John Krystal: Depression, PTSD, Schizophrenia, Stress, Alcoholism | Hrvoje Kukina Podcast #14

I had the great pleasure of hosting Dr. John Krystal from Yale University, who is a leading expert in depression research, ketamine, PTSD, schizophrenia, and alcoholism. Dr. Krystal and I talked about depressive disorder, why are we seeing its increase lately, especially among young people, what are the main symptoms and causes of depression, and how can someone tell if they are suffering from this mental disorder. How can depression affect a person’s daily life and relationships and what are some effective coping strategies for managing depression, what are the differences between depression and other mental health disorders, such as anxiety or bipolar disorder, what are other common mental disorders, mechanisms by which ketamine alleviates symptoms of depression and what the future might hold for its use in clinical settings, how effective are current treatment options for depression, including antidepressants, psychotherapy, and newer interventions like ketamine or psychedelic therapies, what are the most common misconceptions about depression, can stress lead to some kind of mental illness, how can we define post-traumatic stress disorder, and what kind of traumatic experiences can lead to developing PTSD, what are the main symptoms of PTSD, how can treatment for PTSD be personalized to better meet the needs of individual patients, how can friends and family support someone with PTSD, what are the long-term effects of PTSD if left untreated, what are the most common misconceptions about PTSD, what is schizophrenia and how is schizophrenia diagnosed, what are the primary symptoms of schizophrenia, what are the common treatment options for schizophrenia, how does schizophrenia impact daily life and functioning, what are the potential causes or risk factors for developing schizophrenia, why is alcoholism such a big issue in our society, what treatment options are available for alcoholism, can alcoholism lead to drug abuse, or can drug abuse lead to alcoholism, advice to young researchers or students who are interested in pursuing a career in psychiatric research. John Krystal LINKS: Yale: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/joh... Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?... Linkedin:   / john-krystal-1419aa9   Hrvoje Kukina LINKS: Linkedin:   / hrvojekukina   Instagram:   / hrvojekukina   Twitter:   / hrvojekukina   TikTok:   / kukinahrvoje   YouTube:    / @harvkukina   Support my work: Patreon:   / hrvojekukina   PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/HrvojeKukina Contact: info[at]hrvojekukina.com #Depression #PTSD #Schizophrenia