1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (567+ words) Many people say they use cannabis for their mental health, but researchers find there is little to no evidence that cannabis can be beneficial for any psychiatric condition. Mental health is one of the top reasons people say they use…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (830+ words) Along with chronic pain, mental health conditions are some of the top reasons people use marijuana for medical purposes. But a sweeping review of cannabis studies over the past 45 years concludes there is little to no high-quality evidence showing this…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (818+ words) The long-running campaign against smoking could find reinforcements from the new wave of research into psychedelics. Though much of the attention around psychedelics has focused on depression and other mental health conditions, researchers believe these substances also hold the potential…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (82+ words) Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety. A huge study finds a link between cannabis use in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (695+ words) Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health. But a major analysis from a team of researchers in the U.K. has, for the first time, pulled together data from more than 150 clinical trials to…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (553+ words) Researchers in the U.K. have published a major review of published data on physical side effects related to antidepressants such as changes in weight, blood pressure and heart rate. Millions of Americans take antidepressants, and like all medications, they come with…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (396+ words) More than 1 in 10 people in the United States take an antidepressant. And the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant are SSRIs " or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. That's like Zoloft. Prozac. Lexapro. Emily Corwin is one of millions of people who…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (734+ words) A rigorous new study finds that a single dose of LSD can ease anxiety and depression for months. The study involved 198 adults with generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, a disabling form of anxiety that affects about 1 in 10 people over the…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (70+ words) A new study finds that a single dose of LSD can ease a person's anxiety for months. This could give legitimacy to research on a range of psychedelics. A single dose of LSD can treat anxiety and depression for months,…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (192+ words) Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that are often misunderstood. Dr. Eva Trujillo,a specialist in eating disorders,says eating disorders "literally rewire the brain," decrease brain size and make it harder to concentrate and regulate emotions. Emily Kwong, host of…...