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Author: Nefretiri Abat, JD, PMHNP-BC

The Memory Workout That Also Lowered Depression Symptoms

Can you train your memory back during depression? What a trial of 245 adults found, its honest limits, and a small exercise to try tonight.

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What Actually Happens to Your Brain’s Memory Center During Depression

Is depression memory loss permanent? What brain scans of 9,000 people show, and why memory problems tend to shrink as depression lifts.

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Why Depression Won’t Let a Bad Memory Go

Why your brain replays the worst moments on a loop during depression, what rumination is doing, and one small swap that helps.

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Why You Can’t Remember the Good Times When You’re Depressed

Why do happy memories feel faded when you're depressed? What researchers call overgeneral memory, and why the details still exist.

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The Real Reason Depression Makes You Forgetful (It Shows on Brain Scans)

Depression can make you forget names, plans and whole days. Brain scans show why, explained simply with a library in your head.

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A Second Opinion for Treatment-Resistant Depression in the East Bay

A second opinion for treatment-resistant depression is a review of what has been tried and what should come next, by a clinician who was not involved in the first plan. People ask for one after

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When Depression Treatment Stops Working: What Comes Next

If you are reading this, something you tried for depression has stopped working, or never worked well enough. That is a common place to be and it is a known one: in the largest study

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Preparing for Your First Spravato Appointment

The first Spravato appointment takes about two hours. Patients self-administer the nasal spray in the clinic under supervision, then remain for approximately 90 minutes of monitoring. Driving afterward is not permitted, so a designated driver

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Preparing for Your First TMS Appointment at Exxceed Wellness

The first TMS appointment is a consultation and mapping session lasting one to one and a half hours. How to prepare, and when treatment begins.

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Spravato Prior Authorization Documentation Checklist: What Your Chart Must Show

Exxceed Wellness prepares and submits Spravato prior authorizations for patients at our Hayward, CA clinic. You do not assemble this packet yourself. We are in network with Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare

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