8 Challenges with Ketamine Nasal Spray for Depression and Anxiety
As mental health treatment advances, ketamine nasal spray offers a promising option for mental health conditions like treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder. This innovative approach to medicine offers a convenient and potentially effective alternative to the combination of any oral antidepressant and other medications. However, despite its potential benefits, ketamine spray therapy comes with […]
TMS- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
TMS is a revolutionary healing technology that offers healing from depression and anxiety without medication. The Star D trial showed that if a patient has taken more than 3 different antidepressants for depression by the time the 4th and 5th antidepressants are tried they will have little to no effective effects. TMS is a pain […]
Isolation and Loneliness
Isolation and loneliness have recently been reported, by the Surgeon General, as one of the most serious conditions facing American’s mental health. Unfortunately it is a vicious cycle- the more isolated one becomes the more lonely one feels. Having safe non threatening situations helps to break the cycle. Having a dog and taking it to […]
mental wellness
So many factors can contribute to lack of mental wellness. Brain injuries, psychological experiences, biological conditions, or environmental stress all have an effect. Treating any of these factors should only be done by well trained highly educated professionals. Contemporary Care Centers is a full service psychiatric practice capable of dealing with complex mental health conditions. […]
Is it YOU or is it the JOB?
Burnout. COVID burnout. Signs are absenteeism, increased physical ailments that prevent working at your best, frequent headaches, exhaustion, and feelings of cynicism. Any or all of these are markers for burnout. We are coming into a better time in terms of dealing with COVID. More adults and children have been vaccinated. If vaccinated it is […]
Care and Treatment for Depression
In the past century and a half the care and treatment of those suffering from the mental health condition of unipolar depression has changed dramatically. Today there is a much greater understanding of the human brain and how it functions. The care has become much more appropriate. Depression is better understood. Medications and treatments are […]
Trying to Self Heal
Trying to Self Heal Pat a dog. Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Break a sweat in exercise. Give up sugar. Do mindful meditation. Declutter your home. Meet a friend. The list of suggestions can go on and on.. If you are emotionally struggling these are fine but nowhere near enough. Depression, anxiety, phobias, and trauma […]
There’s Help – Major Depressive Disorder
Major depressive disorder can feel crippling. Trauma both physical and mental can have lasting and devastating effects. You may feel the trauma experienced over and over again. You may have the sensation you are in a dark pit with no way to escape. There might be a dark cloud all around you that you cannot break through. But […]
A ‘Black Pit’ Mental Disorder
The black pit, a deep dark hole, a cave, prison are all terms that can describe how one feels when suffering from major depressive disorder. There is a sense of hopelessness, disconnectedness from life, and despair. BUT wait there is HOPE. In 2022 there are medications, treatments and therapies that can ameliorate the conditions associated […]
