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Healing at the Root: New Evidence That Trauma Therapy Can Ease Psychosis
Recent reporting by The Conversation highlights a growing body of evidence that treating trauma can also ease the symptoms of psychosis – a finding with real significance for how we care for people whose suffering has long been misunderstood. Psychosis, the article explains, is not a diagnosis but a cluster of experiences, including hallucinations, delusions…
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Naming What Wellness Looks Like: Experts Agree on 19 Dimensions of Positive Mental Health
Recent reporting by PsyPost highlights a new consensus study in Nature Mental Health that attempts something the field has long lacked: a shared definition of what good mental health actually looks like. Using a structured, multi-round expert survey known as the Delphi method, researchers consulted 122 senior academics from 26 countries across 11 disciplines, from…
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A Landmark NHS Trial Brings New Hope for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Recent reporting by King’s College London highlights a milestone in mental health research: the UK’s first publicly funded randomised controlled trial of psilocybin for depression has delivered very promising results. Published in Nature Medicine, the PsiDeR trial recruited 60 people living with treatment-resistant depression – depression that had not responded to at least two prior…
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Lived Experience Is Expertise: New Research Affirms Peer Workers in Addiction Recovery
Recent reporting by Medical Xpress highlights new research from the University of New South Wales affirming something many in the recovery community have long known: people who have walked the road of addiction themselves can be among the most powerful guides for others seeking healing. The study, published in the International Journal of Drug Policy,…
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A Note on Our Approach to Ibogaine, Psilocybin & Cannabis-Based Therapies
We’ve had some good conversations recently with partners and community members about what the Maccabeus Foundation actually does when it comes to Ibogaine, Psilocybin, and cannabis-based therapies — and we want to be clear and upfront about it. We do not currently offer, administer, or sell these therapies The Maccabeus Foundation does not provide, administer,…
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UNODC World Drug Report 2026: What the Numbers Mean for Africa’s Youth
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its World Drug Report 2026, and the numbers tell a sobering story. Drug use is climbing faster than the global population, treatment remains out of reach for almost everyone who needs it, and young people — especially in Africa — are carrying an outsized…
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Northern Ontario Opens Its First Live-In Home for Youth Mental Health Recovery
Recent reporting by CBC News highlights a hopeful development in youth mental health care. A new residential treatment program opening in Sudbury, Ontario, will give young people from across the north a place to heal without being uprooted from their families and communities. The Step Up Step Down program, run by the non-profit children’s mental…
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Getting Fitter Helps Your Brain Benefit Even More From Exercise, UCL Study Finds
A study from UCL News has found some encouraging news for anyone building a new exercise habit: getting fitter doesn’t just strengthen the body, it deepens the brain’s own reward for moving in the first place. Researchers followed 30 previously inactive adults through a 12-week programme of cycling three times a week. As participants grew…
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How a Mother’s Brain Adapts With Each Pregnancy: New Clues for Maternal Mental Health
Recent reporting by ScienceDaily highlights a hopeful discovery in maternal mental health: researchers at Amsterdam University Medical Center have found that a second pregnancy reshapes the brain in ways that are distinct from a first, offering fresh insight into how mothers can be better supported through pregnancy and beyond. Building on earlier work showing that…
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Global Shifts in Psychedelic Laws: What’s Changing and Why It Matters
Recent reporting by BBC Future highlights a significant and evolving global conversation around the legal status of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin (the compound in “magic mushrooms”), MDMA, and others — a shift driven by both scientific research and new approaches to drug policy around the world. For decades, most psychedelics were tightly controlled under…
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