Is ketamine a glutamate antagonist or a spiritual kindler? Ketamine has two origin stories, each with its own understanding of how it treats depression. One came from the East, and one from the West, and after the Iron Curtain came...

 Phase III clinical trials are beginning to roll out for psychedelic medications like like psilocybin and MDMA – also known as magic mushrooms and ecstasy. But this is not the first time these drugs have been used to treat...

Experts in borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder reach a consensus about the mercurial temperament that underlies borderline personality. The DSM Committee restores a diagnostic code to recognizes those with a “clean bill of mental health,” and the word of...

Nortriptyline + lithium is one of the top combos for keeping patients well after ECT, and in this episode we walk you through how to prescribe it, including side effects, dosing, drug levels, and drug interactions. Then, the word of...

Barry Krakow, MD has spent his career studying and treating nightmares. In this interview, he shares how nightmares affect mental health, and how they point to more than just PTSD. Published On: 8/22/2021 Duration: 16 minutes, 23 seconds Related Article:...

This deep dive podcast breaks through the dogma of autism intervention and helps you to understand the three main branches of autism intervention and their very different mechanisms, the quality of autism research with a huge shift in our understanding...

We break down the three main autism intervention approaches, and provide you with information that will help you improve on your abilities to recognize which particular autism intervention might be best for a specific patient. Published On: 8/11/21 Duration: 27 minutes, 21...

  Our top 6 tips for managing nausea on psych meds, and a queasy tale of a tenacious problem to watch for when your patients who get nauseous: Conditioned taste aversion. Published On: 8/9/2021 Duration: 18 minutes, 16 seconds Transcript:...

The APA says that genetic testing isn’t ready for prime time, but is there anything worth salvaging in these panels? We get some answers from John Nurnberger, MD, PhD, co-founder of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, the founding editor...

Guide your patients to light therapy with this tutorial, including how to select a device, what time to use it, and how to position the box. Published On: 7/26/2021 Duration: 12 minutes, 54 seconds Related Articles: "Dark and Light Therapy,"...