Spravato, explained without the hype
One of the first genuinely new mechanisms for depression in a generation. What a Spravato appointment actually involves, and what it is not.
St. Charles County
The Cover Story · Treatment-Resistant Depression
When the medication was supposed to be the answer, and it was not.
Depression · The Long Read
When antidepressants stop working, the next step is a conversation, not a dead end
For a meaningful share of people, the first, second, or even third medication does not lift the fog. What treatment-resistant depression really means, and the serious options that exist for readers across the Gateway region.
The Gateway Health Review Editorial Team · St. Louis Metro
From the Desks
TMS therapy: the non-drug option, step by step
No medication, no anesthesia, drive yourself home. Transcranial magnetic stimulation is quieter than its science-fiction name suggests.
St. Louis Metro
The anxiety that will not switch off
Post-traumatic stress and chronic anxiety rarely travel alone. How they overlap with depression, and where Gateway-region readers can turn.
St. Louis Metro
How to actually get help in the St. Louis metro
Knowing that treatment exists is not the same as knowing where to start. A step-by-step map to real care, and what to say on the first call.
St. Charles County
Paying for care, including MO HealthNet
Cost is the quiet reason many people never start. What insurance and Medicaid can do, and the questions that keep you from overpaying.
St. Louis Metro
About The Gateway Health Review and how we report
Who we are, how we source and review our coverage, and how we handle sponsorship with a bright line between it and our editorial work.
St. Louis, MO