The Psych Effect

#14 Cognitive Cycle and Software Engineer Travis Jennings on the Oceangate Disaster

The docs get right into it about the Oceangate submersible disaster that happened this week. They discuss the cognitive cycle and whether the occupants had the time to know what was happening to them and what personality characteristics are involved in risk taking. 
Travis Jennings, host of The Bar Banter Podcast and a software engineer joins the show. They talk about the equipment that was on the ship and whether there was anything on it that could have warned the crew of an impending implosion. Refusing to end on a morbid note they play The Psych Effect's trademarked game of Psyched Up or Psyched Out.
Then it's your Mental Health Tip of the Day #MHToD.
00:00 - Cognitive Cycle & Risk Taking
33:25 - Travis Jennings
1:00:03 - Travis Jennings Psyched Up or Psyched Out
1:09:49 - #MHToD
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#13 Ja Morant(again) and Antonio Brown's Strange Interview

Too much content has forced the creation of the Content Device Infinite Dice to select the topics for the first two segments, but the dice gods have frown upon Steph and handed him two more segments on Ja Morant. So the docs have to talk about Ja Morant's 25 game suspension & Skip Bayless acting as an intermediary to try connecting Ja with Lil Wayne as a mentor. The main segment is about Antonio Brown's recent problems with his Albany Empire franchise getting booted from the National Arena League and the interview he gave about it. The docs discuss possible mental health concerns in general if people that display similar behaviors were to seek treatment. Then it's the mental health tip of the day #MHToD from Coach Spoelstra of the Miami Heat. 
00:00 - The Content Device Infinite Dice
5:45 - Ja Morant Suspension
15:04 - Ja, Skip, & Lil Wayne
30:02 - AB & The Albany Empire
1:08:43 - #MHToD
#JaMorant #SkipBayless #LilWayne #AntonioBrown #AB #AlbanyEmpire #NAL #ArenaFootball #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness

#12 Bullying

Steph & Dmitry's duo becomes a trio, eventually, as technical difficulties plague this episode. Dmitry welcomes Dr Suzanne Mignone to the crew as the newest addition and they talk about the Panthers getting knocked around the Stanley Cup Finals, & whether pro leagues love Las Vegas until Steph joins in to add his opinion on the awful new shark attack video recently released from Egypt. The group quickly thanks a Twitter contributor for their feedback and moves on to the main topic of bullying. Then it's your Mental Health Tip of the Day. #MHToD
00:00 - Welcome Suzanne, leagues love Vegas, shark attack video
14:56 - Thanks for the feedback
17:49 - Bullying
55:05 - #MHToD

#11 Borderline Personality Disorder vs Bipolar, Goldwater Rule, and Ja Morant(again)

Dmitry & Steph complain about the Heat's Game 6 loss to the Celtics & Dmitry hits you with his top 5 worst losses in South Florida sports history. Where does Derrick White rank? Then, superstitions(again)! Whether touching the conference championship trophies in the NHL has some statistical merit. Dmitry actually ran the numbers. Then the docs discuss Ja Morant's episode(again) this week which had the police do a welfare check on him at his home. They talk about the differences and similarities of Borderline Personality Disorder & Bipolar Disorder and the Goldwater Rule(Guideline?). And, of course, your #MHToD, this time courtesy of the lady in the booth.
00:00 - Worst Losses in S. FL Sports History
09:09 - To Touch or Not To Touch
20:36 - BPD vs Bipolar Disorder
58:04 - #MHToD, courtesy the lady in the booth

#10 Mental Fatigue in Athletes

Steph & Dmitry fight through sleep deprivation to start off talking about the Panthers & Heat's amazing playoff run before Steph gives his take on the new images coming out of Chris Kayman holding guns while he was an NBA player and how it relates to the Ja Morant controversy. They briefly discuss whether there's a better player in NBA history than Nikola Jokić that doesn't actually look like an NBA player before moving to the primary topic of the podcast, mental fatigue in athletes and sports. How mental fatigue can cause errors, the biochemistry, and how to deal with it in game. Finally, your mental health tip of the day. #MHToD
00:00 - Panthers & Heat
04:04 - Chris Kayman & Ja Morant
10:21 - Is Nikola Jokić even an athlete?
14:32 - Mental Fatigue in athletes & sports
43:01 - #MHToD

#9 Ja Morant. Mental Toughness and Scapegoating vs Expectations

Ja Morant does it again, sending Steph into a full on rant to start the show. Then the docs talk about what it means to be mentally tough in sports. Citing the recent examples of the Heat & Panthers' 8th seed run to the Eastern Conference Finals and some basketball history. Finally, what's with all the championship and coaches of the year getting canned in the NBA? Scapegoats or Inflated expectations? Steph & Dmitry debate. And, of course, your Mental Health Tip of the Day #MHToD. 
00:00 - Intro
03:20 - Ja Morant Rant
10:12 - Mental Toughness
29:56 - Scapegoats or Expectations?
53:39 - #MHToD

#8 Psychedelics in Medicine

Is there a better vehicle to arrive at momprom in than a minivan? You decide. Then a sports radio show breaks out when the docs talk about the Heat and Panthers. But this is a mental health show so the docs break down Giannis Antetokounmpo's reaction to a reporter's question after game five's loss to the Heat. Finally... Psychedelics in medicine. Hype or is there a real future? Time for a mystical experience right before your Mental Health Tip of the Day.
00:00 - Momprom & Heat/Panthers
11:21 - Giannis Antetokounmpo's interview response & mental health
26:05 - Psychedelics
57:22 - #MHToD

#7 Trolling and Choking in Sports

Tips dropped left and right when Steph & Dmitry use Draymond Green & Rudy Gobert's tweef to talk about what personality characteristics are involved in online trolling behavior. Then did Brooks Koepka gag up The Masters? Easy for two non-golfers to say while discussing what are "the yips" or choking is in sports. Then Dmitry drops not one, but two Top 5 lists on choking in sports. Spoiler: Koepka isn't on those lists.
00:00 - South Florida Flooding
5:05 - Trolling
22:14 - The Yips & Choking in Sports
59:36 - Mental Health Tip of the Day #MHToD

#6 Social Media and Youth Mental Health

Taking a suggestion from listeners, this week Dmitry & Steph reduce the fluff and, just get to it after a brief discussion on the Final Four(#sad) & where an idiom used in the last show came from. They talk about social media and the increase in depression/anxiety in youth over the last decade. Then turn to how mental health is used and misused when describing mass shooters in America.
00:00 - Fluff
6:16 - Social Media
33:31 - Guns & Mental Health
55:54 - Mental Health Tip of the Day

#5 Jalen Rose and Ja Morant

Dmitry and Steph talk about the best fast food burger then turn their attention to the more serious topic of the Ja Morant's recent situation. They discuss his interview with Jalen Rose and whether there was more they could have done to use that platform to help those with mental health issues.
00:00 - Best Fast Food Burgers
11:09 - Ja Morant
55:00 - Mental Health Tip of the Day