Interview with WILLIAM S. BREITBART, MD, FAPM

At APM's 2007 Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, Florida, Dr. William S. Breitbart was interviewed in a special "Internet Press Conference" staged and recorded by APM's Public Relations Task Force (PRTF). The interview was conducted by John Blamphin. former Director of Communications of the American Psychiatric Association and now consultant to the PRTF.

Dr. Breitbart is the Chief of the Psychiatry Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is the editor-in-chief of Palliative and Supportive Care and was president of APM 2006-07. In the interview, Dr. Breitbart discusses the role of spirituality in the psychiatric care of patients with cancer.

The interviews were directed by Michael Blumenfield, MD, FAPM, founder of "ShrinkPod" and chair of the PRTF. Brian Bronson, MD, was the man behind the camera.

To listen only: An uninterrupted podcast (52:39 minutes) of Annual Meeting interviews with both Dr. Breitbart and Jimmie C. Holland, MD, FAPM is available from ShrinkPod.com. (Dr. Holland's interview is first.)

Click to listen: Psychosomatic.mp3

To view and listen: Click the start arrow on a YouTube screen below (your browser must have the Adobe Flash Player plug-in). Dr. Breitbart's interview is in four segments of less than 10 minutes each.

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