Treatment & Psychedelics
After some 40 years as Schedule 1 drugs, psychedelics are receiving new attention as potentially powerful aids in counseling and psychoptherapy. Dr Inaba shares his insights.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Ecstacy
PTSD has been around for a long time as humans — wars and natural disasters remind us. Dr Inaba looks at the condition, which is not unlike an acid flashback, and discusses new therapies, including ecstacy.
DSM-5 draft released for comment
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was released for public comment recently. The bible of the mental health community – its used in defining what is a mental disorder by establishing criteria and terminology. The changes will have far reaching impacts -medical, legal, mental health treatment, research – with potentially billions of dollars at stake. And controversy is already swirling. Dr Inaba comments.
Treatment alternatives, the placebo effect and FDA approval process
Alternative treatment approach, such as the Buddhist 12-step program, “drunk-dreaming” and a new study highlighting the power of placebos. Dr Inaba comments.
Mental Illnesses and Addictions
Addiction Radio looks at the breadth of mental illnesses in society, changing definitions and criteria, and the view of addiction as a mental health disease.
Medication Alternatives in Individuals with Substance Use Disorder
Substance abusers are vulnerable to the same medical and psychiatric disorders as non substance abusers and they deserve prompt, appropriate, and effective medical treatment … But, justified apprehension … about prescribing psychoactive medications to this population