Issue 29 Clinician Burnout: Effects on the Brain and the Healthcare Industry Dr. Tammie Chang has just gotten off a busy day of work as a pediatric oncologist. As she drives on the road that leads to home, she feels her exhaustion
Issue 29 Beyond the Pill: Utility of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression Imagine a world where depression's relentless grip is broken, where hope can finally shine through the clouds of despair. That was, unfortunately, not something Ms. T could afford to imagine.
Issue 28 Special K: The Emergence of Psychedelic Healthcare Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, is notorious for its street reputation as an abused substance. Known by the general public as an illicit club drug, recreational users inhale, ingest, or inject
Issue 28 Antidepressants: The magic pill? Disclaimer: This is a comprehensive overview of the public’s understanding on the chemical theories of depression, the marketing of antidepressants, and the importance of transparency in the pharmacotherapy and
issue 24 Tachyphylaxis: Antidepressants' Greatest Challenge Imagine sitting down with a doctor to discuss several distressing symptoms you’ve been experiencing recently. Slowly you confess that you’ve been experiencing a sense of numbness, and your hobbies don’t interest you. In fact, nothing interests you anymore...
Issue 20 Just Dance, It'll be Okay It starts with the hand lift – the body moves with the melody while the mind thinks about a feeling that has yet to be worked and the lungs breathe as they travel through space. Calmness, happiness, release.
Issue 18 Locating Loneliness A lone person stands amid a bustling crowd of familiar faces. A glance around at the wide, inviting smiles on the faces of their family and friends should spark the
Issue 15 Medical Mushrooms: Psylocibin-Assisted Therapy Psychedelics face an overwhelming stigma in Western culture that has limited scientific investigation into their uses since the 1960s. This came as a result of a lack of knowledge that
Issue 14 Up and Running While not everyone participates in endurance sports, anyone can reap the benefits of exercise. A variety of studies show that participation in both aerobic and non-aerobic exercise for as little
Issue 11 Ketamine: A Novel Treatment For Major Depression Finding New Ways of Thinking About Depression Within the last decade, a new agent has appeared in the spotlight of psychiatric research: ketamine. This drug, also known as “Calypsol,” is
Issue 10 Depression Every day, millions of students experience the feeling of almost indescribable emptiness caused by major depression, also known as major depressive disorder or simply depression...
Issue 4 Bacteria and the Brain Microbiome research is taking neurobiology to an unexpected place: the gut. Recent research has demonstrated a link between the microorganisms that live in the stomach and seemingly unrelated conditions like
