Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians

About Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians

Every year physicians and residents encounter a growing number of patients — and a shrinking amount of time to keep up-to-date on new practices or legislation surrounding the field of mental health and addiction. Now, with the help of Dr. David Gratzer, co-chief of the General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems Division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, you can receive your clinical education on-the-go as he and his guests take these current policies and practices and summarize them for you. As an educator, Dr. David Gratzer has been recognized by students and peers alike for his ability to take complex topics and present them in a concise and interesting way. He’s been doing this with a variety of articles related to psychiatry since 2012 in his popular blog, Reading of the Week. Now, in this new show, Dr. Gratzer brings his analytical skills on-air and, with the help of other experts, presents them in short, easily digestible, podcasts. Give him just a few minutes of your time for each episode and come away with strategies and insight on how each topic could affect your practice — and your patients.

Publisher

CAMH, Dr. David Gratzer: Physician and Educator at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Category

education · health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Oct 2018

Latest episode

24 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Jun 2026

   Suicide prevention with Dr. Mark Sinyor

   On this episode, Dr. Gratzer discusses suicide prevention with one of the world’s leading experts in this space, Dr. Mark Sinyor, who is a professor at UofT, a staff psychiatrist at Sunnybrook, and the global lead of Partnerships for Life Initiative with the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP).

2. 

   8 Apr 2026

   A skeptic’s view of psychiatry: An interview with Dr. Joel Paris

   What happens to your perspective after five decades in psychiatry—treating tens of thousands of patients, leading major institutions, and authoring dozens of books and papers? Well, if you are Dr. Joel Paris, you might just get a bit skeptical.

3. 

   18 Feb 2026

   Building a better mental health care system

   On this episode of Quick Takes, I spoke with Dr. Paul Kurdyak about how mental health care differs from other areas of the health system—especially when it comes to access, quality of care, and the need for a more structured and accountable approach.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

5,183,440

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

32

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