David J. Hellerstein, MD

Psilocybin-assisted therapy induced positive personality changes in adults with alcohol use disorder, which may help to improve long-term outcomes by limiting traits that encourage relapse such as impulsiveness, according to study results.

NEW YORK — Last week’s news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III is an “interesting historic moment,” according to David J. Hellerstein, MD.

SAN FRANCISCO — Today’s psychotherapy has evolved to incorporate psychobiology and neuroscience, David J. Hellerstein, MD, says in this Healio video at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, David J. Hellerstein, MD, discusses psychedelic drugs as they pertain to treating mental health disorders.

Fried food consumption was associated with higher risks for anxiety and depression, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

A single psychedelic experience increased a range of non-physicalist beliefs, such as consciousness, meaning and purpose, researchers reported in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.