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Australia to allow prescription of MDMA and psilocybin for treatment-resistant mental illnesses

Author: Editorial 6th February 2023 0 Comments

“… the decision will make Australia the first country in the world to officially recognise MDMA and psilocybin as medicines” This report (from Tory Shepherd for The Guardian) begins: “After decades of ‘demonisation’, psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA and…
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Australia, David Caldicott, depression, MDMA, New Approaches, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, psilocybin, PTSD, The Guardian, Therapeutic Goods Administration, Tory Shepherd

Fishing cures PTSD and anxiety, first ever clinical study aims to prove

Author: Editorial 11th July 2022 0 Comments

This report by Danielle Sheridan has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “ Fishing has long been lauded as a relaxing pastime which can put one’s mind at ease. While it has been claimed anecdotally that fishing can help with post-traumatic…
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anxiety, Danielle Sheridan, depression, fishing, nature-based social prescribing, Nick Cooper, PTSD, Research, social prescribing, The Telegraph, wellbeing

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

Author: Editorial 10th June 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Sebastian Junger. The publishers say that it is: “… a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go…
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anthropology, books, community, Culture & Society, loneliness, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, PTSD, Sebastian Junger, small-scale

This Is Your Brain on Food

Author: Editorial 27th May 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “An Indispensible Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More”, this book has been written by nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo. The publishers say: “Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with…
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ADHD, books, depression, diet and mental health, food, nutritional psychiatry, OCD, PTSD, Uma Naidoo

Psychodynamic therapy helped me overcome trauma when CBT couldn’t

Author: Editorial 18th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Lucia Osborne-Crowley has been published on the Psyche website. It begins: “The first time I saw my therapist, she was standing in front of a room full of people, talking about William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies…
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CBT, emotions, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, post-traumatic stress disorder, Psyche, psychodynamic psychotherapy, PTSD, Talking Therapies, trauma

The student studying the healing power of surfing

Author: Editorial 2nd December 2021 0 Comments

Morag Kinniburgh reports for BBC News Scotland: “Jamie Marshall says his PhD from Edinburgh’s Napier University is the first in the world focused on ‘surf therapy’. He has spent the past four years studying what he says are the healing powers…
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anxiety, BBC, BBC News Scotland, blue space, Jamie Marshall, Morag Kinniburgh, PTSD, surf therapy, surfing, wave project, wellbeing

A Prescription for Music Lessons

Author: Editorial 15th November 2021 0 Comments

This studies review from Dr. Debra Shipman has been published by Federal Practitioner. It concludes: “A healthful lifestyle includes holistically addressing issues pertaining to mental and physical well-being. Learning how to play a musical instrument is a workout for the brain, just…
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Debra Shipman, depression, Federal Practitioner, music, music therapy, neuroscience, PTSD, social prescribing, substance abuse, wellbeing

MDMA could help trauma survivors face painful memories

Author: Editorial 19th May 2021 0 Comments

Rachel Schraer reports for the BBC: “MDMA – most commonly known as a party drug – could be more effective than therapy alone at treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The results of a keenly-awaited trial suggest two-thirds of people no longer qualified for a PTSD…
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BBC, ecstasy, MDMA, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, New Approaches, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, PTSD, Rachel Schraer, Research, trauma

‘Magic mushrooms’ could avert looming mental health crisis, says North Wales police boss

Author: Editorial 10th February 2021 0 Comments

“The fact that psilocybin is classified as a Class A drug means there has been a research blackout for nearly 50 years into the beneficial effect it can have in improving the lives of people suffering from PTSD and depression.”Arfon…
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Arfon Jones, depression, magic mushrooms, Microsoft News, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, psilocybin, PTSD, Research

Magic mushrooms could help ex-soldiers to overcome trauma

Author: Editorial 13th July 2020 0 Comments

Writing in The Guardian, Jamie Doward reports : “A growing number of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are turning to ‘magic mushrooms’ and LSD to treat their condition. But drug laws make it almost impossible to establish whether they work….
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David Nutt, Jamie Doward, magic mushrooms, Medical Psychedelics Working Group, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, psilocybin, PTSD, The Guardian