Innovative Psychiatry
Ohhhh, the weekend. The time when you can finally let down and let go after a week of grind. Waking to the alarm clock day after day after day… Sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic… Not once but twice a day…day in and day out. Friday night? It’s time to PARTY!! Meet your friends at your favorite […]
Anne Stallings says she has been battling severe depression for most of her life. She tried anti-depressants and even electroconvulsive therapy, but nothing worked until she went to a Potomac, Maryland, clinic and tried ketamine, reports CBS News correspondent Paula Reid. “It was like the fifth treatment in and I had come home from the […]
Depression’s the Worst! It drains your energy, robs you of enjoyment of ANYTHING, isolates you and makes you feel like no one in the entire world cares. Makes you feel like you’re a burden on the people you know. Makes you feel achey and lethargic. Shuts down your brain so you can’t think. You can’t […]
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” – Henry Ford Is there someone you’re really close to, someone you trust, and with whom you feel you can share anything? Maybe this someone is your spouse, or a long-time friend. Or maybe, if you’re really fortunate, you have both. But […]
By ERIC W. DOLAN January 24, 2018 The first placebo-controlled study of ketamine’s effect on social anxiety disorder has provides more evidence that the anesthetic could be helpful in severe cases. “Many patients with anxiety continue to have impairing symptoms despite the first-line talk therapy (cognitive behavioral therapy) and first-line medications (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors),” […]
Suicidal Thoughts…? “Nah, she’s not going to kill herself. She’s too afraid of pain.” “He’ll never follow through…he just keeps threatening… he’s just looking for attention…” …“I’m so shocked he did this. I had no idea he was thinking about suicide… I feel so bad…” If you’re depressed, or you know someone who is, your […]
So maybe you’ve heard of Blue Monday…? January 15, the saddest day of the year. This 13 year old hoax needs a little straightening out. See if you agree. Blue Monday? What does that have to do with psychiatry? Pretty much nothing … but let me explain. In 2005, a guy named Dr. Cliff Arnall in […]
Are You a Depressed College Student? Who sometimes just can’t go to class? … or do your work? Sometimes you can’t bring yourself to write the paper … or even do the reading. If last semester was awful, you hope this one will be better. That you’ll get up. Get cleaned up. Eat some decent […]
Ketamine, known mostly as a party drug, has assumed a new identity in recent years—as a promising antidepressant. And, though research is still under way, it seems to reduce symptoms of depression very quickly, and in people who haven’t been helped by traditional antidepressants. Now, a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry finds that for depressed people […]
Neuroscience breakthroughs like…IV ketamine treatment..? Exactly. 2018 lies before us, like a valley that spreads to the horizon. And while it’s impossible to access the future, you can move forward knowing that each “today” you live has promise that was unheard of until recently. Especially if you suffer from untreated or treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, bipolar […]