Researchers also found an increase in young people taking more than one mental health drug, with the rate nearly doubling ...

Established drugs were repurposed, “me-too” drugs were approved, and even the few new biological approaches lacked clinical ...

MDMA is part of a new wave of psychoactive drugs that show great potential for treating conditions such as severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced. And even if such drugs gain FDA ...

Ideally, both parents should be involved, Dr. Walkup advises. “If you are doing a major intervention, like starting an 8-year-old on a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or a 6-year-old on ...

For nearly a century, it's been known that drugs of abuse alter the immune system. Since the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, however, an explosion of data has given rise to a rapidly ...

A March 17, 2025, article in the New York Times (updated March 24) by Ellen Barry worried me and should be read by all with an interest in mental health care. The article on Laura Delano’s national ...

Optimi holds a Medication Establishment Licence issued by Health Canada that authorises the manufacture of the MD-MA capsules for regulated therapeutic use, including the treatment of Post-Traumatic ...

Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later killed ...

Plans for monitoring a child taking psychotropic medication should be in place from the outset and tailored to the regimen and stage of therapy. More frequent visits will be required initially, ...