Depression

The Pandemic, Teen Depression, and Suicide Risk

Measures to contain the spread of coronavirus have inadvertently increased teen depression and suicide risk, as demonstrated by Mayne et. al. in the September 2021 Journal of Pediatrics(1). This is a result of increased loneliness and isolation amongst children and adolescents, due to diminished face-to-face social interaction, along with both increased online (vs in-person) school...

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Ketamine – The Most Powerful Treatment For Depression Yet Invented

Ketamine continues to gain recognition, by both lay public and medical professionals, as a remarkably effective antidepressant, with minimal side effects and a much faster onset time compared to traditional antidepressants. These differences are explained by Ketamine’s mechanisms of action, which are multiple. The most important is by correcting the glutaminergic dysregulation seen in major...

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FDA Approval Expected Monday of Ketamine-derived “Spravato”

      TAKE HOME POINTS: SpravatoTM, a form of ketamine, will be FDA approved on Monday for Treatment Resistant Depression and for Major Depression with suicidality. FDA approval will result in insurance coverage for this form of ketamine, for this purpose, which will make it affordable for millions of suffering patients. Although it is...

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End The Stigma!

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper did a masterful remake of “A Star is Born”, now in theaters. We highly recommend it! The issues of mental health and drug addiction are more timely than ever. Also, see Lady Gaga’s op-ed at lady-gaga-op-ed-on-suicide-and-mental-health. END THE STIGMA!

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New Psychology Today article on Ketamine

The current edition of Psychology Today has a (mostly accurate) article about the revolutionary success ketamine has in treating depression and PTSD. We applaud their raising public awareness about the fact that ketamine removes suicidality within hours, and that it works overall in about 70 percent of patients who have not gotten adequate relief from...

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN: “Ketamine offers lifeline for people with severe depression, suicidal thoughts”

In this post, a Wisconsin man who had been on the brink of suicide, told CNN’s Sanjay Gupta how…

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