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Wen Chen,1 Mo’ez Al-Islam E Faris,2 Nicola Luigi Bragazzi,3 Haifa MS AlGahtani,4,5 Zahra Saif,6 Ahmed Jahrami,7 Nitin Shivappa,8,9 James R Hebert,8,9 Haitham Jahrami4,6 1Department of Psychiatry, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, Xiamen, 361000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, […]

A couple of doses of a psychedelic drug may treat depression as well as one of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, a small and short study published Wednesday shows. A Phase 2 clinical trial, conducted by researchers in London, was the first randomized trial to compare therapeutic doses of psilocybin — the psychedelic compound found

The psychedelic drug psilocybin performed just as well as a widely used antidepressant in easing the symptoms of major depression, and outperformed the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) on a range of secondary measures, results of a small-scale phase 2 study show. In a 6-week trial that included 59 patients with moderate-to-severe depression, there was

Psilocybin — “magic mushrooms” — failed to improve symptoms of depression over a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) in a 59-patient phase II trial, though the study’s leaders are not ready to give up on the hallucinogen. At 6 weeks, psilocybin did not have a significantly greater effect on symptoms of moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder

Young people — specifically those ages 18 to 24 — were mentally hit the hardest during the pandemic. (Forbes) Cruel irony: Exercise can improve mental health, yet anxiety is often a barrier to people exercising. (PLOS One) There won’t be any criminal charges in the case of an Idaho man with bipolar disorder who starved

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MADISON — A psychiatrist who treated the now deceased daughter of Dale Matteson told the jury Tuesday that the 17-year-old reported that her suicidal ideations stemmed from her father’s alleged sexual abuse. Several witnesses gave testimony on the emotional second day of Matteson’s jury trial, for which the panel is tasked with deciding if Matteson

“If you notice changes to your thoughts, feelings and behaviours that are affecting your daily life, last longer than two weeks, or keep returning – talk to someone you trust, like your GP. A GP should be able to let you know if you might have a common mental health problem, like depression and anxiety,