Dr. Lardon

• Golf: Providing general psychiatry, psychopharmacology and performance enhancement for members of the PGA, LPGA and Nationwide Tours.
• United States Olympic Team members
• National Football League, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer.

“Getting in the Zone - in Sports and Life”, Key note speaker, Aurora Hospital for Psychiatric Centers of San Diego, California, May 2008

“The New Age of Mood Medicines in Elite Athletes”, key note speaker, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Western United States, October, 2004

“The Role of Mood in Wellness and Recovery”, assembly speaker, Meeting of the Minds, October, 2004

“Sports Psychiatry in the 21st Century, Grand Rounds”, UCSD, April, 2004

“Sports Psychiatry in the 21st Century, Grand Rounds”, UC Irvine, November, 2003

“Sports Psychiatry in the 21st Century, Grand Rounds”, UC Davis, Sports Medicine June, 2003

“Spirituality and Medicine”, Meeting of the Minds Conference, San Diego, CA, October, 2002

“Psychiatry and Spirituality”, Grand Rounds, Charter Hospital, La Mesa, California, September, 1999

“Enhancement of the Athletic Zone”, Sponsored by Flash Soccer Team, June, 1999

“Review of Antipsychotics”, Sponsored by Janssen, Camp Pendleton, California, May, 1999

“Optimizing Mental Focus in Golf”, Sponsored by Century Club and San Diego PGA Club Pros, May, 1998

“Review of Antidepressants”, Sponsored by Wyeth Ayerst, Rancho Bernardo, California, April, 1998

“Review of Antidepressants”, for Sharp Rees Steeley Physician Group, San Diego, California, May, 1998

“Review of Antipsychotics”, Sponsored by Janssen, Grand Rounds, Maui General Hospital, February, 1998

“Substance Abuse and Mental Health”, Sponsored by San Diego Mental Health Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, California, January, 1998

“Athletic Peak Performance”, Sponsored by Grand Rounds, UCSD, June, 1994

“Performance enhancing drugs: Where and who should draw the line?” Lardon MT: Psychiatry 2008, July 2008
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“Finding Your Zone- Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life”, Lardon MT: Penguin Group, Perigee division, first edition, June 2008.
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“The Sport Psychiatrist and Golf”. Lardon MT, Clark TP, Toffler IR: Clinics in Sports Medicine, 2005, Oct; 24(4): 959-971.
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“Achievement by Proxy Distortion in Sports: A Distorted Mentoring of High- Achieving Youth. Historical Perspectives and Clinical Intervention with Children, Adolescents, and their Families”: Toffler IR, Penelope KK, Lardon MT, Clinics in Sports Medicine, 2005, Oct; 24(4): 805-828.
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“P300 and Long-Term Physical Exercise”. Lardon MT, Polich JP: Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1997 Oct; 103(4): 493-8.
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“EEG and Aerobic Fitness”, Lardon MT: Polich JP: Biological Psychology, 19 1996 Sep 27; 44(1):19-30.
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“Ipsapirone, a 5-HT1A Agonist, Suppresses REM Sleep Equally in Unmedicated Depressed Patients and Normal Controls”, Gillin JC, Sohn JW, Stahl SM, Lardon MT, Kelsoe J, Rapaport M, Ruiz C, Golshan S: Neuropsychopharmacology, 1996, Volume 15, Number 2.

“Inhibition of REM Sleep by Ipsapirone, a 5HT1A Agonist, in Normal Volunteers”, Gillin JC, Sohn JW, Kelsoe J, Rapaport M, Lardon MT, Stahl SM, Ruiz C, Golshan S: Neuropsychopharmacology, 1996, Vol.15, No. 2.

“Dose Dependent Effects of Transdermal Nicotine on Early Morning Awaking and REM Sleep Time in Non-Smoking Normal Volunteers”. Gillin JC, Lardon MT, Golshan S: Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology; 1994; Volume 14; Number 4.

“Steroid Induced Mental Status Changes in Patients Receiving Dye Contrast”, Sponsored by American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting, May 1991. Lardon, MT, Ewing JP, Jeste DV

American Medical Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Board of Forensic Examiners

San Diego Society of Psychiatric Physicians

International Society of Sports Psychiatry

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Radio:
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