Why Do People Commit Suicide and How To Prevent It with Dr. Igor Galynker

Going Mental with Eileen Kelly

Eileen Kelly

Eileenkelly, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Mentalhealth

4.8 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, we're sharing a classic episode with Dr. Igor Galynker. Whether this is your first listen or you're revisiting the episode, this conversation was so important to destigmatizing many assumptions around suicidal ideation and feels more topical than ever.

Dr. Igor Galynker, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Suicide Research and Prevention Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where he’s developed and validated scales to determine the suicidal risk of patients. Dr. Galynker discusses the contributing factors to suicidality, prevention strategies, and his proposed suicide-specific diagnosis, Suicide Crisis Syndrome.

All donations made through the link below go directly to the Suicide Research and Prevention Laboratory.

https://giving.mountsinai.org/site/TR/DIY/General?px=1239388&pg=personal&fr_id=1090

For exclusive bonus episodes please visit: patreon.com/goingmental

Follow @eileen on Instagram

Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok

More information at: Goingmental.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I've been going mental I'm losing my mind
0:07.0	because you're on and all of the time
0:12.0	I've been going mental but I'm feeling just fine.
0:17.0	Going mental all of the time.
0:24.0	On today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Igor Gallenker.
0:30.0	He is a professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai.
0:33.0	He is also the founder and director of the Zorinsky Family Center for Bipolar,
0:37.0	which is a clinical and research center treating those suffering from bipolar disorder.
0:41.0	He is also the director of the suicide research and prevention
0:45.4	lab at Mount Sinai, where ongoing research includes development
0:49.3	and validation scales to determine imminent suicide risk. He has written an acclaimed book called
0:55.8	talking to families about mental illness on how to involve family and
0:59.4	psychiatric treatment. He was born in Moscow and originally was a chemist and then when he
1:06.5	came to the United States and immigrated he decided to get his PhD as well as his medical degree,
1:14.7	started at Mount Sinai, and kind of fell into psychiatry,
1:18.6	which you'll hear more about today.
1:20.3	When I was listening back and working on this episode, I did feel emotional just because it is such a sensitive
1:29.2	topic and also deeply personal and I feel like suicide is on the rise and just to better understand it.
1:39.2	So I'm really happy to have him here today and I hope you enjoy.
1:43.2	Welcome to the show.
1:44.2	It's nice to meet you and thank you for coming.
1:46.8	Let's just start off.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Eileen Kelly, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Eileen Kelly and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.