Innovative Psychiatry
New study reveals extensive genetic links not only to alcohol use disorder, but also problematic drinking without physical dependence Brandon caught his breath and stopped. He looked around him. Where am I … and how did I get here? He was surrounded in pitch blackness. Couldn’t see a street light, not even moonlight. He realized […]
September is National Suicide Prevention Month And Adolescents Have the Highest Risk So let’s look at adolescent suicidal behavior. If you have an adolescent in your family, you may not be able to even imagine your child contemplating suicide. Or, if your child visits a psychiatrist regularly for a disorder, you may worry that he […]
This is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Week — Be aware and reach out. And while you may never have talked with someone who’s considering suicide, it’s likely you will at some point. Just as we need to refresh our CPR skills periodically, it’s important to refresh skills to talk to someone suicidal. It’s easy to […]
COVID-19 – Growing number of people suffer from anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts who’ve never faced mental health issues before. We’ve talked about it before, but the numbers are growing. Quarantine, masks and gloves, working from home, kids schooling at home, social distancing, Zoom meetings. It’s not just the change in routine, it’s the feeling […]
Ketamine continues to move forward. This NMDA receptor antagonist, ketamine, was studied in treatment of major psychiatric disorders during the first decade of 2020. Certainly, as these studies galvanized physicians to offer ketamine treatment in their offices, its use has become more and more widespread, the studies continue, and ketamine as a breakthrough treatment for […]
The Ketamine Conference: A Molecular Masterclass is set to take place today, featuring a host of experts in the delivery of ketamine therapy for resistant conditions such as PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Presented by Bexson Biomedical, The Conscious Fund, and Microdose, it will bring together leaders in the field of ketamine science and delivery, and will translate the […]
Isolation and anxiety are a recipe for substance abuse and mental illness. A new study predicts 75,000 “deaths of despair.” By Cynthia Koons, Riley Griffin, and Emma Court May 7, 2020, 9:14 PM PDT The isolation, grief and economic hardship related to Covid-19 are creating a mental health crisis in the U.S. that researchers warn could make the already-rising suicide […]
School is starting for the 2020-21 school year, whether remotely or on campus. Never before have these students started a new school year during a pandemic. It’s been over 100 years since the last one, and few of those students are still alive. But these students, yours and mine, are pioneers now. School’s starting, how’s […]
Esketamine, the first new method to treat depression in 25 years, isgaining credibility. Last year, Janssen Pharmaceutical’s ketaminebaseddrug was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) to treat patients with treatment-resistant depression. And onAug. 3, the FDA followed up with a second approval, allowing doctorsto prescribe the tranquilizing drug to patients experiencing suicidalideation. But […]
If you know someone with anorexia nervosa, you know how chronic… dangerous… and life-threatening it can be. I bet you didn’t know it could go into full remission. This is the story of a novel idea, a brand new course of treatment, an innovative treatment procedure, and a protocol that was born out of love. […]