Major depressive disorder, also known as clinical depression, affects a wide variety of people. It causes symptoms that can interfere with your ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy life. The causes are not always…
What Is Manic Depression?
If you are one of nearly six million Americans experiencing mood swings, trouble eating, or problems sleeping, then you may be having the first symptoms of bipolar disorder, which was once referred to as manic…
Am I Depressed?
Depression is a rampant mental health illness affecting more than 17 million adults in the U.S. every year, plus another two million children between three and 17-years old. The symptoms are sometimes hard to detect…
New Treatments for depression in Alexandria, Virginia
CONTACT NOVA Health Ketamine Center: 703-844-0184 | Depression Treatment Center Depression Medications Medication can be an effective intervention for treating the symptoms of depression. Not all antidepressants, however, work the same way. The antidepressant your…
What is Scopolamine?
Scopolamine has been used in multiple forms (patches, tablets, nasal sprays, and IV) for nausea, sea-sickness, and even depression. It is a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist agent.Learn More
Suicide is preventable: How can we help our teens?
Call 703-844-0184 for phone consultation if you are interested in trying Ketamine for the treatment of depression, OCD, PTSD, or other mood disorders. Every October, after school starts—and each May, as it ends—there is a…
Is a Club Drug the New Holy Grail for Depression Treatment
Clinical depression is a mental health condition that affects millions of people every year and is commonly found in those with a substance use disorder or addiction. Very often, people use drugs or alcohol as a coping strategy for dealing…
An Ingredient in Cough Syrup Could Work as an Antidepressant
Everything from shrooms and weed to molly and ketamine—once known mainly as party drugs—are finding a place in clinical trials for depression and other mental health conditions. Precisely how they work on the brain, however, strays wildly from prescription antidepressants. In doing so, these…
Mindfulness-Based Prevention Outcomes for Cocaine Dependence Improved by Ketamine Injection
A single ketamine infusion improved several treatment outcomes in adults with cocaine dependence who were engaged in mindfulness-based behavior modification, according to study data published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.Learn More
Ketamine could be first of new generation of rapid acting antidepressants, say experts
Ketamine is the first truly new pharmacological approach to treating depression in the past 50 years and could herald a new generation of rapid-acting antidepressants, researchers have predicted. “We haven’t had anything really new for…