Song
Jan 19, 2024
6.5 Benzodiazepines: How to Withdraw Effectively from Benzo's using the Ashton Manual
Jan 16, 2024
6.4 Benzodiazepines: USE XANAX for Xanax Withdrawal.. and more withdrawal specifics
Jan 12, 2024
6.3 Benzodiazepines: History, Evolution, and How They Work
Jan 09, 2024
6.2 Benzodiazepines: Revealed: Concerning Statistics
Jan 05, 2024
6.1 Benzodiazepines: RANT and Guest Intro
Jan 02, 2024
6.0 Benzodiazepines: TEASER
Dec 29, 2023
5.8 Dark Side of SSRIs: Extra: AI + Coronavirus Vaccines
Dec 26, 2023
5.7 Dark Side of SSRIs: Closing Thoughts + Song
Dec 26, 2023
5.6 Dark Side of SSRIs: Decreased Life Expectancy from OverMedication
Dec 22, 2023
5.5 Dark Side of SSRIs: Industry and FDA are Failing US
Dec 19, 2023
5.4 Dark Side of SSRIs: Why are We Medicating our Children?
Dec 15, 2023
5.3 Dark Side of SSRIs: PSSD and True Side Effect Profile
Dec 12, 2023
5.2 Dark Side of SSRIs: Revealed: Suicide + HomiCide Effects
Dec 08, 2023
5.1 Dark Side of SSRIs with David Healy: RANT and Guest Intro
Dec 05, 2023
5.0 Dark Side of SSRIs with David Healy: TEASER
Dec 01, 2023
NDD: Extra: the RAGE system
Nov 28, 2023
NDD: Closing Thoughts and Song
Nov 24, 2023
NDD: Rant: The Problem of Consciousness
Nov 21, 2023
NDD: Discussion: How might Glial Cell Dysfunction better explain Mental and Neurologic Disorders
Nov 21, 2023
NDD: Revealed: Unlocking the True Importance of Glial Cells
Nov 21, 2023
NDD: What are Neurons/Glia and History of the Neuron Doctrine
Nov 21, 2023
NDD: Guest Intro, Jaime Shoup, MD
Nov 17, 2023
Neuron Doctrine Debunked: INTRO
Nov 14, 2023
Neuron Doctrine Debunked: TEASER
Nov 10, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: More about our Guest, Rif (+Disclosures Discussion)
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: EXTRA: Lithium and Acne + a Solution to Bad Research
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: Closing Thoughts and Song
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: Revealed: Therapeutic Benefits of Lithium Micro-Dosing
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: Discussion: Side Effect Profile
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: DISCUSSION: Big Pharma's Influence on FDA Approval
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: HISTORY: John Cade's Discovery to FDA approval
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: What is Lithium?
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: RANT: Why is Lithium so Underutilized?
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: Guest Intro, Rifaat El-Mallakh, MD
Oct 27, 2023
Lithium, the GOAT: INTRO
Oct 27, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: Guest Intro, Michael Shuman, PharmD
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing of Healthcare: INTRO
Oct 13, 2023
Renegade Psych Teaser and Best Clips
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: Revealed: New Alzheimer's Drugs, an impending Disaster
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: HISTORY: Before DTCA to its Emergence
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: What is DTCA?
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: RANT: The Vioxx Scandal
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: Closing Thoughts and Song
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: SOLUTIONS
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: DISCUSSION: Bad Research and the FDA Approval Process
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: EXTRA: Sexual Side Effects
Oct 13, 2023
DTCA/Marketing: More About Our Guest, Michael
Oct 13, 2023
Best Clips from our Next Series on LITHIUM
Oct 13, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: More about our Guest, Ken
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: Closing Thoughts and SONG
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: EXTRA: Serotonin Toxicity, NOT Syndrome
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: SOLUTIONS: How to Diagnose Depression and When to use MAOIs
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: Revealed: The Train Wreck of Medical Publishing
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: HISTORY of Depression and Antidepressants
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: What is Depression?
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: RANT: The Problem with RCTs and Evidence-Based Medicine
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: Guest Intro, Dr. Ken Gillman, MBBS
Oct 04, 2023
Antidepressants - Going Backwards: INTRO
Oct 04, 2023