by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jun 19, 2023 | Addiction, Alternative Treatment, Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Natural Remedies, 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 San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jul 11, 2020 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Natural Remedies, Psychotherapy, PTSD, Stress Management |
In 2018, researchers from Johns Hopkins University recommended that psilocybin (the active compound in magic mushrooms) be reclassified for medical use, paving the way for the psychedelic drug to be used for anxiety and depression and to help people stop smoking. In...