For a lay person a mental health condition is a mental health condition. PTSD is PTSD. Depression is depression. However, mental health conditions come in subtypes which have different characteristics. They may require…
Although military veterans comprise 6.4% of the US population, 1 in 4 suicides in America take the lives of veterans. One of the major risk factors for suicide in the veteran community and…
Psychedelics are receiving increased interest from the psychiatric community due to their effectiveness in treating conditions like PTSD, depression, and substance abuse disorders. LSD is one of the psychedelics under study again. One…
Mental health problems fit into two broad categories. These are mental illness and personality disorders. Both cause problems for the person who has them. Both affect those around the person who suffers from…
The fight to reduce and then eliminate veteran suicides occurs on the local level. All of the good intentions, research, and promise of psychedelic medicines do not do much if at-risk veterans are…
Psychedelic medicines appear to help treat another mental health condition, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). This news follows evidence from research that psilocybin and MDMA will change how PTSD and depression are treated. It…
Research into psychedelic medicines is progressing along two lines. Clinical research is demonstrating how effective these medicines are in treating conditions like depression, PTSD, substance abuse disorders, and others. Meanwhile, basic biomedical research…
Psychedelic medicines are very likely going to change treatments for many mental health and psychiatric conditions. This is because these medicines work as adjunct therapy using just one or two doses instead of…
Smoking is bad for you. Smokers have increased risks for heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It also increases risks for some…
Years ago researchers thought that psychedelic medicines would be useful for treating many psychiatric conditions. Then concerns about recreational use, negative public opinion, and the political “war on drugs” resulted in psychedelic medicines…