by NDNR | Dec 4, 2024 | 2024, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, December, Environmental Medicine, Mind/Body, Naturopathic Perspective, Policy, World
Leslie Solomonian Introduction We are in a crisis of collective psychological distress, with myriad consequences for the physical body. We are also in a planetary health crisis. The two are interlinked, and part of the larger global polycrisis.1 The discipline of...
by NDNR | Dec 2, 2024 | 2024, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, Botanical Medicine, December, Environmental Medicine, Homeopathy, Mind/Body, Nature Cure, NDNR Issues, Psilocybin
Targeting 5-HT2A Receptor: A Case Study Pam Conboy and Leah Linder, ND Background Psilocybin has been used as a ceremonial sacrament for thousands of years. It may offer, along with holistic and community support, a safe, nonpharmaceutical approach to optimizing...
by NDNR | Sep 13, 2022 | 2022, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, Mind/Body, September
Applying Polyvagal Theory to Treat a Traumatized Patient JENNIFER BRUSEWITZ, ND ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY, ND The polyvagal theory, introduced by Stephen Porges, PhD, in 1995, explains how human adaptive responses are modulated through the autonomic nervous system...
by NDNR | Jul 13, 2022 | 2022, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, July
From PLOS A new analysis suggests that a particular leadership style dubbed “engaging leadership” can boost employees’ engagement and enhance team effectiveness within the workplace. Greta Mazzetti of the University of Bologna, Italy, and Wilmar...
by NDNR | Jul 13, 2022 | 2022, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, July
From University College London Adolescents are over three times more vulnerable to developing a cannabis addiction than adults, but may not be at increased risk of other mental health problems related to the drug, finds a new study led by UCL and King’s College...
by NDNR | Jul 13, 2022 | 2022, Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health, July
From University of California – San Diego For centuries, people have been using mindfulness meditation to try to relieve their pain, but neuroscientists have only recently been able to test if and how this actually works. In the latest of these efforts,...