by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jun 19, 2023 | Addiction, Anxiety, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Psychotherapy |
In October 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved esketamine, a substance chemicallyrelated to the party drug ketamine, as a nasal spray to treat depression (Bahr, 2019). The effectiveness of ketamine for depression was first shown in studies in...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | May 16, 2023 | Anxiety, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Psychotherapy, Sleep |
Spending time in nature is an approach that has demonstrated strong anxiolytic effects. There has been a considerable amount of research showing that nature benefits psychological health and wellbeing, including studies that found spending time in natural spaces is an...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Apr 15, 2023 | Anxiety, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Counseling, Psychotherapy |
Hydrotherapy is the use of water, both internally and externally and at varying temperatures, for health purposes. Also known as water therapy, hydrotherapy includes such treatments as saunas, steam baths, foot baths, contrast therapy, and hot and cold showers....
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 19, 2023 | Anxiety, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Nutrition, Psychotherapy |
Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells caused by free radicals; unstable molecules that the body produces as a reaction to environmental and other pressures. Antioxidants neutralize excess free radicals to protect cells, prevent illness...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Feb 19, 2023 | Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Counseling, Depression, Sleep |
Americans are known to be sleep deprived, but those with psychiatric conditions are even more likely to be so. According to sleep research, chronic sleep problems affect 50 to 80% of patients in the U.S. with a psychiatric disorder, compared with 10 to 18% of the...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jan 11, 2023 | Anxiety, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Herbal Medicine, PTSD |
Medicinal cannabis has received increased research attention over recent years due to loosening global regulatory standards. With respect to personal use, contemporary consumers of cannabis report (as accessed via meta-analysis of patient usage data) that anxiety...
