The Impact of Individual Autonomic Domains in Parkinson’s Disease

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Lauren Treat, MD Guest: Wendy Gaultney, MD Children who have neurological disorders and experience pain are often not able to articulate how their pain affects them. That’s why it’s important for clinicians to understand the brain’s role in the experience of pain and how to help these patients and their families navigate their pain. Joining Dr. Charles Turck to share best practices for counseling and treating pain in children with neurological disorders are Drs. Lauren Treat and Wendy Gaultney, who presented a session on this topic at the 2024 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Host: Ashley Baker, MSN, PMHNP Guest: Stoni Johnston, APRN, MSN, PMHNP-BC Insomnia is one of the common issues HCPs see in patients with ADHD, and narcolepsy can also have similar presentations of ADHD. So how can we accurately diagnose ADHD from a sleep disorder? Dive in as Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Ashley Baker is joined by Stoni Johnston, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Founder of Sulcata Psychiatry in Tomball, Texas.

Host: Ashley Baker, MSN, PMHNP Guest: Margaret Sibley, PhD In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians saw the biggest increase in patients 25 years and older seeking help for ADHD. And even though healthcare providers aren’t entirely sure where this trend came from, research shows that a lot of ADHD care went to telehealth during this time and advertisements from startup companies generating profit off of prescribing ADHD medications were hitting people on social media. So to dive into insights for providing these patients with good information, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Ashley Baker is joined by Dr. Margaret Sibley, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Guest: Monica Maria Diaz, M.D., M.S. Climate change can have devastating effects on neurologic infections. One study suggested that the more population-dense urban areas are, the more likely several infections can be transmitted between humans. So what can be done to reduce this risk? Tune in with Dr. Monica Maria Diaz, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. This is also the topic of her session at the 2024 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Host: Eliza C. Miller, MD Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in pregnancy in the United States, underscoring the importance of knowing the causes, risks, and treatment of stroke in pregnancy and postpartum. That’s why Dr. Eliza Miller is here to share key insights from her session at the 2024 AAN Annual Meeting that focused on this exact topic. Dr. Miller is an Associate Professor of Neurology in the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at Columbia University.

Guest: Erick Tarula, MD Many complications can occur in hospitalized neurological patients from an internal medicine standpoint. So a session from the 2024 Academy of American Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting focused on these common issues, how they can be addressed quickly, and the role of a neurohospitalist. Dive in further with Dr. Erick Tarula, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Host: Michele Longo, MD Medical gaslighting refers to the situation where a medical professional disregards an individual's health concerns. It most often affects patients suffering from neurological disorders like long COVID and MS, and it can be extremely damaging to the physician-patient relationship. This underscores the importance of knowing how to recognize and reduce medical gaslighting in clinical practice, which is why Dr. Michele Longo is here to discuss the “Healing Doubt: Confronting and Overcoming Medical Gaslighting” session she presented at the 2024 AAN Annual Meeting.

Host: Ashley Baker, MSN, PMHNP Guest: Nabil Ali, MD When it comes to treating patients with schizophrenia, it’s important to remember to not have one particular medication that you stick by at all times and to consider things like their personal history and their side effects. To learn more about the treatment algorithm when managing these patients, join in with Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Ashley Baker as she speaks with Dr. Nabil Ali, Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

Host: Ashley Baker, MSN, PMHNP Guest: Lauren Walker, OT Occupational therapists (OT) play a crucial role in the management of schizophrenia by focusing on enhancing the patient’s ability to engage in meaningful activities and daily life tasks. Working towards a goal that a patient has by breaking it down into smaller parts is one of the ways to help a patient be successful and spark motivation. Dive in further on how OT’s assist patients through first-episode psychosis and subsequent life changes with Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Ashley Baker as she speaks with Lauren Walker, Occupational Therapist at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.

Host: Ashley Baker, MSN, PMHNP Guest: Amber Salter, PhD In 2016, an International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) recommended that comorbidities be more clearly and consistently described in enrolled clinical trial populations for common comorbidities so we can better understand the applicability of these trial findings to those in clinical practice. And so a recent study investigated the prevalence of comorbidities in MS clinical trial populations and found that 46 percent of the participants had one or more comorbid condition. Dive further into the findings from the study that was presented at the 2023 joint ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS meeting with Ashley Baker and Dr. Amber Salter, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.