Lori Calabrese, M.D.

Reaching Out to Sad Dads: Can Men Suffer Postpartum Depression, Too?

paternal post partum depression

Paternal Postpartum Depression In the last ten years, we’ve heard more and more about postpartum depression. Celebrities like Brooke Shields, Drew Barrymore, and Gwyneth Paltrow have stepped up to speak out about their own struggles with it. But, as much as we talk about postpartum depression in mothers, very little is mentioned about the same […]

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Ketamine's Healing: Does Depression Run in Families?

Depressed girl is unresponsive to nagging father depression is a problem of the family

Does depression run families? I didn’t ask if it runs in families. Does it run your family? Well, let me ask you this. Do you love someone who’s depressed … ? I mean really depressed.  Someone who’s been withdrawn, listless, drained, and nervous for months — or years… Maybe you hear how they wish they […]

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Get High and Kick Depression in the Process? Better Rethink That.

Self medicating can lead to a ketamine overdose.

Get High and Kick Depression? Two birds – one stone, right? If you’re in the practice of using ketamine to get high and kick depression at the same time, you better take a step back.  Let’s talk about it. The recent Time magazine article that touted ketamine as a hallucinogenic antidepressant highlighted the practice by […]

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Esketamine: Ketamine Wannabe Copycat Drugs

Chemist focuses on developing ketamine wannabe copycat drugs.

Nobody likes a copycat. They’re boring. Tired from the get-go. Out to ride on somebody else’s coat tails. They want to steal some of the glory. Is esketamine just a ketamine wannabe copycat drug? You may have heard some things about it.  Like it’s a nasal spray. Esketamine intranasal. It’s supposed to be an easier […]

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A Little History: The Beginnings of Ketamine the Depression Dragon Slayer

ketamine is the depression dragon slayer.

The Legend of Ketamine the Depression Dragon SLAYER Doesn’t that sound exciting…?  Conjures up images of kings, knights, dragons…and princesses. Ketamine the Depression Dragon SLAYER … the knight in shining armor, equipped with world-class weaponry … vanquishing the enemy. But this is no fairy tale. This is the real deal. The story of a tool…a […]

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Who Should Provide IV Ketamine as Treatment for Depression?

Should anesthesiologists give IV ketamine as treatment for depression.

If This is What You Picture When You Imagine IV Ketamine Treatment for Depression, Think AGAIN!! And nix that image. Because we’re going to talk about who should provide IV ketamine as treatment for depression. Ketamine treatment is getting more and more attention in the press as a paradigm shifter for effective treatment for psychiatric mood disorders. […]

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Will My Doctor Give Me an IV Ketamine Treatment Referral?

Will my doctor give me an IV ketamine treatment referral?

Hoping for an IV Ketamine Treatment Referral? Recently, we talked about reasons some doctors may be reluctant to provide IV ketamine treatment for psychiatric mood disorders. We talked about how difficult it is to harvest all the information about ketamine for depression on the internet and become informed. No drug company spends millions of dollars […]

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Why Doesn’t My Doctor Provide Ketamine as Treatment for Depression?

This man has hope after asking why doesn't my doctor provide ketamine as treatment for depression.

Why Doesn’t My Doctor Provide Ketamine as Treatment for Depression? It’s all over the news. Even the recent TIME magazine cover story. Ketamine as treatment for depression is blowing the doors off traditional treatments for psychiatric mood disorders.  Have you heard? Studies are piling up that demonstrate ketamine’s remarkable effectiveness. It’s making people who suffer better.  Not […]

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