Dr. John Krystal: Clinical Depression

The Jake Fisher Medical Podcast

Dr. John Krystal is the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and the Robert L. McNeil, Jr Professor of Translational Research at the Yale University School of Medicine. He received his BA in behavioral sciences at the University of Chicago. He received his MD and completed his residency at Yale. He is the Chief of Psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He is the Director of the NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism and the Clinical Neuroscience Division of he VA National Center for PTSD. Some of his awards include the ACNP Joel Elle’s Award, the Anna-Monika Foundation Depression Research Prize, and the Paul Hoch Research Award among others. He has published over 500 papers and reviews on schizophrenia, alcoholism, PTSD, and depression. Dr. Krystal and his colleagues discovered a new treatment for depression named Spravato, an esketamine drug that modulates the neurotransmitter glutamate. Tune in for our in depth discussion on clinical depression.