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Microdosing Psilocybin and Psilocybin Assisted Psychotherapy – Safe and Effective?

admin — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:54:51 +0000

Recently there has been a lot of interest in using psilocybin as a treatment for depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorder. We certainly need more safe and effective treatments. It may be worth considering where we are in the evaluation of these agents. Right now there is a growing literature supporting the potential value of these agents, but there is ...

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February 2022: COVID-19 or Coronavirus and GPS

Peter Forster — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:23:00 +0000

The current projections for COVID-19 coronavirus infections in California look hopeful. We track this using the IHME model. As of mid-February 2022, it appears that infections are likely to be back to the levels seen in the fall of 2021 by mid to late March 2022. Other sources of information mirror this prediction. For example, Covid in sewage tends to ...

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Gateway Staff attend APA Annual Conference in San Francisco – Chris

Nathaniel Abad — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:38:24 +0000

Recently the American Psychological Association (APA) held their annual conference here in San Francisco and Gateway staff was there to take advantage of the opportunity to update our knowledge of the most recent developments in the field. Gina Gregory, LCSW and I spent the long weekend attending workshops, presentations, and discussions in order to align ourselves with the current research ...

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Medication Home Delivery

Peter Forster — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 14:55:50 +0000

Gateway Psychiatric is happy to make medication home delivery available to its patients in the Bay Area through a partnership with Alto Pharmacy. Alto Pharmacy is dedicated to improving the pharmacy experience for doctors and patients. Alto takes all major insurance and guarantees the lowest price. In addition, Alto will automatically apply any manufacturer coupons available to reduce out of ...

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Fee Increase 2017

Hershe Gesmundo — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:52:19 +0000

We hope 2017 is off to a good start! We look forward to working with and supporting you in your goals toward mental health and wellness. We wanted to get in touch as we enter a new year, as we regularly examine our fee scales during this time. In preparation for this task we reviewed data on health care costs ...

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Controlled Substance Refills

Peter Forster — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 02:58:15 +0000

Controlled substances are medications with a potential for abuse or misuse. They are often, also, medications that have powerful effects on brain function. Common controlled substances that doctors prescribe include: Narcotic pain medications (Demerol, Norco, Tyco, etcetera) Stimulant medications (Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, etcetera) Benzodiazepines and similar sedating and anti-anxiety medications (Xanax, Valium, Ativan, Ambien, etcetera) Testosterone and some other hormone ...

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Telepsychiatry at Gateway – An Update

Peter Forster — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 20:22:54 +0000

An American contractor in Iraq suffering from the after effects of a violent attack needs help to prevent him from developing acute post-traumatic stress disorder. A young man who has been in the throes of an acute psychotic mania and who is now living with his father in remote Humboldt County is trying to rebuild his life. An older woman ...

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New Scheduling Page

Peter Forster — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:47:20 +0000

This morning one of my patients pointed out that the scheduling page that we have had on this site under the online office section for the last year was not working properly. We submitted a help ticket to Google which provides us with this under a HIPAA business associates agreement but it got us thinking that we’ve never much cared for ...

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Congratulations Dr. Kelsey Schraufnagel

Peter Forster — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 22:13:50 +0000

We were so excited to learn that Doctor Schraufnagel, who’s been working here at the clinic for two years as a psychological assistant, finally received her California license has a psychologist. The outcome was never in question except for host of bureaucratic snafus including an analyst at the California Board of Psychology who mysteriously disappeared part way through completing her ...

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Weight Loss Updated

Peter Forster — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:38:16 +0000

Inspired by our work with a few patients who have lost weight successfully, we just updated the weight loss page. See the links below to find the updated page and some other relevant information. And please let us know if you have resources and suggestions to share. Resources Weight Loss Treatment of Weight Gain Weight Loss Medications

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