Blog: Mental Health

Ketamine: Can It Treat Depression?

Ketamine has a reputation as a party drug but a handful of clinics in the UK now legally offer it as a treatment for the...
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FSU Researcher Testing Safety of Low-Dose Ketamine to Treat Depression

People who get no depression relief from Prozac-type medicines have found a fast-acting substitute in a drug called ketamine. But is it safe? The National...
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Ketamine: A New (and Faster) Path to Treating Depression

Source: Carlos Zarate, M.D., Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, NIMH The most commonly used antidepressants are largely variations on a theme; they increase the supply...
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Dual Studies Highlight Ketamine’s Potential to Treat Anxiety and Addiction

Two new studies suggest the psychiatric benefits of ketamine treatment may extend beyond just the targeting of depression. The research demonstrates ketamine may be helpful...
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Ketamine: A New Way to Treat Teen Depression

Clinical depression has long been recognized as a vast problem amongst teens and it is getting worse, sometimes in a life-threatening way. And while medications...
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3 Reasons Why Ketamine is Viewed as an Effective Treatment for PTS(D)

#1: Ketamine Resets Brain Circuitry Glutamate regulates large regions of the nervous systems and is the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain. When glutamate receptors...
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Can Depression Cause Headaches?

Up to 80 percent of adults experience tension headaches throughout their lives — sharp throbbing pains that can occur throughout multiple regions in the head....
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COVID-19 What We’re Doing to Help Our Patients During This Time

As the concern for the coronavirus continues to grow, we want to do our part to inform our patients on what we are doing to...
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Can Ketamine Help with Depression?

Ketamine is a medication mainly used for starting and maintaining anesthesia. It induces a trancelike state while providing pain relief, sedation, and memory loss. Recent...
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UCLA Bruins Player Retires From Football for Mental Health

Freshman offensive lineman for UCLA Thomas Cole made the decision to retire from football after making an attempt on his life and getting treatment. In...
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How to Know If You Have Depression

Bad days: in most cases, they’re just a small part of an otherwise normal week. Some bad days feel like they last longer. In more...
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How to Cope With Depression

With depression thrown around often these days to indicate normal sadness, it is sometimes difficult to remember that depression is much more than just feeling sad –...
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A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in Four Weeks

The costs of the government responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic have been severe. New evidence suggests they could be even worse than we imagined....
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