June is PTSD Awareness Month. Various people and organizations have been trying to increase awareness and understanding of the condition for years. In 1989, the US Department of Veterans’ Affairs established the National Center for PTSD to treat veterans. In 2010, the Senate established June 27 as PTSD Awareness Day. Three years later, the Senate […]
Why The NEXT Antidepressant May Not Work
By: Dr. Erin Amato | December 6, 2016 As a practicing psychiatrist for over 8 years, I have experienced both great and frustrating results with psychiatric medications. My results are consistent with the largest antidepressant studied by the National Institutes of Mental Health. The study was called STAR*D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives for the Relief of Depression. […]
What You Need to Know About Suicide Prevention
By: Dr. Erin Amato | Sep 23, 2016 In 2015 over 9.3 million American adults had “reported having suicidal thoughts in the past year.”1 This accounts for nearly 4% of adult Americans. In addition, over 40,000 Americans took their lives in 2015 alone. That accounts for one suicide every 13 minutes. This makes suicide one of […]
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