{"podcast":{"title":"PsychRounds: The Psychiatry Podcast","slug":"psychrounds-the-psychiatry-podcast-6714703","podcast_index_feed_id":6714703,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eb936048/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/psychrounds","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39423042/39423042-1699304839414-787f9f0b04889.jpg","author":"Dr. Tanner Hewitt, Dr. Larry Wang and Dr. Bradley Miller","episode_count":114,"summary":"Welcome to Psych Rounds, the podcast tailored for psychiatry residents and students. Join us, three psychiatric resident physicians, as we delve into quick insights, interviews, and practical tips essential for educational practice. Subscribe for a straightforward yet informal approach to psychiatric knowledge. Contact us: psychroundspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychrounds/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T16:18:47.387705+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychrounds-the-psychiatry-podcast-6714703"},"episode":{"title":"Introduction to Benzodiazepines","slug":"introduction-to-benzodiazepines","published_at":"2025-10-15T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychrounds-the-psychiatry-podcast-6714703/introduction-to-benzodiazepines","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychrounds-the-psychiatry-podcast-6714703","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/psychrounds/episodes/Introduction-to-Benzodiazepines-e39gaqb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eb936048/podcast/play/109635851/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-14%2F110dd9a5-fb3d-386f-4e6f-f76bb328b427.mp3","summary":"Today, we are talking about a very popular, yet controversial class of medications - the Benzodiazepines . Let's look at their mechanism of action, clinical indications, pharmacology, risks, withdrawal syndromes, and prescribing guidance. And of course, we'll be tackling the question: what are the risks and benefits of long-term use? References: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30098211/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32252539/ https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://aapp.org/guideline/benzo https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40526204/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6097846/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470159/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-psychiatric-treatment/article/benzodiazepines-for-anxiety-disorders-maximising-the-benefits-and-minimising-the-risks/43A366723CD1B3616BAB08F69FF65A88","meta_description":"Today, we are talking about a very popular, yet controversial class of medications - the Benzodiazepines . Let's look at their mechanism of action, clinic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psychrounds-the-psychiatry-podcast-6714703/episodes/introduction-to-benzodiazepines/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychrounds-the-psychiatry-podcast-6714703/introduction-to-benzodiazepines.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}