Psychiatric News
October 28, 2019
Nick Zagorski
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Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ProfessionalFull AccessJohns Hopkins Opens Research Center on PsychedelicsNick ZagorskiNick ZagorskiSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:28 Oct 2019https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2019.10a16AbstractA total of $17 million in private donations to the Hopkins center is expected to provide five years of operational funding for...
Psychiatric News
May 3, 2019
P. Summergrad
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Full AccessPsychedelic Medicine: Careful Studies, Regulations Are the AnswerPaul SummergradM.D.Paul SummergradSearch for more papers by this authorM.D.Published Online:30 Apr 2019https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2019.5a25AbstractPaul Summergrad, M.D., is the Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and a...
Psychiatric News
May 3, 2019
S. Caroff
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Full AccessPsychedelic Medicine: Much More Study NeededStanley CaroffM.D.Stanley CaroffSearch for more papers by this authorM.D.Published Online:30 Apr 2019https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2019.5a24AbstractStanley Caroff, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.While new-age spiritual...
Psychiatric News
February 28, 2019
Nick Zagorski
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Clinical and Research NewsFull AccessIs Psychedelic Medicine on the Horizon?Nick ZagorskiNick ZagorskiPublished Online:28 Feb 2019https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2019.1b1AbstractNew research suggests that, if used properly, psychedelic compounds may be able to help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders. Psychedelic...
Psychiatric News
September 21, 2018
Lynne Lamberg
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Clinical and Research NewsFull AccessSleep Specialists Assess Treatments for Nightmares in AdultsLynne LambergLynne LambergPublished Online:21 Sep 2018https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2018.8b24AbstractAn American Academy of Sleep Medicine panel evaluates behavioral, psychological, and pharmacologic options for treating nightmares in...
Psychiatric News
November 30, 2017
Richard Karel
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article PsychopharmacologyFull AccessMDMA Advances Another Step As Tool to Treat PTSDRichard KarelRichard KarelPublished Online:20 Oct 2017https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2017.pp10b6Abstract3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) holds promise to once again become a therapeutic tool.After 16 years of preliminary clinical trials, the Food and Drug...
Psychiatric News
December 31, 2014
Joan Arehart-Treichel
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Full AccessResearcher/Clinician Working to Unlock Ketamine's MysteriesJoan Arehart-TreichelJoan Arehart-TreichelPublished Online:31 Dec 2014AbstractThe stars were already aligning in childhood for a boy who would eventually become "a rising star in the area of mood and alcohol disorders research."When Mark Niciu, M.D., Ph.D., was growing...
Psychiatric News
December 16, 2011
Joan Arehart-Treichel
Even if ingesting the hallucinogen psilocybin can increase positive feelings of bliss or oneness with the universe, it is questionable whether such feelings represent authentic mystical experience or spiritual growth.
Psychiatric News
October 1, 2010
Aaron Levin
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Clinical & Research NewsFull AccessResearchers Look to Ecstasy as PTSD Therapy OptionAaron LevinAaron LevinPublished Online:1 Oct 2010https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.45.19.psychnews_45_19_027AbstractEcstasy might take some of the agony out of psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), if findings from a phase 2 pilot study are any...
Psychiatric News
September 17, 2010
Lynne Lamberg
Imagery rehearsal therapy that combines education about sleep and nightmares, devising pleasant imagery, rescripting target nightmares, and rehearsing new dream scenarios helps combat veterans improve sleep and reduce severity of PTSD symptoms.
Psychiatric News
September 21, 2001
Joan Arehart-Treichel
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Clinical & Research NewsFull Access'Imagery Rehearsal' Can Control PTSD-Related NightmaresJoan Arehart-TreichelJoan Arehart-TreichelPublished Online:21 Sep 2001https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.36.18.0023In 1994, a Wyoming native—"Tom"—was hiking in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park when an 800-pound grizzly bear tackled him and...
Psychiatric News
October 6, 1971
The National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being has raised strong concerns about the poor state of the mental health and well-being of lawyers and law students across the country. The co-chairs of the Task Force concluded that recent studies’ findings of professional ill health and lack of well-being were incompatible with a sustainable legal profession and raised troubling implications for many...