severe depression – A New Vision for Mental Health

Magic-mushroom drug can treat severe depression, trial suggests

Author: Editorial 3rd November 2022 0 Comments

This report by Philippa Roxby comes from the BBC. It begins: “A drug based on a compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms can improve the symptoms of severe depression for up to 12 weeks, a trial shows. A 25mg tablet of psilocybin puts…
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Andrew McIntosh, BBC, depression, magic mushrooms, New England Journal of Medicine, Philippa Roxby, psilocybin, psychotherapy, Research, severe depression

Intensive Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders: An Alternative to Hospitalization

Author: Editorial 18th March 2022 0 Comments

This article by David Heath has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In 1978, I became the medical director of a general hospital psychiatric unit serving the twin cities of Kitchener/Waterloo in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Over the next four…
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acute mental illness, affective psychosis, David Heath, intensive home treatment (IHT), Mad in America, psychosis, Research, schizophrenia, severe depression

Psychedelics: Lifting the veil

Author: Editorial 12th November 2018 0 Comments

Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris – head of the Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial College London– has worked for the last few years on the brain effects of LSD, psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and MDMA, conducting some pioneering brain imaging studies of these drugs. Most recently…
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brain imaging, depression, psilocybin, psychedelic drugs, Psychedelic Research Group, Robin Carhart-Harris, severe depression