Innovative Psychiatry
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, […]
Heather was 38, and had had a series of extreme stressors over a period of several years. She was a giver at heart, always looking for ways to help — always trying to make the lives of people she knew easier or more fun. But then her husband left her. It was the same old, […]
World Bipolar Day is for You. Whether you know this illness intimately, because it’s part of every hour of every day for you, or whether you love someone who suffers. And even if you don’t, you can help with support, kindness, and funds. Make this world a better place. World Bipolar Day is for you. […]
Can you say PHENOMENAL??? Let’s hear it for Ketamine Treatment and Oxford!! I just returned from a history-making global conference focused on research and clinical evidence for ketamine for psychiatric disorders. Experts from nearly every continent spoke of their own data and evidence from this emerging field of the the science behind ketamine and the […]
Depression researchers at Black Dog Institute and University of NSW had to abort a “promising” pilot trial into the efficacy of ketamine nasal sprays after patients experienced psychotic-like effects and temporary loss of fine motor skills. The researchers were hopeful the trial would work as an earlier study in the US had shown ketamine – […]
Ketamine’s Power Against Depression We’ve talked before about how ketamine works through a variety of actions to relieve depression in people with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Like the hero in an epic movie, ketamine treatment works in several brain areas at once to improve brain functioning. It triggers a cascade of actions that repair, restore […]
Do you know how many students will be registering for college this year? Have you thought about it..? Take a wild guess. Close to 4 million…! Can you imagine the diversity in that number? That’s more than the population of Los Angeles! Serious Challenges for an Adolescent or Young Adult In addition to the size […]
The notorious party drug may act as an antidepressant by blocking neural bursts in a little-understood brain region that may drive depression. By Simon Makin on March 2, 2018 Ketamine has been called the biggest thing to happen to psychiatry in 50 years, due to its uniquely rapid and sustained antidepressant effects. It improves symptoms in as little as 30 […]