Building Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care

Culturally responsive mental healthcare (CRMH) is an essential approach to addressing mental health disparities and improving treatment outcomes for diverse populations. This method recognizes culture’s significant role in shaping individuals’ mental health understanding and experience. Understanding Mental Health Disparities Mental health disparities are prevalent, with certain racial and ethnic groups experiencing higher rates of conditions […]

What Is Treatment-Resistant Depression?

By Bryan Walker, PMHNP-BC Frequently, I am asked, what is treatment-resistant depression? First, let’s define depression. Depression, in many people’s minds, is sometimes envisioned as someone curled up in a fetal position in the dark, crying. But this is not at all the typical presentation of depression. Depression is an illness characterized by some of the following: […]

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Choosing TMS Over Ketamine for Depression Treatment

Someone who has struggled with depression for years is likely to be open to any treatment possibility that might offer some much sought after relief. In many cases, antidepressant drug therapy is either not effective at all, or may be only modestly effective in successfully alleviating depression symptoms. Leaving these treatment-resistant individuals to enduring ongoing […]