Roger S. McIntyre, MD

Mental Health Awareness

Healio spoke with an expert about the relationship between mental health and physical health; the use of antipsychotics and side effects associated with treatment; and what health care clinicians should consider in their awareness of mental health disorders.

In this video interview, Roger S. McIntyre, MD, a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto and head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, discussed:

• the effectiveness of in office mental health evaluations and how they can be improved;

• the use of antipsychotics for treating conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other mental health disorders;

• side effects associated with antipsychotics;

• what physicians and health care clinicians should consider in their awareness of mental health disorders; and

• how to break through the stigma surrounding mental health.