Over the last few years, episodes of teenage depression and new diagnoses have sharply increased across the United States. If we view this through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not too surprising. The reality is, however, that this mental health trend has...
As adults, it can be easy to forget just how difficult adolescence can be. The human memory is designed to muffle the echo of life’s more painful experiences. In fact, if our brains were unable to forget—if each of life’s losses were as vivid today as they were the...
Ketamine is a drug historically used as a surgical anesthetic that shows incredible promise as a treatment for depression—especially in those cases where traditional antidepressants fail. Of the roughly 8 percent of people in the U.S. who suffer from depression, 30...
Depression is a mental disorder that affects 350 million people world wide. According to a medical paper published by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, people in the United States 18 years and older make up 4.6% of those 350 million. The study, which...
In April 2018, we shared some promising information about a Yale School of Medicine study that found ketamine to be highly effective in reducing the symptoms of depression in a 16-year old patient suffering from suicidal ideations. After having declared himself...
