Psychotropic drugs
The psychedelic MDMA, better known as the party drug ecstasy, could become a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)after the FDA acknowledged MDMA may have therapeutic value. The agency has granted MDMA breakthrough therapy designation, an acknowledgment that the drug could provide significantly better results in treating PTSD than existing…
People with long term mental illness have shorter lifespans because of the side effects of the psychoactive drugs they are prescribed, a doctors’ conference was told today. Dublin psychiatrist Dr Siobhán Barry said while suicide also contributes to premature deaths,these patients are also suffering heart and metabolic complications linked to…
This blog is based on a series of 6 articles published recently in The Denver Post about the overprescription of powerful psychotropic medication to foster children. The jourrnalists found that while it’s a national epidemic, in Colorado, efforts to curb the problem are lagging other states. The article excerpted below,…
