Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from PTSD

Does Elon Musk have PTSD? Biographer Walter Isaacson says the billionaire's turbulent childhood with an abusive father left him scarred

Was Isaacson misappropriating the term, as mental health experts say commonly occurs? Or is Elon’s mental state, perhaps, even more nuanced than he alludes to?

Fortune

Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval

A study has found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder

The Independent UK

Rick Perry: The Conservative Case for Psychedelics

The former Texas governor on helping veterans with PTSD, increasing legal immigration, and the illegal drug he'd most like to try

Reason

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Coalition and employers back David Pocock over splitting contentious industrial relations bill

ACT senator wants to move forward with workers’ compensation for PTSD and banning discrimination against employees experiencing domestic violence

The Guardian - AU

Lives transformed by swimming with Newfoundland dogs

Paramedic Pete Lewin is transforming the lives of firefighters, police officers and soldiers suffering from PTSD by taking them swimming with his Newfoundland dogs. Those taking part in the therapy put on a dry suit and a lifejacket, and wade into the middle of a lake in Leicestershire, where they…

The Week

Birth trauma is a growing problem — experiencing it myself revealed how few people understand it

The past few years have seen more attention being paid to maternal mental health. Many people are now aware of conditions such as postnatal depression, which affects one in seven mothers.

The Conversation

Rick Perry: The Conservative Case for Psychedelic Medicine

The former Texas governor on helping veterans with PTSD, increasing legal immigration, and the illegal drug he'd most like to try

Reason

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Corey Taylor: "For eight years I was married to the wrong woman. It was a very toxic relationship and it ate a part of me that I don't know if I'll ever get back"

Corey Taylor discusses the "real life sh*t" that inspires his solo songwriting, from PTSD and depression to his "toxic" second marriage

Metal Hammer

How we survive: An avalanche injured me – and killed my friend. Here is how I faced the PTSD, addiction and guilt

After the accident, Joe Yelverton moved to another state, threw himself into work and tried to numb his feelings. But eventually he had to accept he couldn’t outrun his past

The Guardian - UK

The BBC’s Fergal Keane: ‘The breakdowns get harder to recover from each time’

The former BBC war reporter, now special correspondent, on the terror of PTSD, his tips for living with it day to day, and the people and poets he admires

The Guardian - UK

'It's a fabulous tonic': exercise for PTSD and addiction

Hospital specialises in PTSD, anxiety, depression and drug and alcohol addictions.

Newcastle Herald

Mind ki Baat, Ep 8: PTSD

This is the eighth episode of Mind ki Baat, a Newslaundry podcast with a neurodivergent host with a focus on the invisible epidemic of mental health issues in society today.

Newslaundry

Mother of Georgia mass shooting suspect apologises for son’s actions and blames military PTSD

The suspect, who is now dead, is accused of shooting four people to death on Saturday in Hampton, Georgia

The Independent UK

A new leash on life: Service dogs graduate to full-time helpers for student, veteran

DALLAS -- Kathy Schneider was afraid to be alone. She struggled to go into bathrooms and couldn’t get out of the car at the store with her husband.

Tribune News Service

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Huge rise in soldiers seeking mental health support as cost of living crisis blamed

The annual Ministry of Defence report found almost 21,000 went to their GP or the armed forces last year with depression, anxiety, PTSD or other psychological issues

Evening Standard

OPINION - Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan — but we must be rigorous before prescribing psychedelics

I went to the world’s largest psychedelic conference a few weeks ago — Psychedelic Science —the one where Jaden Smith told a crowd of some 11,000 psychonauts and scientists that his mum (Jada Pinkett Smith) recently introduced the family to psychedelics. Why was Jaden Smith being interviewed at a scientific…

AAP

Detaining refugees doubles the risk of stress disorder

A national study finds locking up asylum seekers more than doubles their odds of having or developing post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Conversation

Do psychedelics really work to treat depression and PTSD? Here's what the evidence says

As of July 1, authorised psychiatrists have been allowed to prescribe MDMA (the chemical found in “ecstasy”) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psilocybin (found in “magic mushrooms”) to treat depression that hasn’t responded to other treatment.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

PTSD affects 300,000 young people in England and Wales, Channel 4 finds

Early intervention could save £2.4bn in taxpayer money, according to analysis in documentary featuring rapper Konan

The Guardian - AU

‘Detachment was considered a strength’: how a war correspondent’s calling created a trauma timebomb

From the Boxing Day tsunami to Iraq, journalist Dean Yates rarely stopped to process the events he reported. They caught up with him in a Melbourne hospital

The Independent UK

Australia is the first nation to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics

Australia is now the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain psychedelic substances to patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder

Wales Online

Australia becomes first country in world to prescribe ecstasy and magic mushrooms

Up to two million people could qualify for the new drugs

LiveScience

Australia clears legal use of MDMA and psilocybin to treat PTSD and depression

Starting July 1, 2023, Australia will allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain hallucinogens in medical settings to treat PTSD and treatment-resistant depression.

The Guardian - AU

Australian psychiatrists can now prescribe MDMA and psilocybin: who can access them and how do they work?

The psychedelic drugs are used to treat PTSD and treatment-resistant depression

The Independent UK

Pete Davidson reportedly enters rehab amid mental health struggles

The ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum has been open about his borderline personality disorder and PTSD

1 … 7 8 9 10

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.