March 12, 2024 Clinical Research Phase 2b study shows that single dose of LSD variant provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety in about half of the study group compared to controls at 12 weeks post administration.
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.
January 11, 2023 Health Policy As under-the-table market grows, patients urge Ottawa to regulate magic mushrooms
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.”
November 11, 2020 Epidemiology Observational study suggests that one-fifth of Covid-19 patients get a psychiatric diagnosis within 90 days. Many factors confound the results. Need more evidence and biological mechanism to determine if there is a causal link.
July 19, 2017 Wednesday House Call Wednesday House Call July 19, 2017: Believe the antivaccine propaganda and children will reap what you sow
May 30, 2014 Addiction Preliminary studies demonstrate usefulness of music therapy for various mood and cognitive disorders
July 3, 2012 Depression Does spanking kids lead to adult mental illness? Today's study cannot prove causality and is rife with self reporting bias