Welcome to the Association for Academic Psychiatry Podcast! This podcast series is designed to highlight topics relevant to academic psychiatrists worldwide. Our second episode — hosted by AAP Communications Committee member Nikhita Singhal, a psychiatry resident at the University of Toronto — features a discussion about the importance of mentorship and an introduction to the AAP’s new mentorship program with Dr. Shaheen Darani, a clinician educator and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and staff psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Dr. Darani also sits on the executive board of the AAP, where she leads mentorship activities within the organization as Chair of the Career Development Committee. For those interested in learning more, please check out the following resources: Mentor Pairing Program surveys: Mentee Form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23_Mentee_Form Mentor Form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23_Mentor_Form AAP Mentor-Mentee Matching Program materials Module 1: Preparing for mentorship & the start of the mentoring relationship Module 2: Checking in on the mentoring relationship Module 3: Termination and transition The Mentor’s Guide and The Mentee’s Guide by Lois J.  Zachary This episode would not have been possible without the mentorship and guidance of the AAP’s Communications Committee Co-Chair Dr. Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, a geriatric psychiatrist at Baylor College of Medicine and staff physician at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. To stay in touch, follow us on Twitter (@AAPsychiatry) and Instagram (@assocacadpsych). You can contact us by email at admin@academicpsychiatry.org. For more information, please visit our website at academicpsychiatry.org.

Welcome to the Association for Academic Psychiatry Podcast! This podcast series is designed to highlight topics relevant to academic psychiatrists worldwide. Our first episode — hosted by the AAP’s Communications Committee Co-Chair, Dr. Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, a geriatric psychiatrist at Baylor College of Medicine and staff physician at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center— features a conversation on the intersection between climate change and mental health with Dr. Andreea Seritan, a geriatric psychiatrist and professor of clinical psychiatry and neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Seritan co-founded the Climate Change and Mental Health Task Force in her department, which aims to educate psychiatrists, learners, colleagues in other disciplines, and the public on the mental health impacts of climate change. For those interested in learning more, please check out the following resources: 4-minute video on talking about climate change: The SECRET to talking about climate change American Psychiatric Association webpage: How Extreme Weather Events Affect Mental Health American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica report: Mental Health and Our Changing Climate, 2021 Edition Yale Climate Change and Health Online Certificate Program Academic Psychiatry Climate Change and Mental Health Education collection Penaskovic KM, Zeng X, Burgin S, Sowa NA. Telehealth: Reducing Patients' Greenhouse Gas Emissions at One Academic Psychiatry Department. Acad Psychiatry. 2022 Oct;46(5):569-573. doi: 10.1007/s40596-022-01698-x [article highlighted in episode] Seritan AL, Coverdale J, Brenner AM. Climate Change and Mental Health Curricula: Addressing Barriers to Teaching. Acad Psychiatry. 2022 Oct;46(5):551-555. doi: 10.1007/s40596-022-01625-0 [article highlighted in episode] Global Consortium of Climate and Health Education: Climate Resources for Health Education Initiative [repository of ready-made learning objectives, problem-based learning cases, and slides that can be incorporated into medical school and psychiatry residency curricula] Climate Psychiatry Alliance: Climate Change Resources [toolkits for patients, providers, and a climate-aware therapist directory] Climate Psychology Alliance American Academy of Pediatrics: How to Talk With Children About Climate Change New England Journal of Medicine module: The Climate Crisis — Health and Care Delivery UCSF Climate Change and Mental Health Task Force: https://psych.ucsf.edu/climatechange UCSF webinar on climate change and health/education/sustainability: Classes Without Quizzes: Climate Change, Human Health, and New Medical Career Paths Audio editing for this episode was completed by Nikhita Singhal, a psychiatry resident at the University of Toronto and member of the AAP Communications Committee. To stay in touch, follow us on Twitter (@AAPsychiatry) and Instagram (@assocacadpsych). You can contact us by email at admin@academicpsychiatry.org. For more information, please visit our website at academicpsychiatry.org.