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Mental Health

Fighting Depression As A Therapist

Therapists also undergo depression while treating people around them. You too may feel that at any point of time. In case if you are feeling low and observing symptoms of depression, it’s important for you to know the underlying reason for the same. You need not be afraid of it, but have the strength to […]

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Depression

Combining Ketamine with Psychotherapy for Treatment of Depression

In major depression, remission rate in response to monoaminergic antidepressant is around 50%. The lack of strong synergies between classical antidepressants and psychotherapy may be due to the molecular effects of classical antidepressants. They modulate synapses but they do not substantially influence synaptogenesis. They also increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). However, for activity-dependent plasticity, BDNF […]