Editorial
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ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy)
ECT (electroconvulsive therapy, the one with the bad PR from the Jack Nicholson movie) works better than any antidepressant we have, and almost nobody who…
Jun 25, 2026
Three Months In on an SSRI: What to Expect
If you're reading this, you're probably somewhere between week eight and week twelve on an SSRI, you're trying to figure out whether it's working, and you…
Jun 19, 2026
Ozempic, GLP-1s, and mood
The GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic and Wegovy and Mounjaro and the rest, a class of medications originally developed for type 2 diabetes and now used…
Apr 16, 2026
Pharmacogenomic testing for psych meds
GeneSight and the other pharmacogenomic tests (cheek-swab panels that look at your liver-enzyme genetics to suggest which psych medications you'll handle…
Apr 12, 2026
Online ADHD clinics & the regulatory crackdown
Done and Cerebral are the two names everybody remembers from the great pandemic ADHD telehealth boom, and the story of what happened to them is most of…
Mar 20, 2026
EMDR
EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, which is a mouthful and also kind of misleading because the eye movements may not actually…
Mar 14, 2026
Therapy for Men Who Think Therapy Is Bullshit
The guys who think therapy is bullshit aren't wrong about most of what they've been pitched.
Nov 15, 2025
What “Trauma-Informed Care” Actually Means
Trauma informed care is the most successful piece of mental health branding of the last decade, and for a crowd that never shuts up about how…
Nov 12, 2025
The Quiet Damage Addiction Does to Others
Addiction doesn’t just live in a person’s body. It moves into the spaces between people.
Nov 10, 2025
What Medication Can and Can’t Do
People come in wanting a pill that fixes their life. They don't say it that way.
Nov 1, 2025
Depression Looks Different in Men
Most people think depression looks like sadness... someone crying, withdrawn, hopeless, visibly falling apart.
Oct 19, 2025
You Already Know You Have a Problem
If you're reading this and wondering whether your drinking is a problem... it is. You wouldn't be reading this otherwise.
Sep 15, 2025