LSD Research for Treatment of Anxiety and Depression

http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/ptsd-trauma-and-stressor-related/psychedelics-promising-for-anxiety-depression-addiction-and-ptsd/article/437635/ A small trial conducted in 2014 in Switzerland demonstrated the potential for LSD-assisted psychotherapy to reduce anxiety stemming from terminal illness. At two-month follow-up, participants who were randomly assigned to treatment with LSD showed significant reductions in state anxiety. At one-year follow-up, participants in the LSD group demonstrated sustained therapeutic benefit with no acute…

Public lecture: Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research

Professor Boyd Swinburn, renowned clinical and public health researcher, will give a public lecture as part of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research (EDOR) tenth anniversary celebration. Boyd Swinburn is the Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health at the University of Auckland. He is also Alfred Deakin Professor and Director of the World Health…

Technical Report prepared for MaleSurvior.org

#OprahPrime The avg. time before a male discloses being sexually abused is abt 20 yrs (see p. 14) https://t.co/WYoXpwFQpG — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) July 18, 2014 Since its emergence as a public health problem in the 1970s, most discussions of CSA have focused on female victims. There is growing awareness, however, that boys are frequently the…