Treating Psychotic Patients: Michael Garrett

Dr. Michael Garrett teaches how to apply psychodynamic techniques to help psychotic patients. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and is a faculty member at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York. In 1997 he became Deputy Director of Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital.

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[marshall]

The most humble description of the psychotic experience I have ever heard.

[roblefort]

One of the best overview i have seen of psychotic patients, from the point of view of the clinician and also how the patient experiences the symptoms

[kylieinnocente]

An incredibly moving interview. Thank-you Elliot and Dr Garrett.

[LisaFladager]

Best description of psychosis I've heard.

[kimlec]

Yes, broken heart can certainly cause psychosis...as it is Emotional Crisis. Thank you, Sir.❤

[effiemav]

Incredible, so empathic, so much wisdom

[kunalshitole]

" the Mind breaks at the point where life becomes unbearable and then the person Slips Away into a delusional solution to things "

[dw]

8:25 so fascinating. My new favorite channel to binge as a psych undergrad

[unusualpond]

This was wildly wonderful. RD Laing vibes but without the alcoholism

[mollyringwerm]

What I think would be helpful for psychotic people to know is that all thoughts are fantasies, for all living humans. The mind creates the thoughts, but there is no thinker. The "I" thought is a machine that generates thoughts based on the way it learned to think in early childhood. When you can't fall asleep at night or meditate because the thoughts in the head won't stop appearing, is it you who is thinking them? No, because if they belonged to you, you would be able to stop thinking them or choose the ones you wanted to think. They appear in the mind, but they have no source. If they have no source, how could they be real? They're not, they're fantasies. Life becomes so much easier when one realizes this. Loved this interview.

[Somogy]

Great video again, many thanks! I will recommend your channel to all my clinician friends!

[janelboth]

Michal Garrett.Great.Thank you so much.

[kaystephens]

An interesting read is "Schizophrenia as parasitic behavior manipulation: Can we put together the pieces of an evolutionary puzzle?" Martin Brune. World Psychiatry vol 19. Interesting as an isolating behavior.

[VentureincareNIHTOWL]

I believe it stems from the conditioning they endure, creating cognitive dissonance and then marinating in the cognitive dissonance over time. With the continued reaffirm because the trauma is reintroduced over and over. Not only with the initial experience but in society.

[VentureincareNIHTOWL]

Can you imagine if Jesus was present and a clinician had him as a patient

[Dlangguth]

Not sure which studies he's looking at because treatment after a first episode of psychosis is protective from symptoms progressing. Cbt also is not helpful for psychosis.