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Care Insights: Why Team Approach

Why a Team Approach is Best for those with Long-standing and Complex Conditions like Borderline Personality Disorder with Dr. Darren

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10 Helpful Facts About Ketamine

10 Helpful Facts About Ketamine for Depression and Anxiety When it comes to feeling better it is understandable that people

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Myths & Realities About Anxiety

Common Myths and the Realities about Anxiety Myth: The Signs of Anxiety Disorders are Obvious Fact: Anxiety Disorders Have Many

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Care Insights: Black Maternal Mental

The Positive Impact of Therapy in Maternal Care with Meghan Murchison, LPC Getting Therapists Involved in the Maternal Healthcare Conversation

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Facts About Major Depression Everyone

Facts About Major Depression Everyone Should Know Depression is a Leading Cause of Disability With an estimated 300 million people

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Care Insights: Sex & Therapy

Talking Sex & Therapy with Jestina Franks, Sex Therapist & LPC-S Psychology, Sex, and Intimacy Whether it’s framed as a

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Care Insights: Community Health &

Therapy Insights: Community Health & Black Mental Health with Shaunae Tolson, LPC Black Mental Health & Black History Month In

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Breaking the Stigma: The Truth

Breaking the Stigma: The Truth About Mental Health Diagnoses Whether you’ve just received a diagnosis or are curious about what

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Care Insights: Treating Severe Depression

Therapy Insights: Treating Depression & Anxiety with Julie Isaacs, LCSW The Intersection of Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma Depression and anxiety

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Therapy Motivation: 10 Simple Ways

Therapy Motivation: 10 Simple Ways to Stay Engaged and On-Track Talk therapy is a powerful tool for making progress with

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Yes, It Matters if You

Yes, It Matters if You Like Your Therapist. Here's Why When searching for the right therapist, you might focus on

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Why Vulnerability Is So Important

Why Vulnerability is the Superpower of Therapy Vulnerability.   For many this word feels super-scary. But, more and more, the conversation has

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Ketamine and Depression: Science 101

How & Why Ketamine is a Breakthrough Treatment Long standing stress from stress and anxiety takes a toll on brain

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The Irreplaceable Benefits of In-Center

Is it Better to Receive Ketamine in a Center or at Home? Unlike with most antidepressants, patients considering ketamine have

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Mental Health Care Lags in

Mental Health Care Lags in Rural Texas. Can Teletherapy Help Now? According to Mental Health Texas, more than three million

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Stress Can Be Good for

Stress Can Be Good for You. Here's How Stress is generally seen as an undesirable state to be avoided whenever

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 101: What

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 101: What You Need to Know Whether searching through provider bios or hearing about your therapist's treatment

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New Year’s Resolutions Always Don’t

New Year's Resolutions Don't Work. Commit to Your Mental Health Habits Instead. Every year an estimated 800,000 U.S. adults make

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What You Should Know About

What You Should Know About Your First Therapy Appointment Once you’ve made the brave step of making an appointment with

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Can TMS Be Used to

Can TMS Be Used to Treat Alzheimer's Disease? Alzheimer’s disease is a complex brain disease that results in the progressive

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Businesses are Prioritizing Employee Mental

Employers are Prioritizing Employee Mental Health. Here's Why Unfortunately, our mental health problems don’t wait at home while we work.

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How to Prepare for Your

Embarking on Your First Ketamine or Spravato® Treatment  If you've been prescribed ketamine or Spravato® for treatment-resistant depression, major anxiety

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I’m Anxious about Talking to

I'm Anxious about Talking to My Therapist. Is That Normal? Over the past several years, one in four young adults

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How Ketamine Works Quickly When

How Ketamine Works Quickly When Other Treatments Have Failed Ketamine (and its cousin, Spravato®) are novel antidepressants that have been

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Sugar, Mood, and Mental Health:

Sugar, Mood, and Mental Health: Interview with a Nutritional Therapist The holiday season is a time of gatherings, gifts, and

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Patient Perspective: What Spravato® Did

Patient Perspective: What Spravato Did (and Didn't Do) for My Anxiety and Depression This post was written by a member

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Black Friday Isn’t Great for

Black Friday Hype Isn't Great for Your Mind: 10 Mental Health Alternatives As the holiday season kicks into full gear,

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How to Support Grieving Loved

How to Support Grieving Loved Ones During the Holidays Julia Lopez The spirit of the holiday season is one of

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4 Tips for Maintaining Your

4 Tips for Maintaining Your Mental Health During the Winter When the temperature drops and the daytime is short, some

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Alternative Treatments for ADHD

Alternative Treatments for ADHD Over 1.6 million U.S. adults have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Characterized by symptoms such as

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Six Tips for Having Supportive

Six Tips for Having Supportive Conversations with Veterans Veterans returning to civilian life often struggle to communicate with civilians about

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Speaker Series: Battlefield to Civilian

In this conversation Sally, Teressa, and Femi discuss the difficulties of transition from military to civilian life both from the

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Provider’s Perspective: Veteran Mental Health

Teressa Carter, LCSW shares her perspective as a therapist and member of a military family how to better serve Veterans.

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Can Ketamine Treat PTSD?

Can Ketamine Treat PTSD? health.hardvard.eduPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition caused by exposure

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Dia de los Muertos and

Dia de los Muertos and the Impact of Culture on Grief and Mourning This post was written by Patricia Hernandez,

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Upcoming Events and Content in

Upcoming Events and Content in Honor of Veteran's Day During the week of Veterans Day, Heading Health will be hosting

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Treatment-Resistant Depression

Treatment-Resistant Depression When treating depression, physicians often prescribe a first-line anti-depressant (e.g., Zoloft, Prozac, and Lexapro). While these treatments work

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Is Ketamine a Psychedelic? Does

Is Ketamine a Psychedelic? Does it Matter? Over the past few years, psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms have

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Ketamine Vs. Esketamine (Spravato) –

Ketamine Vs. Esketamine (Spravato) - What’s the Difference? Source: NeuroMendIn 2019, 19 years after researchers first

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The Surprising Connections Between Caffeine

The Surprising Connections Between Caffeine and Mental Health Between coffee, tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks, caffeine is one of

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TMS for OCD

TMS for OCD Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a condition characterized by recurrent, unpleasant intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors aimed at

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The Problem of Delayed Treatment

The Problem of Delayed Treatment for Mental Health Conditions From recognizing one needs treatment to finding an in-network provider to

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Interview with an Expert: Should

Interview with an Expert: Should Ketamine Be Combined with Psychotherapy? With evidence mounting in support of ketamine’s therapeutic effect on

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The Basics of Transcranial Magnetic

The Basics of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive, drug-free procedure that uses magnetic coils to

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What Does Spravato Feel Like?

What's Does Spravato Feel Like? A Patient's Perspective This post was written by a member of our team currently receiving

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Nutritional Therapy for Mental Health

Nutritional Therapy for Mental Health When trying to treat depression and anxiety, most people turn to psychotherapy, oral medications, or

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FDA Approves Fast Acting Antidepressant

FDA Approves Fast-Acting Antidepressant: Auvelity On August 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Axsome Therapeutics’ Auvelity for the

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Study Finds Ketamine Provides Rapid

Study Finds Ketamine Provides Rapid Relief from Severe Suicidal Ideation Each year, around 800,000 people die from suicide, and nearly 20

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Telepsychiatry Vs Teletherapy. What’s the

Telepsychiatry Vs. Teletherapy. What's The Difference? Previously carried out primarily through in-person appointments where both practitioners and patients interacted in

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Ketamine and Alcohol Use Disorder​

Ketamine and Alcohol Use Disorder Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), a condition characterized by a problematic pattern of alcohol consumption despite

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Panic Attack Types, Diagnoses, and

Panic Attack Types, Diagnoses, and Treatments A panic attack is a sudden and brief episode of intense fear and anxiety

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6 Brain Healthy Tips for

Independence Day is upon us, with hot sunshine and loved ones gathered with games to play. Between family barbecues, watermelon

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LGBTQIA Mental Health Struggles &

By Corbin Blevins Throughout history, society has widely disregarded mental health. For those struggling with mental illnesses such as depression,

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Celebrating Juneteenth

By Teressa Carter, MSW, LCSW Across the United States of America, millions of Americans young and old take great pride

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Maintaining Mental Health During the

Tips on combating stress The pandemic catapulted many of us into a new arena with work, work from home. At

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The Custom-Made Care Plan

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 20 percent of adults or 46.6 million Americans have a mental

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Talk Therapy: What, Why, How

It’s incredible how something as simple as talking, sharing our thoughts and feelings is such a powerful tool for self-liberation

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Mental Health(care) is for Everyone

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty, stress, discomfort and periods of isolation has increased across the world. This

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Roses are Red, I Feel

Combatting Stress around Valentine’s Day Hallmark’s holiday, heart shaped chocolates, flowers everywhere, table for 2 reservations, cupid’s bow, also known

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Just Add Water

“Drink more water” we hear it everywhere, quoted on social media, designed on water bottles, a sign on the walls

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What To Expect At Your

Whether it is over the phone or in person, seeking help for your mental health can be daunting if you do

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3 Nutrition Resolutions to Support

It’s a new year and, with the new year, many of us have made goals about how we want to

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Alternative Treatments for ADHD

Alternative Treatments for ADHD Over 1.6 million U.S. adults have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Characterized by symptoms such as a short attention span, distractibility,

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Speaker Series: Battlefield to Civilian Life

In this conversation Sally, Teressa, and Femi discuss the difficulties of transition from military to civilian life both from the veteran’s perspective and military family perspectives, the complexity of relationships for veterans transitioning out of military service, why veteran mental health matters to civilians, and how we can do better by those who have served.

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