Getting started with mental health care can be overwhelming and stressful, especially if you begin looking for help while in the middle of a struggle or a crisis. Getting the courage to ask for help in the first place is an accomplishment in itself, but figuring out...
Many residents of Seattle face significant challenges when it comes to accessing quality mental health care. Long wait times, limited availability of specialized treatments, and a shortage of mental health providers prevent people from getting the help they need....
Over the past decade or so, new research is changing everything we thought we knew about ADHD. One of the discoveries is that the number of girls who are ADHD is equal or may even be higher than boys. Girls present with symptoms that are different than ADHD...
Summary This article compares traditional antidepressants with esketamine (Spravato), a clinic-administered nasal spray approved for adults with treatment-resistant depression who have not improved after at least two prior medications. It explains that antidepressants...
Over the last decade or two, ADHD (or ADD, the old term that many professionals and patients continue to use) has entered the public vocabulary to the point that a layperson is likely to have a general image of its features. When asked to describe ADHD, most people...