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Shifting Paradigms: The Future Role of Rapid Acting Antidepressants
Experts discuss the need to review current clinical guidelines in light of the need for rapid-acting treatment, especially as first-line treatments for some patients.
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Hopeful Horizons: The Potential of Rapid Acting Therapies in MDD
Clinicians discuss the particular benefits of rapid-acting agents for major depressive disorder (MDD), highlighting the gap glutamate-modulating agents fill in targeted therapies.
Targeting Glutamate Receptors in MDD Treatment
Experts continue their discussion on the role of glutamate receptors, explaining their role in stimulating neuroplasticity and neurogenesis.
Giving Thanks to Those Who Furthered My Career
Who helped your career?
Cognitive Wellness: The Potential of Glutamate Modulation for MDD
Clinicians discuss the effects of glutamate modulation on neuroplasticity, memory, and cognitive function, highlighting their role in improving overall wellness for their patients.
Neurotransmitter Ballet: NMDA and AMPA in MDD Management
Experts highlight the role of NMDA and AMPA receptors in major depressive disorder (MDD) and how new therapies are targeting novel mechanisms of action.
Glutamate's Rapid Impact: A New Approach to MDD Management
Clinicians discuss past treatment options compared to novel glutamate-modulating agents, highlighting their rapid onset of symptom relief.
Navigating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): The Role of Glutamate
Experts discuss the significance of glutamate in major depressive disorder, highlighting its links to neuroplasticity and stress.
"How JFK Killed My Father"
"Hat factories closed quiet as prayer books, and loss lingered in my father’s guts like unswept garbage after a big parade..."
Giving Thanks to the Founders of My Career
Who in your life are you grateful for?
Perhaps the World Ends Here
"Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite."
The Therapeutic Nature of Kindness
Be kind!
Responding to Change
How do you respond to change? What does properly adjusting to change acquire?
I Knew a Woman
"Of her choice virtues only gods should speak, Or English poets who grew up on Greek (I’d have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek)."
Now Is the Time for Psychiatrists
We need psychiatrists now more than ever...
Land Ho
"I know I have the blood of survivors coursing through my veins; I know the lament of our loss must warm us again and again down in the belly of the whale..."
Is This Really the Best of All Possible Worlds?
Let's try to make the world a better place.
The First and Only 5HT1a Receptor Agonist for Major Depressive Disorder
Gepirone, the first and only oral selective 5HT1a receptor agonist for the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults, is expected to arrive in early 2024.
Evening Hawk
"His wing Scythes down another day, his motion Is that of the honed steel-edge, we hear The crashless fall of stalks of Time."
Closing Thoughts on the Treatment of MDD
Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, and Carmen Kosicek, MSN, PMHNP-BC, discuss the future of MDD treatment and share closing thoughts.
Practical Considerations of Zuranolone Use in Treatment of MDD
Carmen Kosicek, MSN, PMHNP-BC, shares tips with patients about the use of zuranolone to treat MDD.
Colorful Autumn Leaves Can Prepare Us for Death and Dying
What do autumn leaves signify?
Kansas, 4AM
"The sounds of the world at this late hour sadden you, but then enters the rain, hastening down, the rain that wants to touch everything and almost does."
Deep Dive on Dementia at the 2023 Psychiatric Times World CME Conference
Don't miss the the 2023 Psychiatric Times World CME conference, where our Editor in Chief will present on the 14 different types of dementia!
Updates on Schizophrenia at the 2023 Psychiatric Times World CME Conference
Don't miss updates on schizophrenia at our conference, beginning at 3:10PM EST!
Potential Adverse Effects of Zuranolone in MDD
Experts in psychiatry review adverse effects of zuranolone, a γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor modulator, in the treatment of MDD.
GABAergic Modulating Treatment Considerations in MDD
Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, comments on the paradigm shift of the frequency of dosing in the treatment of MDD, highlighting GABAergic modulating treatments, as well as the use of therapy to improve mental health.
The Joy of Psychiatry
How frequently is joy discussed in psychiatry?
Why You Should Attend the 2023 Psychiatric Times World CME Conference
Our Editor in Chief explains why you should attend our conference!
I Sit and Sew
"My hands grown tired, my head weighed down with dreams..."