Here’s a review of two new books on the history of psychotropics.
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Ketamine For Depression
This ketamine trial for resistant depression shows positive results.
The study is the largest to date comparing generic ketamine with placebo in treating severe depression.
Read morePsychedelic Research, Risks and Benefits
Here a UC researcher discusses how psychedelics show promise for treating PTSD and anxiety, but risks remain.
Read moreOregon’s First Psilocybin Client!
Keep reading for an interview with the patient thought to be the first person to receive psilocybin under Oregon’s new system. He discusses his psilocybin experience.
Read moreSSRI's and Psilocybin
New research from Compass Pathways says that:
“It has long been thought that SSRIs could interfere with the potential therapeutic effect of psilocybin.
This data is exciting because it provides a preliminary signal that this is not the case, and that patients could remain on their SSRI antidepressant medication and experience the same effect from COMP360 psilocybin treatment as people who are not on SSRIs.”
Chemical Imbalance Theory
Keep reading for the history of the chemical imbalance theory, how a study last year tried to debunk it, and how that study is now seen to be flawed.
Read moreMDMA History
The wild history of MDMA: 5 Questions for author Rachel Nuwer.
Read moreMassachusetts Joins the Psychedelic Legalization Effort!
Massachusetts may be the next state to legalize psychedelic use through a voter initiative.
The newly formed Massachusetts for Mental Health Options (MMHO) committee submitted initial documents to the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF), signaling their intent to secure ballot placement for the measure, details of which are currently sparse.
Read moreMental Health Needs in the Suicide Belt
Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, South Dakota, and New Mexico citizens are struggling with their mental health so much so that the states have coined the term “suicide belt”.
We need to make mental health treatments available to all.
Consciousness and the Brain
Consciousness arises from specially evolved neural circuits in the brain configured to instantiate it.
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