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Ruby Wax: ‘Sane New World’

By Ruby Wax — 2013

Comedian and writer Ruby Wax has suffered bouts of depression throughout her life and finally made it public. She went on to study psychotherapy and neuroscience—and took a comedy show about mental illness on tour around the wards of mental health institutions. See more...

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Experimental Treatments Changed the Course of the AIDS Epidemic; We Need the Same Approach to Mental Illness Today | Commentary

Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.

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Mind Molding Psychedelic Drugs Could Treat Depression, and Other Mental Illnesses

It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research from my colleagues and me, they change the structures of neurons themselves.

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