Innovative Psychiatry
Twenty One Years Old. Enjoying campus life with her friends. Working toward her degree …and her dreams… Then, a soreness in her mouth… and a trip to the doctor. CANCER. “Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue,” the doctor said. What??!!? She’d never heard of such a thing. What could have caused this? How did it […]
After 35 years of mediocre depression drugs, pharmaceutical companies are jazzed about several new drugs inspired by the club drug ketamine. Allergan, the multinational pharmaceutical giant known for Botox and birth control, recently dove into research on an injectable depression drug called Rapastinel. Most recently, the company announced it was working on oral pill version […]
Anorexia, Ketamine, and the Default Mode Network Do you feel good about what you weigh? Or about how you look? If you hesitated to answer, you’re not alone. If you answered No…or…I’m not sure… again, you’re not alone. Survey Says: Majority Don’t Like the Way They Look Allure, a magazine centered on beauty, surveyed 2,497 […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month Eating Disorders Are Psychiatric Disorders Surprised? Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder… The National Eating Disorder Association lists 10 conditions as eating disorders. And, it so happens that ketamine treatment can work wonders and restore your life. Too many people who don’t have a family member suffering with an […]
Postpartum Depression and Paternal Postpartum Depression Mental Health Awareness Month is also Maternal Depression Awareness Month #BreaktheSilence So let’s stamp out the stigma and talk about mothers and Postpartum Depression. Treating postpartum depression requires fast-acting treatments because there’s so much at stake. Pregnant and breastfeeding moms are targets for anxiety and depression for so many […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! That means we have the privilege to talk about the realities of mental and emotional well-being, and the psychiatric disorders that threaten it. Even 20 years ago, our society was still so steeped in the stigma that people with depression and other psychiatric disorders were often overwhelmed with burdens […]
Outrageous Behavior: Mood or Personality Disorder? You met her at your friend’s house, and you’ve been dating a few months… Then you notice a blouse in her purse with price tags… no receipt. What??? Did she steal this stuff? You really like her, but …. theft? What the heck is going on…? When you ask […]
Stigma: A Mark of Disgrace Based On Belief in Certain Assumptions That Have No Factual Basis “He’s not depressed…he just needs to get up and get busy.” “PTSD is just a fancy name for weakness. Get over it!!” “Bipolar disorder? What an excuse for bad behavior! Get some discipline in your life and you’ll […]
More research backs the club drug ketamine, or “Special K,” for treating severe depression in therapeutic settings. British researchers tested the drug on patients in the U.K. to see if ketamine, which has shown promise in previous trials for treating serious and suicidal depression, might be beneficial in an NHS hospital setting. The NHS is […]
Do You Wonder about Your Family? Connor’s mom was diagnosed with bipolar disorder before Connor was born. He’s now an adult who was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder ten years ago. He has a brother and a sister, both grown, also. But his sibs, Todd and Della, have never experienced psychiatric symptoms, and feel healthy, […]