In this episode, medical student and historian of medicine Michael Healey, PhD serves as co-host as we interview Marsha Wittink, MD, MBE, academic chief of the Medicine in Psychiatry Division and medical director of the Medicine in Psychiatry Unit at the University of Rochester Medical Center. We discuss the collaborative and interdisciplinary work that occurs on medicine in psychiatry (med-psych) units, as well as how and why the health humanities and bioethics are intrinsic to that work. We also discuss the biopsychosocial model of medicine, paying attention to patient perspectives, and designing healthcare spaces for patient care.
 
Articles that we read for this interview:  
 
Marsha Wittink et al., “Undervalued Potential of Medical Psychiatry Units to Improve Care for People with Severe Mental Illness,” Psychiatr Serv 74, no. 9 (September 2023): 991-993.
 
Frances K. Barg et al., “A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Loneliness and Depression in Older Adults,” J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61, no. 6 (November 2006): S329-339.
 
Marsha Wittink, Paul Duberstein, and Jeffrey M. Lyness, “Late-Life Depression in the Primary Care Setting: Toward a Patient-Centered Future,” in Late-Life Mood Disorders, edited by H. Lavretsky, M. Sajatovic, and C. F. Reynolds III (Oxford University Press, 2012), 500-515.
 
Paul R. Duberstein and Marsha N Wittink, “Person-Centered Suicide Prevention,” in Psychology and Geriatrics: Integrated Care for an Aging Population, edited by Benjamin A. Bensadon (Academic Press, 2015), 153-181.
 
Marsha Wittink et al., “Patient Priorities and the Doorknob Phenomenon in Primary Care: Can Technology Improve Disclosure of Patient Stressors?” Patient Educ Couns 101, no. 2 (February 2018): 214-220.
 
Marsha Wittink et al., “Psychosomatic Medicine in the USA – A Systemic Biopsychosocial Approach in Practice,” in Psychosomatic Medicine, An International Guide, edited by Kurt Fritzsche and Michael Wirsching, 3rd edition (Springer, 2020).

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