Today marks the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week 2019, and tomorrow, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day. More than just observing a day or week like this, let’s […]
Suicide Prevention: #Bethe1to Save a Life
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“r” is for Recovery From Any Addiction – Lori Calabrese, M.D.
September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month 2019, and as we celebrate and support everyone in recovery, let’s also talk about what might help others who are trying…to […]
Why Are Young Girls Turning to Suicide?
It’s a heart-shattering tragedy when a child dies. How do you bear such tragedy? …such loss? The waste of a beautiful life…it defies our logic to find reason in it, […]
Omegas: The Very Real Effect of Fatty Acids on Your Brain
Eat a diet that supports your positive mood and mental health. We’ve talked about the microbiome, or “second brain,” and how we can weaken or strengthen it with what we […]
Treating Mood Disorders: Is the Key Hidden in the CSF?
No Wonder Treatment Resistance Has Been Such a Mystery! Clue: Look in the Cerebral Spinal Fluid! A man in his forties, Greg had never experienced life without depression. Treating mood […]
Ketamine Restores Brain Circuitry Damaged by Depression – FAST
In a world where things go wrong and people get sick, every once in awhile something comes along that makes things right again. I’m talking about something that’s so dramatic […]
Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patient’s Brain
The anesthetic-cum-party drug restores the ability to make connections among brain cells. The Food and Drug Administration’s approval last month of a depression treatment based on ketamine generated headlines, in […]
Cerebral Folate Deficiency and Its Impact on Treatment-Resistance
“If I see far, it’s that I stand on the shoulders of giants.” If you find yourself feeling alone and forgotten in your symptoms, feeling that there’s no one who […]
Low T in Men Causing Your Treatment Resistant Depression..?
Since low testosterone in men has long been presumed to accompany aging, it can be overlooked as a cause of TRD in young men. John had gained 75 lbs (!) […]
Ketamine May Relieve Depression By Repairing Damaged Brain Circuits
Ketamine appears to restore faulty connections between brain cells, according to research performed in mice. The anesthetic ketamine can relieve depression in hours and keep it at bay for a […]