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Side profile of a woman with illuminated brain neural network and a TMS coil device, labeled with TMS, Theta-Burst Stimulation, Circuit Psychiatry, and Treatment-Resistant Depression
Mental Health
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Circuit Psychiatry: TMS, Theta-Burst, and Treatment-Resistant Depression

When medication alone is not enough, circuit-based treatments such as TMS are reshaping depression treatment. Justin Ray, MSN, PMHNP-BC of South Chesapeake Psychiatry reviews accelerated and theta-burst protocols and what they mean for patients seeking treatment-resistant depression care in Chesapeake, VA and across Hampton Roads.

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Psychedelic abstract pattern representing LSD-based research for generalized anxiety
Mental Health
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Expanding the Psychedelic Frontier: MM120 for Anxiety

A psychedelic is being seriously studied for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) rather than depression. A newly published phase 2b clinical trial in JAMA evaluated lysergide (MM120)—better known as LSD—for anxiety. This represents a pivotal step toward expanding psychedelic research into conditions beyond mood disorders.

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Semaglutide injection pen alongside clinician notes on cardiometabolic health
Mental Health
3
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Breaking Barriers: How Semaglutide Can Improve Health for Patients with Schizophrenia

A recent randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry has shed new light on an important but often overlooked issue: the physical health of individuals living with schizophrenia (Ganeshalingam et al., 2025). While psychiatric treatment focuses on managing symptoms, many clients also face significant health risks related to weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease—much of it driven by the very medications that stabilize their mental health.

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Modern electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment setup in a medical facility
Mental Health
4
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): Separating Myth from Medicine

Electroconvulsive therapy is a medical treatment in which brief electrical stimulation is delivered to the brain to produce a controlled seizure, under full anesthesia. The procedure is carried out by a team that includes a psychiatrist and an anesthesiologist. It’s performed in a highly monitored and safe environment, either in a hospital or a specialized outpatient setting.

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Close-up illustration of a face symbolizing the emotional pain of borderline personality disorder
Mental Health
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Healing the Emotional Wounds Beneath the Surface

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex and often deeply misunderstood mental health condition. First formally recognized in the 1980s, it was initially thought to exist on the “borderline” between neurosis and psychosis—an outdated concept that contributed to years of stigma and mischaracterization.

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Abstract neural and metabolic network illustrating GLP-1 receptor agonists in psychiatry
Mental Health
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The Metabolic-Mood Connection: Could GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Reshape Psychiatry?

GLP-1 receptor agonists offer something rare in psychiatry: the ability to target both mind and body, addressing overlapping biological mechanisms in a single, integrated way

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