Ketamine, a dissociative analgesic drug is in the news as a possible magic cure for depression and for alcoholism. Reports are that anti-depressant effects are achieved within hours, unlike current anti-depressant drugs that take a few weeks to achieve a non-depressed level of activity in the brain.
Ketamine used as therapy produces an effect on receptors in the brain that are involved with learning, memory and the...
A psychiatrist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) said last month that there has been a surge in the number of children needing help for mental health issues related to drug use over the past year. The surge is attributed to greater availability and interest in synthetic drugs such as Ecstasy.
Children using drugs is an ever expanding problem at the national level, reports the Ottawa Citizen,...
In recent years, it has been discovered that teens, and infants as young as one, can suffer from depression. The difficult behavior of adolesence is not just a result of hormones kicking in, but may be caused by acute feelings of depression.
Depression results in feelings of being “trapped” and “going under” in a vortex of emotional pain, inability to function properly and loss of self...
An article about the healing of mood disorders with good food contains a timely warning against abuse of the body by the use of prescription drugs, and against starving the body of nutrition, by eating foods that are high in “empty calories”, that lack the essentials for good health.
Article author, Heather Scott provides a short review of the facts – that to curb the tide of increasing...
New research from the US says that kids who argue with Mom can develop better drug resilience. Kids who are able to argue and win with their parents are said to be better able to resist peer pressure to use alcohol and drugs.
The study suggests that if parents are too demanding of unquestioning compliance, kids are likely to be less able to make strong decisions for themselves against substance abuse. Children need...
