Florida researchers are giving depressed, anxious people psychedelics
A therapy session with Patricia Brown starts like any other. She leads her clients into a peaceful, quiet room, draped in beige and generic, calming artwork.
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A therapy session with Patricia Brown starts like any other. She leads her clients into a peaceful, quiet room, draped in beige and generic, calming artwork.
Oct 17, 2023
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It can be challenging to create a treatment plan for depression. This is especially true for patients who aren't responding to conventional treatments and are undergoing experimental therapies such as deep brain stimulation. ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Ketamine can be used to manage treatment-resistant depression but researchers warn it should be done so sparingly.
Aug 25, 2023
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Ketamine might be better known as a recreational drug or anesthetic. But there's growing evidence for its use for people with hard-to-treat depression.
Jul 14, 2023
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A low-cost version of ketamine to treat severe depression has performed strongly in a double-blind trial that compared it with placebo.
Jul 13, 2023
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Australia is the world's first country to legalize the medical use of psychedelics. But not everyone is sure the timing is right. There are still major issues to work out for this move to benefit those most in need.
May 1, 2023
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A plumber who shows up to fix a leaking toilet with a single tool is not likely to succeed. The same is true if a mental health professional offers only one approach for a complex problem like depression.
Mar 15, 2023
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Humans have long capitalized on the metabolic products of fungi for medical purposes (e.g., penicillin). Psilocybin is a fungal metabolite that has attracted increased attention from media outlets, clinicians and researchers ...
Feb 13, 2023
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A few days ago, the Australian drug regulator—the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)—surprised experts around the world when it announced the approval of certain psychedelic treatments.
Feb 8, 2023
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Powerful electromagnets could be the answer to a new wave of treatments for depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's and more.
Jan 31, 2023
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