Blogs by Mark S. Gold, MD
Browse insightful blogs on psychiatry, addiction treatment, and more by Dr. Mark S. Gold, MD.
Psilocybin: Potential Psychedelic Treatment for Depression
"Magic" mushroomsKEY POINTS Clinical studies have shown psilocybin from “magic mushrooms” improves depression. Psychiatric researchers at Harvard, Yale, Washington University, Stanford and more are studying psychedelics. The FDA may legalize psilocybin for depression,...
Naltrexone for Both Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders
Naltrexone may be a wonder drug but getting patients to take it is a challenge.KEY POINTS Naltrexone, like its cousin naloxone (Narcan), is a wonder drug but getting patients to take it is not easy. Lack of treatment adherence may be genetic, but women and men also...
The Fentanyl Death Crisis in America
Medication for reversing overdose is life-saving—if used quickly and correctly.KEY POINTS Fentanyl is a major threat causing overdose deaths in the United States. Young people are unknowingly taking fentanyl and dying. Fentanyl smoking is contributing to overdose and...
The New Fentanyl and Speedballing Crisis of 2024
Developing medicines that help with fentanyl addiction and overdose.KEY POINTS Fentanyl in counterfeit pills or smoked alone or with methamphetamine are changing the overdose epidemic. Inexperienced (low-tolerance) fentanyl smokers, users or speedballers, are at high...