Catalysts for change: Psychedelic-assisted therapies for PTSD
Psychedelic-based therapies are poised to change the treatments that psychiatrists can offer patients.
Jul 13, 2023
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Psychedelic-based therapies are poised to change the treatments that psychiatrists can offer patients.
Jul 13, 2023
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As of July 1, authorized psychiatrists have been allowed to prescribe MDMA (the chemical found in "ecstasy") to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psilocybin (found in "magic mushrooms") to treat depression ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Research by University of Sydney psychologists examining post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Australian mothers shows that about a third of women experience a traumatic birth. Of these women, one in eight had symptoms ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Many people in Australia, including psychiatrists, were surprised when earlier this year the medicines regulator down-scheduled MDMA, known colloquially as ecstasy, and psilocybin, from magic mushrooms.
Jun 29, 2023
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A new study of a brain region called the rostro-medial prefrontal could potentially advance diagnosis and therapies for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Entitled "Rejection Distress Suppresses Medial Prefrontal Cortex ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Nearly one-third of patients with an implanted device to prevent sudden death have anxiety in the first year, while depression affects one in five. That's the finding of a study published this week in Europace, a journal ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Psychedelics stand at a pivotal crossroad in mental health, offering the prospect of novel therapeutic avenues to address multiple mental conditions, from treatment-resistant depression to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ...
Jun 16, 2023
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No caring person would wish post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—or the likely terrifying event that led to it—on anyone. But for those people who develop the mental health condition and find treatment, the skills and ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Service members deployed to conflict zones may be at greater risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder if they were physically, emotionally or sexually abused in childhood. This, along with other findings from a new ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Since 2014, June has been designated by the federal government as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, bringing attention to the serious mental health condition some individuals develop after experiencing ...
Jun 7, 2023
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