Renegade Psych

Renegade Psych

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.
49.1 Brazil perspective: Immoral Marketing of SSRIs, MAOIs, Lithium, Benzo's - FULL Interview Antonio Nardi, MD
Renegade PsychMarch 25, 2026x
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48:3045.8 MB

49.1 Brazil perspective: Immoral Marketing of SSRIs, MAOIs, Lithium, Benzo's - FULL Interview Antonio Nardi, MD

Hey folks, I'm trying something different by posting my full audio episodes on all non-YouTube platforms monthly instead of weekly. This conversation is with Antonio Nardi, MD, and we discuss the immoral and aggressive marketing of SSRIs, overpromised in terms of efficacy and safety profiles, which ...

48.1 Philanthropic Funding of Research by Elizabeth Lukens, DO student
Renegade PsychMarch 10, 2026x
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10:2210.48 MB

48.1 Philanthropic Funding of Research by Elizabeth Lukens, DO student

Join me as I read a monologue by a 3rd-year DO student (Pikeville, KY), Elizabeth Lukens, about ways to secure unbiased and unattached funding in order to remove financially motivated entities from designing studies and interpreting data sets in a way that is biased towards their ultimate financial ...

47.4 Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimers: EXPENSIVE, UNSAFE, and INEFFECTIVE with Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Renegade PsychMarch 04, 2026x
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21:1320.13 MB

47.4 Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimers: EXPENSIVE, UNSAFE, and INEFFECTIVE with Jon Berner, MD, PhD

Join me and Jon Berner, MD/psychiatrist and PhD, about the broken US healthcare system, the abysmal state of affairs in treating and diagnosing mental health, and, of course, lithium. If you're looking for a polished conversation high on professionalism, keep looking. If you're looking for an unfilt...

47.3 Lithium is NOT a Panacea: Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Renegade PsychFebruary 24, 2026x
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47.3 Lithium is NOT a Panacea: Jon Berner, MD, PhD

Join me and Jon Berner, MD/psychiatrist and PhD, about the broken US healthcare system, the abysmal state of affairs in treating and diagnosing mental health, and, of course, lithium. If you're looking for a polished conversation high on professionalism, I'd keep looking. If you're looking for an un...

47.2 USE MORE LITHIUM: Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Renegade PsychFebruary 17, 2026x
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11:4111.17 MB

47.2 USE MORE LITHIUM: Jon Berner, MD, PhD

Join me and Jon Berner, MD/psychiatrist and PhD, about the broken US healthcare system, the abysmal state of affairs in treating and diagnosing mental health, and, of course, lithium. If you're looking for a polished conversation high on professionalism, I'd keep looking. If you're looking for an un...

47.1 Fantasy of Understanding Reality: Jon Berner, MD, PhD
Renegade PsychFebruary 14, 2026x
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13:4913.25 MB

47.1 Fantasy of Understanding Reality: Jon Berner, MD, PhD

Join me and Jon Berner, MD/psychiatrist and PhD, about the broken US healthcare system, the abysmal state of affairs in treating and diagnosing mental health, and, of course, lithium. If you're looking for a polished conversation high on professionalism, I'd keep looking. If you're looking for an un...

46.6 AI: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD
Renegade PsychJanuary 27, 2026x
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17:1116.37 MB

46.6 AI: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD

Join me as I talk with David Healy, MD, psychiatrist, in a (now 6-part) series discussing his experiences testifying as an expert witness on the role of SSRIs in causing suicide and homicides, and other side effects of this class of medications. In a country with more mass shootings than anywhere in...

46.5 GLP-1s and SSRIs: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD
Renegade PsychJanuary 20, 2026x
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16:5016.15 MB

46.5 GLP-1s and SSRIs: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD

Join me as I talk with David Healy, MD, psychiatrist, in a (now 5-part) series discussing his experiences testifying as an expert witness on the role of SSRIs in causing suicide and homicides, and other side effects of this class of medications. In a country with more mass shootings than anywhere in...

46.4 The Cautionary Tale of Andrea Yates: SSRI Risk in Postpartum Depression (+ Visual Snow) with David Healy, MD
Renegade PsychJanuary 13, 2026x
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30:3128.96 MB

46.4 The Cautionary Tale of Andrea Yates: SSRI Risk in Postpartum Depression (+ Visual Snow) with David Healy, MD

Join me as I talk with David Healy, MD, psychiatrist, in a 4-part series discussing his experiences testifying as an expert witness on the role of SSRIs in causing suicide and homicides, and other side effects of this class of medications. In a country with more mass shootings than anywhere in the w...

46.3 Don't Take SSRIs for Premature Ejaculation (+ the Preventable Suicide of Woody Witczak) with David Healy, MD
Renegade PsychJanuary 06, 2026x
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32:3731.02 MB

46.3 Don't Take SSRIs for Premature Ejaculation (+ the Preventable Suicide of Woody Witczak) with David Healy, MD

Join me as I talk with David Healy, MD, psychiatrist, in a 4-part series discussing his experiences testifying as an expert witness on the role of SSRIs in causing suicide and homicides, and other side effects of this class of medications. In a country with more mass shootings than anywhere in the w...

46.2 LISTEN TO YOUR PATIENTS; Responsible Prescribing with David Healy, MD
Renegade PsychDecember 23, 2025x
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25:2824.39 MB

46.2 LISTEN TO YOUR PATIENTS; Responsible Prescribing with David Healy, MD

Join me as I talk with David Healy, MD, psychiatrist, in a 4-part series discussing his experiences testifying as an expert witness on the role of SSRIs in causing suicide and homicides, and other side effects of this class of medications. In a country with more mass shootings than anywhere in the w...

46.1 EXPERT: SSRIs, Suicide, and Homicide with David Healy, MD
Renegade PsychDecember 17, 2025x
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23:1822.11 MB

46.1 EXPERT: SSRIs, Suicide, and Homicide with David Healy, MD

Join me as I talk with David Healy, MD, psychiatrist, in a 4-part series discussing his experiences testifying as an expert witness on the role of SSRIs in causing suicide and homicides. In a country with more mass shootings than anywhere in the world, we've got to do a better job of investigating w...

45.1 Hyperconnected Minds Unraveling: Impact of Information Overload
Renegade PsychDecember 17, 2025x
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05:265.47 MB

45.1 Hyperconnected Minds Unraveling: Impact of Information Overload

Join me as I talk about the problem of information overload in modern times. If you'd like to watch the video versions of my content, flip on over to YouTube where you can subscribe and become a member of Renegade Psych. And, if you're passionate about what we do here at Renegade Psych, we're now on...

44.2 Nuances of Therapy with Joe Kanengiser, SW
Renegade PsychDecember 02, 2025x
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30:3128.86 MB

44.2 Nuances of Therapy with Joe Kanengiser, SW

Join me as I talk to Joe Kanengiser, SW, about his personal patient experiences with MCAS, POTS, and EDS/hypermobility spectrum (/general autoimmune dysfunction), as well as his + and - reactions to Low-Dose Lithium in Part 1, then come back for Part 2 as we talk about various forms of therapy and c...

44.1 MCAS/EDS/POTS and a Mixed Response to Low Dose Lithium with Joe Kanengiser, SW
Renegade PsychNovember 25, 2025x
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45:0242.63 MB

44.1 MCAS/EDS/POTS and a Mixed Response to Low Dose Lithium with Joe Kanengiser, SW

Join me as I talk to Joe Kanengiser, SW, about his personal patient experiences with MCAS, POTS, and EDS/hypermobility spectrum (/general autoimmune dysfunction), as well as his + and - reactions to Low-Dose Lithium in Part 1, then come back for Part 2 as we talk about various forms of therapy and c...

43.2 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 2
Renegade PsychNovember 18, 2025x
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36:4934.77 MB

43.2 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 2

Join us for Part 2 of my conversation with Kat Cederberg (Power of One LLC), a Psych-K facilitator who discusses her experience as a patient coming off a polypharmacy of psychiatric medications and how deepening her understanding of her own subconscious beliefs and the power of conscious belief allo...

43.1 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 1
Renegade PsychNovember 12, 2025x
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38:2236.23 MB

43.1 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 1

Join us for Part 1 of my conversation with Kat Cederberg (Power of One LLC), a Psych-K facilitator who discusses her experience as a patient coming off a polypharmacy of psychiatric medications and how deepening her understanding of her own subconscious beliefs and the power of conscious belief allo...

42.3 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated ft. Roman Wyden - Part 3
Renegade PsychOctober 28, 2025x
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37:4337.03 MB

42.3 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated ft. Roman Wyden - Part 3

Join Renegade Psych as Roman Wyden (ADHD is Over podcast and book) and I delve into Part 3 of the topic of ADHD in America, where we utilize 100x more ADHD medications than the rest of the world's combined average, and the vast majority of the world's overall amphetamine stimulant usage. Roman is mo...

42.2 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 2
Renegade PsychOctober 21, 2025x
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35:2234.85 MB

42.2 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 2

Join Renegade Psych as Roman Wyden (ADHD is Over podcast and book) delve into the topic of ADHD in America, where we utilize 100x more ADHD medications than the rest of the world's combined average, and the vast majority of the world's overall amphetamine stimulant usage. Roman is motivated by perso...

42.1 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 1
Renegade PsychOctober 15, 2025x
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33:4433.37 MB

42.1 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 1

Join Renegade Psych as Roman Wyden (ADHD is Over podcast and book) delve into the topic of ADHD in America, where we utilize 100x more medications than the rest of the world combined in treating ADHD. Roman found himself at a crossroads when his 7-year olds teacher and principal advised his child wo...

41.1 Dr. Short Answers Ask Reddit Mental Health Questions
Renegade PsychOctober 07, 2025x
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39:3137.24 MB

41.1 Dr. Short Answers Ask Reddit Mental Health Questions

Join Connor (YouTube editor) and I as he asks me to answer Reddit's mental health questions. If you're passionate about what we do here at Renegade Psych, we're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support our work, you can! Or not... I'll continue putting out content as long as my other jobs pay the bi...

40.1 The Tylenol-Autism Controversy
Renegade PsychSeptember 30, 2025x
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23:2623.72 MB

40.1 The Tylenol-Autism Controversy

Join us as I break down the Tylenol assocation with Autism research that's been a hot topic in the news lately. Don't fall victim to the unilateral takes presented in the media. The research is important, but also does not come close to proving a causation between Tylenol use during pregnancy and th...

39.2 Keto for Severe Mental Illness with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD
Renegade PsychSeptember 23, 2025x
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28:0927.63 MB

39.2 Keto for Severe Mental Illness with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD

Thanks for joining RP today for Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD and psychiatrist, whose personal experience with his sons' rapid development of OCD-like symptoms and subsequent failures of traditional psychiatric treatment modalities piqued his curiosity to think outside of th...

39.1 Metabolic Psychiatry, Ketogenic Diet with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD
Renegade PsychSeptember 22, 2025x
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29:2328.83 MB

39.1 Metabolic Psychiatry, Ketogenic Diet with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD

Thanks for joining RP today for a conversation with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD and psychiatrist, whose personal experience with his sons' rapid development of OCD-like symptoms and subsequent failures of traditional psychiatric treatment modalities piquing his curiosity to think outside of the box and e...

38.1 Can Lithium Supplementation Prevent Alzheimer's, New HARVARD Dementia Study
Renegade PsychSeptember 09, 2025x
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19:5519.95 MB

38.1 Can Lithium Supplementation Prevent Alzheimer's, New HARVARD Dementia Study

Thanks for joining RP for a 2025 clinical research update on Lithium. If you missed it, Harvard just released their findings of a new multi-phase study investigating lithium's potential use in Alzheimer's as a biomarker to predict disease before it becomes clinically obvious, and also its' potential...