By Amanda Froelich Some people gain calmness and relaxation through Yoga. For some, it’s through baking their favorite pies, cakes, or cookies. Whipping up treats and pastries in the kitchen won’t just give you delicious comfort desserts but some therapeutic and relaxing feeling. Like Yoga,…
By Matt Agorist A study carried out by researchers at the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London has led to breakthrough discoveries about the impact psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, has on depression. The study found that treating depression with psilocybin may be at…
By Mayukh Saha Tiny doses of magic mushrooms are used to help this man with PTSD. Psychedelic drugs have been in discussion and research for helping cure mental illnesses like depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and addiction. Although controversial, drugs like magic mushroom and LSD…
By Paul Levy, University of Brighton Just as other brand names make their way into the dictionary, Zoom has now become a daily verb and a noun. We Zoom each other, we say “Let’s have a Zoom,” and we get Zoom fatigue. Now there’s Zoom…
By Micha Gartz Before Covid, an American youth died by suicide every six hours. Suicide is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death for those aged under 25 — one far bigger than Covid. And it is something that we have…
By Brad Polumbo Billions of people across the globe continue to live under COVID-19 lockdowns or heavily-restricted life. And for almost all of us, life amid the pandemic in 2020 was an isolating and difficult year. Yet doctors are warning that children in particular are…
By Tyler Durden There’s no question that the virus pandemic has impacted the younger generation that could deeply scar them, mentally and physically, for years. More than one year since the pandemic began, UNICEF warns, “progress has gone backward across virtually every key measure of…
By Michail Georgiou, Glasgow Caledonian University and Sebastien Chastin, Glasgow Caledonian University We know that people are more likely to experience mental health disorders in areas with greater population density. Overcrowding, pollution, urban violence and less social support may all be contributing factors, and this…
By Nilufar Ahmed, University of Bristol Over the past year, our lives have seen extensive changes which have led to many of us feeling a sense of exhaustion and burnout. The luckiest among us have been able to remove ourselves from harm’s way and work…
By Matt Agorist Despite the overwhelming evidence showing that kidnapping and caging people for possessing illegal substances does nothing to prevent use and only leads to more crime and suffering, government is still hell-bent on enforcing the war on drugs. Like a crack addict who…
By Neenah Payne Register for DIGITAL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: The continued threat of Big Social’s business model which will air online for free on February 25 from 1-2 PM EST with human rights experts and unreleased clips from the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma….
By Kerry McDonald Loneliness among Americans has been growing in recent years, but the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically exacerbated the problem. A new report by Harvard University researchers finds that 36 percent of Americans are experiencing “serious loneliness,” and some groups,…
By Ciara McCabe, University of Reading The pandemic has taken its toll on many peoples’ mental health. Given the fear of the virus and the government restrictions on movement many may understandably be feeling more lonely, anxious, and depressed than usual. The World Health Organization…
By Vicky Fallon, University of Liverpool; Sergio A. Silverio, King’s College London, and Siân Macleod Davies, Liverpool John Moores University New mothers experienced worryingly high rates of depression and anxiety during the first lockdown, our new research has revealed. One of the major contributing factors…
By Kerry McDonald Government policies meant to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in unintended consequences that threaten lives—including, tragically, the lives of young people who are generally spared from the worst effects of COVID-19. School closures, stay-at-home orders, and shutdowns of businesses deemed “non-essential”…
By Sarah Steeg, University of Manchester During the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, people were encouraged to help control the virus with the message to “stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives”. While there was no specific instruction to avoid seeking medical care,…
By Ethan Yang It should be common knowledge by now that younger people are significantly less likely to die of Covid-19 than the elderly. However, a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research notes some significant increases in excess deaths among…
Authored by Carmen Heredia Rodriguez via Kaiser Health News, Sourced from Zero Hedge Krissy Williams, 15, had attempted suicide before, but never with pills. The teen was diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was 9. People with this chronic mental health condition perceive reality differently and…
By Tania Wiseman, University of Brighton This year more than any other we’ve been reminded that access to outdoor private space is a privilege – not all of us have a home with a garden. But many of us have also spent more time outdoors…
By Felix Oram This article is a written response to the recently submitted paper [the Paper] to a Parliamentary sub-committee by Dr Lisa Forsberg, Dr Isra Black, Dr Thomas Douglas and Dr Jonathan on the human rights law dimensions of compulsory vaccination[1]. The paper has…
