Cannabis use accelerates the onset of psychotic illnesses, according to a new study. Meta-analysis of data collected over 30 years, from over 20,000 patients, concludes the “age at onset of psychosis for cannabis users was 2.7 years younger than for nonusers”.
Psychiatry
Tanveer Ahmed: why I shock people for a living
Electroconvulsive therapy is arguably one of the best treatments for a range of mental health afflictions. But the stigma associated with it still “flows on to the practitioners like a skin-borne pathogen.”
Web doctoring: improving access to treatment
Therapy over the web, when supervised by an expert clinician, is surprisingly effective, writes Gavin Andrews.
Scientology’s vexed relationship with psychiatry
A case before the Bankstown Local Court, in which a 25-year-old woman is accused of stabbing her father and sister to death and seriously injuring her mother, has raised the issue of Scientology’s views on psychiatry.
