New antidepressants can lift depression and suicidal thoughts fast, but don’t expect magic cures
Drugs like ketamine can relieve depression symptoms, including suicidal thoughts, within hours, but they also carry risks that patients need to understand.
Dec. 21, 2020 • ~8 min
How you can help veterans every day
The rate of death by suicide is rising among veterans. The most common stressor is a serious relationship difficulty.
Nov. 10, 2020 • ~7 min
COVID-19 and telehealth may be changing how much you know about your therapist
With most therapy sessions now online, a psychologist explores whether more self-disclosure by therapists – sharing more about their own lives – might help their patients.
July 1, 2020 • ~9 min
COVID-19 and teletherapy may be changing how much you know about your therapist
With most therapy sessions now online, a psychologist explores whether more self-disclosure by therapists – sharing more about their own lives – might help their patients.
July 1, 2020 • ~9 min
Developing resilience is an important tool to help you deal with coronavirus and the surge in cases
In the time of the coronavirus, learning how to adapt to adversity belongs in your toolkit.
June 25, 2020 • ~7 min
Are we all OCD now, with obsessive hand-washing and technology addiction?
Behaviors that would have been seen as pathological a few months ago are now applauded as adaptive and resourceful. Where do doctors draw the line?
June 15, 2020 • ~8 min
Harvard history professor traces the rise of psychiatric drugs
The Gazette spoke with History of Science Professor Anne Harrington about her new book, “Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness,” which traces the treatment of mental disorders from its early years to the Prozac Nation of today.
June 17, 2019 • ~10 min
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