Medical Marijuana

Medical Cannabis Superior to Opioids for Chronic Pain, Study Finds

Medical cannabis–a prescription for the opioid crisis?: “The Opioid Crisis is taking the lives of about 115 Americans each day, and approximately 40,000 each year. Yet, it’s not the abuse of street drugs that’s the primary driver
Warning for those on antidepressants

Warning for those on antidepressants

Antidepressants raise the risk of an early death by 33%, controversial study finds The drugs do more harm than good, researchers say, and their use should be cut  Psychiatrists disputed this and argued that they
How to Effectively Support Someone in Spiritual Emergency

How to Manage Spiritual Crisis

Spiritual Crisis and Spiritual Emergency Since psychic and spiritual experiences have been pooh-poohed in our culture—to the point we have considered talking to God as a sign of psychosis?-most people are scared of them. But
The (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare: Brazil-Style

The (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare: Brazil-Style

 (Discount available for November 4-11 Brazil Trip–see below) There is currently an epidemic of mental health disorders in the U.S. One in five Americans is estimated to be taking one or more prescribed psychiatric medications,
Guest Blog: Kelly Brogan, MD

Guest Blog: Kelly Brogan, MD

An Open Letter to the Spiritual Community About Psychiatry By Kelly Brogan, MD  There’s life with the experience of mental illness and then there’s life as a mental patient. I’ve been told that both entail a
Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

First published in the May/June, 2017 issue of EnergyMagazine.com There are about 50 Spiritist psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, utilizing an integrative approach to recovery, stressing the spiritual alongside physical and emotional therapies that address the
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