Here are two articles that look at the use of psychedelics in psychotherapy. The first was posted last week at Salon, a reprint from the original post at Scientific American. The second one comes from Utne Reader back in 2013, and it was reprinted from Spirituality and Health. Before these drugs became were banned as … Read more
Below is another of the articles from the Epigenetic pathways in PTSD: how traumatic experiences leave their signature on the genome, a research topic collection from Frontiers in Molecular Psychiatry. One of things therapists see often, and survivors of trauma are no doubt aware, is that memories of stressful events seem to be more powerful … Read more
I’ve been binge watching a new series called Black Box, kind of like House, MD, but specific to neuroscience diagnostic mysteries (oh, and the main character is bipolar rather than narcissistic). In the 5th episode (there’s only 7 so far), one of the recurring characters has a brain tumor metastasize to his liver, which … Read more
Via Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, this press release looks at new research on how the vagus nerve is part of our innate fear and anxiety systems. Nice to this being studied and published in a major journal, but Stephen Porges‘ polyvagal theory outlined this years ago. Below the press release from ETH Zurich, there is … Read more