Mdedge Psychcast

Kent A. Kiehl, PhD, joins host Lorenzo Norris, MD on the MDedge Psychcast to discuss the use of MRI scans to provide information about the brains of people who exhibit antisocial behaviors. The goals are to use the information to treat patients and prevent violent crimes.  Timestamps: This week in Psychiatry (00:33) Meet the guest (03:35) Interview (04:25) Credits (54:10) Dr. Kiehl is professor of psychology, neuroscience, and law at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He also codirects a nonprofit mental health research institute called the Mind Research Network, also in Albuquerque. He also helps run a for-profit consulting firm that helps attorneys do better science, called MINDSET. This week in Psychiatry: Suicide attempts up in black U.S. teens by Randy Dotinga Overall rates of suicide dipped from 1991 to 2017, according to research published in Pediatrics. However, the rate of suicide attempts grew slightly in black adolescents during that time.  SOURCE: Lindsey MA et al, Pediatrics. 2019;144(5