More Evidence on Vitamin D and COVID-19 Risk?
Clinical Context Vitamin D deficiency affects nearly half the US population, with higher rates among persons with darker skin or less sun exposure, including nursing home residents and healthcare workers. Especially in patients with vitamin D deficiency, treatment...
Vitamin D Deficiency May Boost COVID-19 Risk
People who are deficient in vitamin D may be at higher risk of contracting the novel coronavirus than those with sufficient levels, according to the results of a new retrospective study from Illinois. Individuals with untreated vitamin D deficiency were nearly twice...
CT Psychiatrist Shows Titrated IV Ketamine Can STOP Suicidality
Data Published from a Real World Psychiatry Practice Shows How Ketamine Infusions Can Avert ER Trips and Hospitalizations NEWS PROVIDED BY Lori Calabrese, M.D., LLC Oct 08, 2019, 09:17 ET SHARE THIS ARTICLE SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn., Oct. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lori...
Even One Dose of IV Ketamine Can Dramatically Reduce Heavy Drinking
Source: Lori Calabrese, MD It’s the holiday season again and there are parties every weekend, with work, with friends, with family – they crop up everywhere. Festive gift bags provided at liquor stores make it easy to present a gift of alcohol in the busy bustle of...
You Matter in good and tough times.
You Matter is a safe space for youth to discuss and share stories about mental health and wellness, created and administered by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You Matter blog posts are written by a rotating Blogger Council of individuals between the...
Ketamine: Dissociation Quality Determines Remission
Source: Lori Calabrese, MD Transformative remission is inextricably linked to the quality, depth, and degree of dissociation during ketamine infusions. Christopher trudged through the day, listless. He felt dead inside. Just couldn’t work up a care about what happened...
How the Introduction of Ketamine Therapy can Solve Social Anxiety Disorder
By Kevin Leonard -September 30, 2019 Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder Social anxiety disorder or social phobia is an excessive fear of adverse or mistaken judgment from people. It causes feelings of embarrassment, humiliation, rejection, and insufficiency in...
Ketamine and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A novel treatment option
By Steve Levine, M.D. October 9, 2019 About the Author Dr. Steven P. Levine is a board-certified psychiatrist internationally recognized for his contributions to advancements in mental health care. Though he is a psychiatrist who places great emphasis on the...
IV Ketamine Treatment for the Saddest Day of the Year…? Maybe so, if it’s SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder Treatment
Article by LORI CALABRESE, MD So maybe you’ve heard of Blue Monday…? January 15, the saddest day of the year. This 13 year old hoax needs a little straightening out. See if you agree. Blue Monday? What does that have to do with psychiatry? Pretty much nothing … but...
Study: Vitamin D Is More Effective Than Flu Vaccine
by Dr. Mercola Conventional health authorities claim getting a flu shot each year is the best way to ward off influenza. But where’s the actual science backing up that claim? If you’ve repeatedly fallen for this annual propaganda campaign, you may be surprised to find...
Ketamine Infusion Therapy: Statement by American Psychiatric Nurses Association & American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
by Shirley Amy on August 28, 2019 In order to address patient safety, general well-being, and successful outcomes, a joint statement has just been released by the AANA (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists) and the APNA (American...
Gastric Bypass Vitamin Deficiencies: B12 and Folic Acid
By: Cheryl Ann Borne The gastric bypass dramatically improved my well-being. So I am grateful I finally had the surgery after chickening out and cancelling my first surgery date. Months later I would reschedule and this time go through with the surgery on account...
