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Psychiatry and the Dark Night of the Soul

By Ronald W. Pies — 2020

The anatomy of unhappiness is more complex than DSM-5’s categories.

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Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?

The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.

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Emily Witt
2021
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I Took Ketamine for My Depression. Things Got Pretty Weird.

My first encounter with ketamine did not go well.

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Vanessa Barbara
2021
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Ketamine Is Revealing a New Understanding of Depression and the Brain

Some experts view ketamine as a tool to unravel the biological causes of depression and, perhaps someday, cure it.

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Lauren Tanabe
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Regular Oral Doses of Ketamine Significantly Reduce Suicidal Thoughts

The notion of using ketamine as an anti-depressant is gathering steam on the back of enlightening research that has shown us how it can suppress the brain’s “anti-reward” center, mend broken neural circuits and interact with serotonin receptors to boost the release of dopamine.

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Nick Lavars
2021
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Oral Ketamine Experiment Reduces Suicidal Thoughts in Over Two-Thirds of Patients

Suicide is a major threat to public health. In recent years, suicide rates have actually worsened in the US, and tragically, it's a phenomenon that's accelerating even among children.

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Peter Dockrill
2021
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Can Ketamine Treat Depression? the Answer May Lie in a Mysterious Brain Cell

To treat depression, the neurons which control the hormones serotonin and dopamine in our brains seem to get all the attention.

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Sophie Putka
2021
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