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“His combination of the science
and the art of medicine has
helped many patients with
widely varying problems. His
careful communications with
referring practitioners have
facilitated the integration of
psychopharmacology and
psychotherapy.”
— DR. SALLY ROSENBERG
better.”
Drugs work by target-
ing neurotransmitters in
the brain that stimulate
or inhibit their release,
he notes. “Initially, we
thought the main trans-
mitters were serotonin,
norepinephrine and dopa-
mine. But we began to
see that stress hormones
played a major part in
depression, and research
has now found that the
main transmitter in the
brain is glutamate, a pro-
tein that is a stimulating
hormone and one of the
main causes of anxiety.”
There was a time when
many traditional psycho-
analysts believed drugs
undermined successful
treatment. “Nowadays,
more analysts are pre-
scribing medications and
the two approaches are
recognized as needing
each other,” Rosenbaum
says. “When you put them
together, the success rate
goes up.”
In his practice,
Rosenbaum has seen an
increase in depression. “I
think it has to do with the
amount of stress people
have,” he says. “The hours
people work seem longer.
Both spouses are working,
and they don’
t have enough
time for themselves or with
their children. We’
ve also
found that inflammation
from any disease, or even
surgery, can trigger depres-
sions.”
Diet and exercise, he
adds, “have been proven
to be extremely import-
ant for our mental health,
with exercise shown to
even delay the onset of
Alzheimer’
s disease.”
As for the future of psy-
chiatric drug treatment,
Rosenbaum hopes scien-
tists will find something
similar to what has evolved
for cancer treatment: med-
ications that block genes
that allow cancer to grow.
“My hope is we can find
a medication that can
block the gene or genes
that allow the biological
part of the psychiatric ill-
ness,” he says.
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