Articles about Psychiatry
What ketamine treatment is — and who it’s for By Jenny Peterson The billboards across Charleston are hard to miss. Clean, clinical, and featuring a word that still feels loaded: ketamine. The name alone raises questions: What is it? Is it safe? And who is it meant to help? The answers aren’t found along the … Read more
Body dysmorphia took over her life, then hypnosis saved her By Sara Novak Jamie Curnett, 44, of Mount Pleasant, can’t remember a time that she wasn’t obsessing about her weight. As a child, she was curvy, not the stringbean she aspired to be. She remembers one friend criticizing her shapely backside. And as a result, … Read more
When people think of methods for fighting depression, they probably imagine countless medications, Zoloft, Lexapro and Prozac may spring to mind. Cognitive behavioral therapy is also a common approach, but what if these treatments proved ineffective for some patients? It’s these more difficult cases that require a less conventional approach, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, … Read more
Name the day, and a new trend will sweep the nation. Whether the trend is a Stanley cup, Starbucks’ olive oil coffee or Taylor + Kelce hype, something is always buzzing on late night talk shows and social media. Social media blasts a formidable amount of trendy information about health as well — forest bathing, … Read more
In the summer of 2011, when U.S. resident Yoheved Hasson began feeling involuntary shaking in her left leg, she soon learned from a local neurologist that she had Parkinson’s disease. Several years later, after trying prescription medications and other treatments to no avail, she was told by doctors that her only hope for recovery was … Read more
When Janelle Mitchell enters the room of one of her adolescent patients who was recently diagnosed with cancer, she doesn’t bring a stethoscope or bandages. Instead, she might be carrying a guitar or the lyrics to the patient’s favorite song. Mitchell is a music therapist at Prisma Health. “Music therapy is not just playing or … Read more