April 11, 2024 Depression Weak evidence (on the basis of one small study) to suggest that a supplement can mitigate postpartum blues. Also wary when the article advertises the product in question and quotes the senior author and patent holder of its virtues.
October 11, 2023 Addiction Five years of legal cannabis: fewer charges, many hospitalizations and more than a few questions
September 18, 2023 Depression If you like coffee then enjoy. There are hundreds of observational studies leading to headline claims trying to justify its consumption on the basis of good or bad health outcomes. Nature of these studies: they are unable to establish causality.
June 7, 2023 Depression LSD and psilocin discovered to bind to specific receptors that induce changes to brain structure and function that may explain why they have a rapid antidepressant effect.
June 1, 2023 Depression New clinic at The Royal uses esketamine to treat severe treatment-resistant depression. Unfortunately patients of limited means will have difficulty paying the $800 per treatment. It is not covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.
December 6, 2022 Depression Immune system irregularities found in women with postpartum mood disorders. New study suggests inflammation may play a key role in maternal mental health
July 5, 2022 Clinical Research Amid buzz around the medical benefits of psilocybin, a new production facility gets to work in B.C. Studies are ongoing with early evidence pointing to its ability to relieve symptoms in adults suffering from treatment-resistant depression.
August 10, 2021 Depression @JAMAPediatrics study suggests that during first year of pandemic “1 in 4 youth globally are experiencing clinically elevated depression symptoms, while 1 in 5 youth are experiencing clinically elevated anxiety symptoms.”
July 22, 2021 Addiction Study reports that there is spectrum of perceived disengagement from the world they coin boredom proneness, the degree of which can relate to a range of mental health outcomes and behaviours.
January 13, 2021 Clinical Research The Lancet Long-COVID study reports the significant impact the disease has wrought six months after hospitalization. Please let’s help each other prevent these outcomes.