The largest study to date confirms that ketamine — a “club drug” that is also legally used as an anesthetic — could be a quick and effective way to relieve depression.
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Viewpoint: My Case Shows What’s Right — and Wrong — With Psychiatric Diagnoses
Over the course of my life, I have been given no fewer than five different diagnoses for mental illnesses, under the diagnostic system laid out in psychiatry’s “bible,” the DSM. But it was a sixth diagnosis— one that …
Inside the Hoarder’s Brain: A Unique Problem with Decision-Making
Why do some people find it impossible to get rid of old newspapers and junk mail, and end up hoarding them instead?
Real-World Hoarders and Obsessive-Compulsives: A Conversation with an OCD Expert
When I called to interview Dr. Michael Jenike — one of the world’s leading experts on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) — he noted that I’d reached him exactly on the dot, and joked that I might have a touch of OCD myself. …
