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The Glymphatic System and Brain Health

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What Is the Glymphatic System? The glymphatic system is a proposed brain-wide fluid transport and waste-clearance network that connects cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), interstitial fluid, astrocytes, and perivascular spaces to the lymphatic drainage…

Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health: Benefits, Risks, and What It Means for Your Care

All Posts, Diagnoses & Conditions, Practice, Psychotherapy

How is AI in Mental Health being used? Artificial intelligence in mental health care is viewed as revolutionary by some and threatening by others, yet it is undeniably reshaping access to therapy, clinical diagnosis, and the personalization…

tDCS for Depression and Psychiatric Disorders: What Patients Should Know

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Learn how transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) works, its role in treating depression and other psychiatric disorders, and how it compares to rTMS as a noninvasive neuromodulation option. What Is tDCS? A Brief Overview Transcranial…

Navigating Complex Ketamine Treatment: A Case Study on Ketamine Therapy and Bipolar Diagnosis in Psychiatric Practice

All Posts, Diagnoses & Conditions, Ketamine, Practice

A clinical case study on how integrated ketamine therapy and psychiatric care at Point Loma Clinic enabled early detection of a shift from depression to bipolar disorder. Patient Background: Treatment-Resistant Depression and a History…

The "Benzodiazepine Wars": Risks, Benefits, and the Future of Anxiety Treatment

Prescription-Strength Nutritional Products for Mood and Brain Health

All Posts, Diagnoses & Conditions, Herbs and Vitamins, Science

Prescription-strength nutritional supplements are increasingly discussed in psychiatric practice. Some patients ask about prescription products based on vitamins or nutraceuticals. Two that sometimes come up in psychiatry are Deplin…

Lithium and Alzheimer’s Disease: New Research Links Low Brain Lithium to Memory Loss

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New research has identified a surprising connection between lithium and Alzheimer’s disease, with potentially far-reaching implications for both early detection and disease-modifying therapy. Lithium of a Different Color: A Surprising…

Ketamine and Postpartum Depression: A Promising New Treatment Option

All Posts, Diagnoses & Conditions, Ketamine, Science

A new study published in The British Medical Journal looked into whether giving a single low dose of ketamine (in the form of esketamine) right after childbirth could help reduce postpartum depression in mothers who were depressed during pregnancy. How…

The Glymphatic System and Brain Health

Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health: Benefits, Risks, and What It Means for Your Care

tDCS for Depression and Psychiatric Disorders: What Patients Should Know

Navigating Complex Ketamine Treatment: A Case Study on Ketamine Therapy and Bipolar Diagnosis in Psychiatric Practice

Prescription-Strength Nutritional Products for Mood and Brain Health

Lithium and Alzheimer’s Disease: New Research Links Low Brain Lithium to Memory Loss

Ketamine and Postpartum Depression: A Promising New Treatment Option

The Comparative Effectiveness of Ketamine vs. Traditional Antidepressants: Personal Stories

The Resurgence of Psychedelic Psychiatry: An Exciting Yet Cautious Advance

Advancing Treatment Approaches for Treatment-Resistant Depression

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