The Post-Partisan Emporium

 Brought to you by the same people who want to turn you into a spado.   Are Psychedelics The New Wonder Drug? Or something with serious spiritual implications? Winston Smith Although these treatments have been around for a long time, ketamine-assisted therapy and psilocybin-assisted therapy (among a handful of others) seem to be surging with a popularity that I’ve not seen before. For those unfamiliar this is a psychedelic therapy that helps “open the mind” and assist in the treatment of several mental health issues. The top mental health conditions that have been studied for this sort of psychedelic treatment are: Major depressive disorder Bipolar disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder Generalized anxiety disorder Social anxiety disorder Chronic pain Alcoholism (probably others but that’s enough of a list) From what I’ve read, the evidence is encouraging that this sort of treatment has some very positive outcomes. But I can’t help but wonder if there’s m

The number of children on antidepressants has soared. Is it a real crisis or one invented by psychiatrists seeking new patients? Frank Furedi is an author and social commentator. He is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. Author of How Fear Works : The Culture of Fear in the 21st Century. Follow him on Twitter  @Furedibyte 6 Sep, 2021 13:12 Get short URL © Getty Images / BrianAJackson 84 Follow RT on The medicalisation of childhood is one of the most depressing features of Anglo-American child rearing. Year by year, it’s getting worse. The problem of mental health is fast becoming synonymous with childhood. Unfortunately, the medical establishment is more than happy to solve the problems of children by shoving drugs down their throats. This alarming trend was highlighted by new NHS figures published at the end of last month that showed that prescrip