Earlier today, the FDA approved esketamine (brand name Spravato), a relative of the dissociative psychedelic/anaesthetic ketamine (Special K), as a treatment for depression. Spravato comes in nasal spray form meant to be administered weekly or every other week depending on the severity of the patient's depression.
"There has been a longstanding need for additional ...
Over at YR (formerly Youth Radio), Desmond Meagley wrote and illustrated a moving, sad, and ultimately hopeful personal story about being committed to the psych ward at age 14. From "5150'd: My Journey Through a Psych Ward":
After I had a meltdown in the middle of my sixth grade class, my school gave my family ...
sychiatrists are not spread Nationwide evenly. Across the country, the psychiatrist per .1 million inhabitants ratio equals about 16.5 per .1 million. ...
Lots of individuals in the America suffer from some sort of anxiety on a regular basis. The main barriers involve their ability to cure the physiological, psychological, and emotional symptoms that form thanks to unnecessary worrying. Add in the unrealistic fears, and persistent irrational thoughts, and you will find it a difficult condition to defeat. ...
When in the grips of a panic attack it may seem like your life is coming to an end. Although difficult for non panic attack sufferers to understand the pain of a full blown panic attack is all too real to those who suffer from panic disorder. Panic attacks can strike you anywhere and at ...
Many people will experience a panic attack during their lifetime. Some people only experience one or two panic attacks during a lifetimes. Other people live their lives in fear, because they have panic attacks on a daily basis. If you have ever had a panic attack then you know that it is an awful experience. ...
Although anxiety is recognized as being a normal and healthy emotion, a number of people suffer from intense anxiety. This leads to it affecting their life and forcing them to avoid certain scenarios that they in the past dealt with easily. If you are suffering from anxiety then you should get begin a proper and ...
Given the negative side-effects of drug therapy, many people are turning to natural ways to cure panic attacks. ...
Short term or temporary job assignments are referred to as locum tenens and usually last for a specified length of time. Locum tenens are most common among the healthcare industry including jobs for physicians, doctors and nurses. Though they have only been around for about 30 years, locum tenens positions are projected to rise with ...
Knowing the difference between an anxiety attack vs. heart attack is information that can be useful. This can be especially significant if you or someone close to you has experienced heart or anxiety attacks in the past. Every year thousands of people end up in emergency rooms in hospitals all over the country because they ...