Nassir Ghaemi, M.D.

Expert Q&A

A Disease-Modifying Approach to Mood Conditions

September 1, 2023

S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH.

Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Psychopharmacology Consultation Clinic at Tufts Medical Center.

Dr. Ghaemi has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Nassir Ghaemi looks for medications that treat the underlying disease, not just reduce the symptoms. He may have found one.

6 Reasons to Use Tricyclics

May 23, 2022

Chris Aiken, MD, Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., and Joseph Goldberg, MD

Tricyclics are much better tolerated than their reputation suggests, and countdown 6 reasons to use them, from melancholic depression to irritable bowel syndrome.

Dr. Nassir Ghaemi on Antidepressants in Bipolar Disorder

August 1, 2003

Nassir Ghaemi, M.D.

Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Director of Bipolar Disorders Research Program, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA Author, Mood Disorders: A Practical Guide

Dr. Ghaemi, I thought we could discuss this rather controversial issue of whether antidepressants (ADs) should be prescribed in bipolar disorder, particularly in light of the recent article published in the American Journal of Psychiatry by Altshuler et. al. (1).