Depression

Why Depression Treatments Sometimes Fail: Major depressive disorder remains a diagnostic chameleon.
by Samoon Ahmad • March 28, 2023

As seen in Psychology Today. A bombshell went off in psychiatry last year when Moncrieff and colleagues’ systematic review in Molecular Psychiatry concluded, “We suggest it is time to acknowledge that the serotonin theory of depression is not empirically substantiated.” Their review revealed that there is a lack of good science to support the notion […]

PTSD and Substance Abuse

The Other Second Wave: COVID-related stressors and increasing instances of substance abuse
by Samoon Ahmad • August 10, 2020

This article was also published on KevinMD and Psychology Today. Throughout 2020, the United States has been playing catch-up against the coronavirus. As several well-researched articles have noted, lack of appropriate and timely response has been at the forefront and can be attributed to numerous factors including the highly contagious nature of the virus and […]

Magic Mushrooms and the Future of Psychology: A Conversation with Stephen Ross About the Frontiers of Psychedelic Research
by Samoon Ahmad • July 22, 2020

An excerpt of this interview was published in Psychology Today. The following is the full transcript of Dr. Ahmad’s recent interview with Stephen Ross, MD. Dr. Ross is the Director of Addictive Disorders and Experimental Therapeutics Research Laboratory at NYU and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. […]