Ketamine: Dissociation Quality Determines Remission
By 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 at...
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...
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...
Treating Postpartum Depression Requires Fast-Acting Medicine: Ketamine Treatment Restores
By Lori Cabrese, MD So let’s stamp out the stigma and talk about mothers and Postpartum Depression. Treating postpartum depression requires fast-acting treatments because there’s so much at stake. Pregnant and breastfeeding moms are targets for anxiety and depression...
Suicide remains a leading cause of death in Tennessee
By: Jessica Jaglois NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A newly released report shows that suicide is the leading cause of injury death in Tennessee. More people die by suicide than by car crashes or murder. The report correlates with a new study from the Centers for Disease...
Lamar Odom says ketamine helped him overcome his anxiety, depression and empathy issues after he almost died of a drug overdose, heart attacks, strokes, and kidney failure
By MIA DE GRAAF HEALTH EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Lamar Odom has described how ketamine, a once-taboo club drug quickly gaining credence as a treatment for mental disorders, helped him overcome his anxiety and depression. The 39-year-old former basketball player, who...
Fast-Acting Depression Drug, Newly Approved, Could Help Millions
By Benedict CareyOf the 16 million American adults who live with depression, as many as one-quarter gain little or no benefit from available treatments, whether drugs or talk therapy. They represent perhaps the greatest unmet need in psychiatry. On...
VA to offer esketamine nasal spray for depression
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that the newly FDA-approved esketamine nasal spray will be available to veterans with treatment-resistant depression.