Tag: Mental health treatment
Improving Mental Health Services: Lessons from a Nottingham Tragedy
Following a tragic incident in Nottingham where two university students and a school caretaker were fatally stabbed by a man with paranoid schizophrenia, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducted a review of the mental...
Revised Title: Rejection of Three MDMA Treatment Studies by Scientific Journal
Researchers have been studying the use of MDMA, also known as Ecstasy, as a potential treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, three papers on MDMA-assisted therapy were recently retracted by the journal Psychopharmacology...
Psychedelic Medicine: Navigating ‘Plan B’ with Insights from Reproductive Health
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision not to approve Lykos Therapeutics’ application for MDMA (a psychedelic drug known on the street as Ecstasy or molly) plus therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder comes as no...
FDA Requests Further Research before Approving MDMA Therapy
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently declined to approve MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), citing insufficient data to support its use. The FDA requested additional clinical trials to...
Transforming Mental Health Care in Sierra Leone: Breaking Chains and Building Hope
Abdul Jalloh, the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone, has been leading a transformation of mental health services in the country over the past six years. Under his leadership, the country's sole psychiatric hospital...
Uncovered: Thousands of Mental Health Patients Only Seen by Ambulances in NHS
Thousands of patients are not accounted for in official health statistics because they are not seen by hospitals or GPs, according to a recent study of ambulance data in England. The Yorkshire ambulance service...