Sleep changes go hand in hand with common psychiatric conditions like depression and mania, but before jumping to drugs to help you catch some…

Depression is the most common psych condition I’ve come across during my time at the Veterans Affairs hospital. It permeates all age groups and…

Today I had the esteemed privilege of interviewing a veteran in the psych clinic. I also had the rare experience of witnessing this prototypic…

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is routinely used to treat refractory depression and catatonia, especially in the elderly where pharmacotherapy could result in undesirable side effects.…

Over the past week, I’ve sat in on several group therapy sessions for those coping with depression, treatment-resistant mental illnesses, and bipolar disorder. Going…

For the next two months, I’ll be hearing the most intimate details of my patients’ lives. I will come across those who have lost…