This month, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was photographed wearing a “biosignal processing disc” affixed on her left wrist. The product, sold by a company…
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Is the therapeutic potential of hallucinogens risky and overhyped?
In June 2021, 32-year-old actor Kate Hyatt travelled to a farmhouse near Great Malvern in Worcerstershire for a plant medicine retreat that she hoped would…
View More Is the therapeutic potential of hallucinogens risky and overhyped?Make brain scans routine for new psychosis patients, experts say
Patients experiencing psychosis for the first time should be routinely given brain scans to rule out underlying physical illnesses, according to psychiatrists. A review involving…
View More Make brain scans routine for new psychosis patients, experts sayMiddle-aged people ‘need sleep to see mental health benefits of exercise’
Middle-aged people not getting enough sleep are less likely to see the benefits of exercise when it comes to protecting against a decline in skills…
View More Middle-aged people ‘need sleep to see mental health benefits of exercise’CIA experiments, Mormon ravers and reformed racists: the untold history of MDMA
It was in 1975, when Carl Resnikoff and his girlfriend, Judith Gipson, took a bucolic ferry ride to Sausalito, a city located on the north…
View More CIA experiments, Mormon ravers and reformed racists: the untold history of MDMAThe big idea: should doctors be able to prescribe psychedelics?
So-called magic mushrooms (those that contain the molecule psilocybin) have been used by people around the world medicinally and ceremonially for a very long time.…
View More The big idea: should doctors be able to prescribe psychedelics?How to look after your mental health without spending a fortune
Many people have seen their mental health suffer as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the cost of living crisis. However, accessing help may…
View More How to look after your mental health without spending a fortuneUK firms try to lure Gen Z workers with ‘early finish Fridays’
Hundreds of UK companies are resorting to a new tactic to lure and retain workers from Generation Z amid one of the most competitive jobs…
View More UK firms try to lure Gen Z workers with ‘early finish Fridays’Patients given aripiprazole ‘should be told of gambling addiction risks’
Patients who are prescribed a common antipsychotic used to treat depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis and schizophrenia need to be told there is a risk they…
View More Patients given aripiprazole ‘should be told of gambling addiction risks’Don’t forget to floss: the science behind dementia and the four things you should do to prevent it
The idea was simple. Recruit hundreds of people in their 80s and 90s, equip them with fitness trackers, and monitor their physical activity. Then, when…
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