How to Be Patient

Dr. Preston Roche, Dr. Margaret Duncan

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Booking Overview

A clinician-led mental health show focused on patient experience, nuance, and empathy—how to think more clearly and compassionately in real-world care. With two doctor-creators, it’s a great platform for experts who can translate psychology/psychiatry ideas into patient-facing insights (and sometimes humor).

Metrics

Episodes: 68

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 44.5k subscribers

Instagram: 168.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Dr. Preston Roche - Psychiatry resident and digital influencer. Co-host of How to Be Patient, focusing on patient understanding, mental health nuance, and evolving care perspectives beyond the clinic.

Dr. Margaret Duncan - Psychiatrist and content creator. Co-host of How to Be Patient, exploring mental health taboo topics with empathy and practical therapeutic communication grounded in clinical experience.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Licensed healthcare professionals (especially psychiatry/primary care), mental health educators, or respected mental health/public health experts with a strong ability to speak from clinical or evidence-informed perspectives. Content-savvy practitioners who can translate complex concepts for patients and clinicians.
Required Achievements:  
Clinical experience in mental/behavioral health or primary care, Public communication footprint (e.g., healthcare TikTok/YouTube/blog) or teaching role, Demonstrated ability to contextualize mental health concepts empathetically

Recent Guest Discussions

Dr. Orange (anonymous primary care doctor) - Burnout In Contemporary Practice; Direct Pay; Pslf; Day-to-day Practice Realities And What They Would Change; Content Creation/why They Hit Record.

Recent Topics

Psychiatry, Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Patient Care, Clinical Communication

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
How to Be Patient
:

THROWBACK: Attachment Theory, just hanging in there (Season 1 Episode 2)

June 15, 2026

We're doing a throwback! This was our second episode ever, way back when I was at the beginning of fourth year of med school and Margaret and I were still figuring out the rhythm of this whole podcast thing. I'm now at the end of my first year of child fellowship, and somehow attachment theory keeps coming back around no matter what lens I try to look through, existential therapy, child psych, even our death anxiety episode. Pretty much every road leads back to it. So we wanted to bring it ba...

Anabolic Steroid Use in Psychiatric Disorders

June 08, 2026

In this episode we are joined by my coresident, @undercoverdoc who has a special interested in fitness culture and bodybuilding. With the protein intake, food weighing and gym discipline also comes “extracurriculars,” or anabolic steroids. Rob describes his observationss being in the fitness space as both an athlete and a physician and we discuss the impact of steroid use, its prevalence and what it can actually look like.  Join Patreon Here: https://www.patreon.com/c/howtobepatientpod --...

BONUS! Code Orange: We Got Dr. Orange on the Pod

May 25, 2026

Code ORANGE. We had to break the between-seasons hiatus for this one. If you've been on healthcare TikTok in the last month and you haven't seen the burnt-out fruit basket emerging, you have some catching up to do. And it all started with Dr. Orange. Margaret and I sat down with the anonymous primary care doctor behind the orange filter that's been unleashing the truest, funniest, most honest takes on what it's actually like to practice medicine in 2026. We get into all of it. Why she f...

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