Latest Psychotherapy News

Ever feel exhausted by swiping through dating apps? You might be experiencing burnout

Jun. 28, 2024 12:49 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — While plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app, many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting — leading to a phenomenon known as “dating app burnout.” ...

Boy who died at nature therapy camp couldn't breathe in tentlike structure, autopsy finds

Jun. 25, 2024 12:05 PM EDT

LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy who was enrolled in a wilderness therapy program for troubled youths in North Carolina died in February from an inability to breathe in the mostly plastic tentlike structure he was sleeping in, according to an autopsy report. The 8-page...

Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates

Jun. 04, 2024 21:23 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD was roundly criticized Tuesday — a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a landmark federal approval and bring the banned drugs into the medical...

Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD

May. 31, 2024 14:34 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to move psychedelic drugs into the medical mainstream. The Food and...