Please Don't Self-Medicate with Psychedelic Drugs
The Washington Post - September 26, 2023
Jonathan Alpert, M.D., Ph.D., warns against self-medicating with psychedelics for depression or other mental health disorders, noting that patients need to be evaluated and under the care of trained providers if psychedelics are used in their treatment. Dr. Alpert is the Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair in Psychiatry at Einstein and is chair and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and Montefiore.
Can Strong Magnetic Pulses Cure Depression?
Discover Magazine - April 07, 2022
Jonathan Alpert, M.D., Ph.D., discusses a new neurostimulation therapy that uses magnetic pulses to treat depression, and notes that it is among the emerging options that appear to work quickly to heal some patients' brains. Dr. Alpert is the Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair in Psychiatry at Einstein and is chair and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and Montefiore.
Beating the Coronavirus Didn't Spare Him From Possible
USA Today - May 06, 2021
Jonathan Alpert, M.D., Ph.D., discusses COVID psychosis, a rare condition that may be caused by brain inflammation triggered by the body's immune response to the virus. Dr. Alpert is the Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair in Psychiatry at Einstein and is chair and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and Montefiore.