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ATAI Life Sciences Announces New Program To Discover Next-Generation Mental Health Treatments
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 8:26am | 461atai Life Sciences (NASDAQ: ATAI) on Thursday announced Invyxis, a new program to accelerate the company’s portfolio of compounds. What Happened: The clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing mental health treatments using psychedelic therapy said...
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VistaGen Kick Starts Late-Stage Social Anxiety Disorder Study with PH94B
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - 9:28am | 90VistaGen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: VTGN) has initiated its PALISADE Phase 3 study to evaluate PH94B for the acute treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). PH94B is an odorless, rapid-onset, investigational pherine nasal spray. PALISADE-1 is being conducted with approximately 200 subjects....
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MindMed Begins First-Ever Clinical Trial On MDMA, LSD Combinations
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 10:11am | 471Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc (OTC: MMEDF), a medicine biotech company in psychedelics, on Wednesday announced its start of the first-ever clinical trial measuring and evaluating 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) combinations in the human body, at the...
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COVID-19 Anxiety Drives Cannabis Use Across America
Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 5:57pm | 1729This article by Aaron Smith was originally published on Cannabis & Tech Today, and appears here with permission. America has a bad case of pandemic anxiety. COVID-19 infections are rising. Tens of millions of workers lost their jobs and face dismal prospects of getting new...
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How Cannabis And CBD Can Help Eliminate The Stigma Around Mental Illness
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 10:53am | 752This article was originally published on The Fresh Toast, and appears here with permission. With marijuana use and mental health both wildly stigmatized, perhaps there are solutions in place that are as simple as having a conversation. Millions of Americans are coping with mental health...
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Can Cannabis Help Curb My Obsessive Thoughts?
Monday, June 22, 2020 - 10:16am | 661By The Fresh Toast's Mary Sauer, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. We don’t have all the facts on using cannabis to treat anxiety, obsessive thoughts, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give it a try, however. If you deal with anxiety...
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Could CBD Treat Anxiety Symptoms Better Than Traditional Marijuana?
Monday, June 15, 2020 - 9:31am | 587By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Current recommendations for anxiety patients is to utilize high-CBD, low-THC marijuana strains for the best results. On the surface, using marijuana to treat anxiety symptoms seems like an obvious treatment...
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The Potential Of CBD And Cannabis Within The Anxiety And Autism Community
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 12:11pm | 1052By The Fresh Toast's Kate-Madonna Hindes, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. With the stigma of cannabis fading by the day, more families are exploring treatments that are more accessible and less pharmaceutical. The autism community is (literally) buzzing over several recent studies...
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Here's How Cannabis And Cannabinoids Can Help Relieve Anxiety
Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 1:30pm | 861By The Fresh Toast's Alana Armstrong, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Cannabis has powerful anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) properties, and when administered as-needed, can provide relief from several anxiety disorders. Anxiety, like marijuana, comes with a stigma, but with the increasing...
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What Kids Don't Want Their Parents To Know About Fidget Spinners
Friday, May 5, 2017 - 9:51am | 680It’s every parent’s dream for their child to beg for a toy that costs as little as $5 and improves their focus, lowers their anxiety and relieves their stress. Anyone who has browsed Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) or Etsy Inc (NASDAQ: ETSY) looking for a fidget...
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Stop The Presses: Xanax Sales Tend To Pick Up During The Holiday Season
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 3:25pm | 374The holiday season can be an exciting and fulfilling time of year for people to disrupt their standard routines and spend time reflecting with family and friends. Unfortunately, for many Americans, the holiday season is instead be filled with stress, anxiety and depression. From a psychological...
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Researchers Link Binge Watching With Depression, Anxiety
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 11:07am | 317Researchers at the University of Toledo have found a link between extended television “binge watching” and both depression and anxiety. Binge watching has become increasingly popular since Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has begun making entire new seasons of hit shows like "House of...
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Managing Trading Anxiety Means Allowing Yourself To Be Human
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 11:04am | 673Trading anxiety is not as uncommon as many people in high finance might think. When your trading account is not where you want it and you have taken more losses than you care to admit even to yourself, it can take as much of a psychological toll as it can a financial one. Anxiety and trading are...