Psychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. This leads to at least two questions: (1) What model of depression actually fits the facts? (2) What approach to […]
Millions of Britons are suffering from stress-related mental disorders. The number of people with anxiety has been steadily rising for years. According to NHS statistics, more than six million people in the UK are taking antidepressants. There is an acceptance that wide-scale mental distress is an unavoidable part of modern life. The general response to […]
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Orientation Patient questions and therapeutic answers The therapist says to the client, “tell me about your dreams” and the client shakes their head slowly and says “I had this dream …”. A therapist says to a teenager, “who are you?” The teenager answers, “I don’t know”. The therapist says to the teenager, “that’s normal at […]
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Todd Hayen, PhD “Because I’m your mother (or father)!” All of us have heard that exclamation at some point in our childhood, and more likely more than once. Or, “Do as I say, not as I do”—that one is a bit more toxic and typically should be avoided by enlightened parents. We should all learn …
This week Danny and Vanessa welcome licensed psychotherapist Rebecca Kronman on the stream to discuss the use of psychedelics during therapy. Rebecca Kronman is a licensed psychotherapist with a private therapy practice in Brooklyn, New York where she works with clients to prepare for and integrate after psychedelic experiences. Rebecca is also the founder of […]
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced a change of status of the psychedelic compound MDMA for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a move that some researchers see as the first step towards a psychedelic cultural renaissance.
The FDA gave permission on November 29 for large-scale, Phase 3 clinical trials of Ecstasy for people suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Many people swear the currently-illicit street drug has saved their lives, and if the trial is successful, it would establish Ecstasy as a legitimate prescription drug. [1]
Preliminary trials of Ecstasy, also called MDMA, for PTSD have been successful, but a large-scale trial is necessary before the FDA can approve it. [2]
