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Psychedelics Facilitator Training and Research

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Psychedelics Facilitator Training UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Psychedelics (BCSP) is one of many academic institutions that offer training in the science, history, and use of psychedelics. They network with scholars around the world. The research and facilitator-training community involved in Psychedelics includes many institutions held in high regard: Duke University Center for

Posted in Psychedelics Ayahuasca, BCSP, ibogaine, integrative mental health, mdma, psychedelic, psychedelic facilitator, psychedelic training, psychedelics, Susana Bustos, UC Berkeley Center for the study of psychedelics

What the Science Shows

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Emma Bragdon 2 Comments

Science Speaks and Relies on Open Discussion Since there has been little debate in the major media to discuss diverse points of view on the science concerned with how to manage the pandemic…It’s time we create places for discussion. Science speaks! Please feel free to add your perspective below. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Research children's health defense, luc montagnier, pandemic, robert f. kennedy jr., robert malone, science

Two Books Re: Adding Spirituality to Mental Healthcare

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Dr. Powell Many health problems arise from emotional and spiritual suffering and need to be addressed at a deeper level than technology and medications. Research findings and clinical experience increasingly reveal that spiritual factors have a significant part to play in recovery from illness. Dr. Andrew Powell, a UK psychiatrist, has been deeply engaged in

Posted in Integrative Mental Health Andrew Powell, awakening, dr. powell, Global Hospital and Research Centre, janki foundation, mental health, psychiatrist, psychiatry, spirituality

Exercise & Mental Health 2022 Report

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Hot off the press, this report summarizes the last three decades of research on the links between exercise and mental health. Does Exercise Impact Mental Health? Briefly: Existing scientific research overwhelmingly indicates that exercise and physical activity benefit mental health. 89% of all published peer-reviewed research between 1990 and 2022 found a positive, statistically significant

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Research depression, exercise, fitness, integrative mental health, mental health, movement

Depression NOT Linked to Serotonin Imbalance!?

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

“The main areas of serotonin research provide no consistent evidence of there being an association between serotonin and depression, and no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lowered serotonin activity or concentrations.” * Depression: A Serotonin Deficiency? For decades now people have been led to believe that depression is caused by

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health anti-depressant, antidepressants, chemical abnormalities, chemical imbalance, depression, Joanna Moncrrieff, Mark Horowitz, serotonin

States Exploring Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Over the course of the past year, several states across the US have taken legal action to expand access to psychedelic-assisted therapies for some citizens. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), as much as 20 percent of all veterans returning home from Afghanistan will suffer from symptoms of PTSD. It’s currently estimated that roughly twenty-two

Posted in Psychedelics depression, Johns Hopkins, mental health, Nature Medicine, psychedelic medicine, psychedelic-assistred psychotherapy, psychedelics, PTSD, trauma, veterans

The Awakened Brain

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

The Awakened Brain is: “A groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing, and resilience.”—from a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning researcher “Dr. Miller is a consummate scientist who refuses to accept one of our culture’s most pervasive and damaging assumptions: that science and spirituality are

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergence awakened brain, biology, clinical psychology, neuro science, neurobiology, spirituality

Update: What’s Most Effective vs. Depression?

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Early in the pandemic depression tripled, from 8.5% just before to 27.8%, then skyrocketed to 32.8% in 2021. For Perspective… Depression Rates Soar In the U.S. in 2017, an estimated 17.3 million American adults, or 7.1% of the adult population, experienced at least one major depressive episode. The highest rates were reported among those

Posted in Depression, Integrative Mental Health anti-depressants, depression, evidence-based medicine, exercise, integrative mental health, major depression, psychiatric medication, suicide

Stress in USA Measured

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Stress in the United States is at an all time high, according to a poll conducted on behalf of the American Psychological Association (APA). Poll Shows Stress in US at All Time High The poll showed that top sources of stress for people in the United States were an increase in prices due to inflation,

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health, Relationship alcohol, anxiety, couples, IMHU, inflation, integrative mental health, stress, stress management, ukraine, weight gain

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Glyphosate is linked to higher rates of cancer, but getting it out of the food supply is no easy task. Glyphosate Is In Our Food Supply The Detox Project recently published their latest results from the most comprehensive glyphosate testing of food products ever conducted in the U.S., showing that the contamination of the U.S.

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Nutrition consumers, contamination, detox, detox project, farming, food, glyphosate, organic, organic consumers association, produce, soil-friendly practices

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