Micro-Dosing: All in the Mind?
Positive psychological effects associated with taking small doses of psychedelic drugs are likely the result of users' expectations,...
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Phil Harris
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
ADHD & College Achievement
According to a 2017 UCLA study, students with ADHD make up about 6% of the college student population and represent the most common type...
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Phil Harris
- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
Buvidal: A One Shot Opiate Replacement Therapy
Lockdown has had a big impact on everyone but especially those who are in receipt of opiate prescribing treatments. Daily administration...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 6, 2020
- 2 min
Esketamine-The First Ketamine-Based Anti-Depressant Approved in US
The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved esketamine as an anti-depressant. Esketamine is the S-enantiomer of ketamine,...
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Phil Harris
- Feb 12, 2020
- 3 min
AI: Predicts Responsiveness to Depression Treatment
Artificial intelligence may soon play a critical role in choosing which depression therapy is best for patients. A national trial...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 14, 2020
- 6 min
Infection: What Role Does it Have in Schizophrenia?
My first day back at work in 2020 was with a fantastic team of mental health housing workers. We had an extensive debate on the role of...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 13, 2019
- 1 min
Monthly Subutex Shots: Is It a Game Changer for Opiate Treatment?
Can a monthly injection of Subutex improve outcome rates for opiate users in treatment? Findings produces an interesting review of a...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 12, 2018
- 3 min
New Approach to Over-Writing Trauma Memory
Traumatic experiences can become deeply entrenched in a person's memory. How can fears following a traumatic event be reduced in the long...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 21, 2018
- 4 min
PTSD Eminently Treatable Research Shows
A multiyear clinical trial comparing medication and mental health counseling in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder shows...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 15, 2018
- 3 min
Ketamine Demonstrates Effectiveness for Treatment Resistant Depression
A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators identifies two subanesthetic dosage levels of the anesthetic drug...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 15, 2018
- 1 min
A Revolution in Diagnosis of Mental Illness?
In lectures and training in mental health I stress how current psychiatric diagnosis is really a short-hand for the presenting signs and...
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Phil Harris
- Aug 10, 2018
- 3 min
Do Hallucinogens Hold Promise for Treating Mental Health Conditions?
Many people think of psychedelics as relics from the hippie generation or something taken by ravers and music festival-goers, but they...
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Phil Harris
- Aug 9, 2018
- 2 min
Mental Health: Beyond Neurotranmission
Psychiatric medications have focused heavily on neurotransmitters as the basis of mental health disorders.Researchers at Columbia...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 9, 2017
- 1 min
Spice Intoxication Reduced-By a Slimming Drug
The intoxicant effects of the synthetic cannabis Spice can be reduced. Early research from Queen Mary University of London has...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 9, 2017
- 2 min
Placebo & Antidepressants
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are commonly prescribed for depression and anxiety but their superiority over placebo has...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
Schizophrenia: A Disease of the Immune System?
Recent developments in the area of immuno-psychiatry have begun to identify that prenatal viral infection may be responsible for the...
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