With $1.25 million in seed funding from an anonymous donor, the new UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics will conduct research using psychedelics to investigate cognition, perception and emotion and their biological bases in the human brain.
UC Berkeley launches new center for psychedelic science and education Read more
The researchers saw “remarkable” results for the 20 microgram dose compared to the placebo, comparable to those seen from many common opioid painkillers, such as morphine and oxycodone.
Microdosing LSD leads to “remarkable” acute pain relief, according to new study Read more
Campaigners celebrated the first “dramatic” results from Middlesbrough’s scheme, which found a vast reduction in re-offending rates and use of street drugs, and significant improvements in participants’ health and quality of life, including seeing those homeless at the outset placed in accommodation.
When it becomes operational, the 988 dial-code will provide mental health support and ease pressure on the 911 line, which covers all emergencies. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US and has increased by 33% in the past 20 years.
U.S. FCC approves three-digit suicide prevention hotline – 988 Read more
The state of Oregon will officially vote on legalizing psilocybin psychotherapy in the upcoming November election, after well over 150,000 signatures were collected to secure the landmark ballot measure.
Oregon to officially vote on legalizing psychedelic psilocybin therapy Read more
Johns Hopkins University now features a free online college course for conducting “Psychological First Aid” on people with depression, anxiety, or emotional distress. More than 200,000 students are currently enrolled.
Johns Hopkins is offering free online course in psychological first aid Read more
April’s 20% drop compared with a year earlier may be the result of delays to start of school year, less commuting and more time with family
Japan suicides decline as COVID-19 lockdown causes shift in stress factors Read more
Cannabis has long been illegally farmed in the fertile Bekaa Valley and government now hopes to turn it into a legal billion-dollar trade
Lebanon becomes first Arab country to legalize cannabis farming for medical use Read more
Mental health conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) could be treated in a new way using drugs that target the immune system instead of the central nervous system, suggests exciting new research.
Antibodies could offer gamechanging new treatment for OCD Read more
“There’s never been a therapy for treatment-resistant depression that’s broken 55% remission rates in open-label testing,” the team says.
New magnetic brain therapy relieved depression in 90% of the participants in small trial Read more
