Dr. Sina Nikayin

Biography

Sina Nikayin is a psychiatrist at the Yale Interventional Psychiatry Service (IPS), where he utilizes advanced modalities to treat patients resistant to traditional treatments and those with higher risk medical and psychiatric complications. He works with various therapies, including ketamine, esketamine (Spravato), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to treat treatment-resistant depression and other psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. Dr. Nikayin finds it rewarding to help patients who have suffered for years to experience relief from their symptoms and regain joy in their lives. In addition to his clinical work, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and is involved in multiple clinical research projects that investigate the effectiveness of ketamine as an antidepressant, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy alongside esketamine for treating depression and suicidal ideation, and the safety and effectiveness of ECT compared to ketamine treatment for depression.

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