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REMS Safety Program for Esketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression

Steven Levine, MD: Let us move on to discussing the practical considerations of delivering esketamine to patients and integrating this into patient care. Let us start with Angelos. Can you speak to the idea that intranasal esketamine has a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy [REMS]? Angelos Halaris, MD, PhD, APA, ACNP, CINP: Absolutely. As I […]

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5 Ways Stress and Depression Can Affect Epilepsy

Patients’ conditions can significantly affect their quality of life in many ways. Medical professionals should be aware of how these conditions can affect patients’ mental health. Epilepsy, partly due to the nature and effects of recurring seizures, can cause psychiatric comorbidities. Major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder have been identified as

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Tired? Depressed? Feeling off? How you can combat pandemic fatigue

RICHMOND, Va. — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and everyone’s mental health was impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fourteen months into the pandemic and aspects of life are now slowly returning to pre-pandemic status. That, according to psychologists, has caused a variety of symptoms called “pandemic fatigue.” Nickie Brandenberger said she and her husband

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Dating with Depression, Join the Conversation via New Chekmate Led Podcast: Date More. Text Less.

The pilot episode releasing later this month will focus on the challenges of dating with depression and will feature the voices of Dr. Susan Milstein and Sabrina Hansen, MSW, experts in the areas of sexual functioning and human sexuality education. Together they run the YouTube Channel, Decent Exposure, where they have honest conversations around most

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Response to Esketamine Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Steven Levine, MD: All 3 of you have experience prescribing intranasal esketamine in a carefully screened population for an appropriate patient under careful medical conditions, so this question is for any of you. What is typical? How quickly do you tend to see improvements in depressive symptoms for these patients when they do respond? Lisa

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Mayo Clinic podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help

Wellness This edition of the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast features an #AskMayoMom episode hosted by Dr. Angela Mattke, a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. Joining Mattke to discuss teens and depression are Dr. Paige Partain, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician, and Hannah Mulholland, a Mayo Clinic pediatric social worker. Written By: Mayo Clinic News Network | 1:21 pm, May 7, 2021

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