My psychotic breakdown: Cage the Elephant

Cage the Elephant, Neon Pill album (2024)

(CBS Morning) Cage the Elephant's Kentucky boy Matt Shultz opens up about his psychosis, ADHD medication gone wrong (thanks, $Big Pharma$), and healing through rock music and guns:

Between 2020–2024, Shultz had a paranoid "mental health crisis" for the making of Neon Pill (2024).

He experienced a severe adverse reaction to prescribed ADHD medication, which led to paranoid delusions and a break from reality. His condition culminated in a high-profile arrest in January 2023 in NY, where he was found with two loaded firearms.

Double crossed by pharmaceuticals

Cage the Elephant singer on arrest: “It saved my life”

Cage the Elephant was once double crossed by a "Neon Pill"

Shultz later avoided jail time through a plea deal and underwent extensive treatment, which he has credited with saving his life [12]. This turbulent period deeply influenced Cage the Elephant's sixth studio album, Neon Pill.

Have the pills done too much?

Big Pharma sold me the drugs: Em Beihold "Numb Little Bug"

The album features lyrics reflecting Shultz's psychological descent and recovery, blending confessional songwriting with the band's evolving, genre-fluid sound. Songs like "Neon Pill" and "Rainbow" trace his personal trauma, including a temporary divorce from his wife Kentucky-based actress, dancer, and musician Eva Ross [13].

We're not into psychedelics...or are we?

Cage the Elephant "Come a Little Closer" (official psychedelic video)

In interviews, Shultz has spoken candidly about the dangers of blurring performance personas with personal identity and has since adopted a more grounded public presence.

Cage the Elephant: Hey, Man, at least you're on the radio "Social Cues"

I remarried the woman I divorced.

The band's return to touring in 2024 was met with critical acclaim, and Shultz has described the experience as a profound reset, offering new perspective on fame and artistic identity [12].

On Oct. 10, 2024, CBS Mornings aired a segment featuring Shultz and his brother Brad. In it Matt opened up about his psychosis [14]. More

"Beaches in Tennessee"

Cage the Elephant "Beaches in Tennessee" (visualizer)

• PHOTOS: Singer Matt Shultz of Cage the Elephant (Alamy)
• CBS Morning; Cage the Elephant; Em Beihold; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

Vaxxed: Dr. Fauci lied big, his diaries show

(The Young Turks) REVEALED: Dr. Tony Fauci is a HUGE liar (fraud, gain of function research, Wuhan Lab, China, profit motive, COVID 19 was a plandemic)

• Pfizer tested one vax, gave another (TJDS)
• rense.com
• stevequayle.com
• How can I see the movie Vaxxed?:
• rumble.com
• bitchute.com
• The Jimmy Dore Show

Ten drugs the ancients were addicted to

(Health with Henry) Ten ancient drug [addiction] epidemics that erased entire civilizations

Right's pre-modern 'Masculinist' fantasy

(The Ezra Klein Show) Helen Lewis on the Right's pre-modern 'Masculinist' fantasy

Jordan Peterson's secret brain injury

(Dr. Josef) The hidden brain injury (benzodiazepine brain toxicity) behind famous Patriarch Dr. Jordan Peterson

• BIND: benzodiazepine induced neurological dysfunction
• Benzodiazepine dependence
• Clonazepam, Diazepam, Loprazolam

Michael Parenti: RIP to the GOAT (TJDS)

(The Jimmy Dore Show) Michael Parenti was a legend and here's why

R.I.P. to the GOAT: Michael Parenti (Wiki)

“Those who think they're free just haven't come to the end of their leash.” - Michael Parenti

American Marxist scholar, political analyst, historian, and author Michael Parenti has died at the age of 92. He was an outspoken critic of American capitalism, imperialism, and class inequities, whose intellectual works were celebrated around the world. He was the author of over 20 books, including Democracy for the Few and Superpatriotism.

• American Marxist scholar Michael Parenti dies at 92 | Democracy Now!

Against Empire: Exposé US Global Domination

“Well, I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists. It was Marx — dare we mention him? I hear he’s coming back in style. It was Marx who said one capitalist will kill many other capitalists, that the system begins to consume itself. We see that with Bernard Madoff [Bernie who made off with a lot of other people's money] and the like.…The free market does not work. It’s not free. It’s not really a market; it’s a plunder. And it has to be done away with.” - Michael Parenti

Michael John Parenti (Sept. 30, 1933–Jan. 24, 2026) was an American political scientist, academic historian, and cultural critic who wrote on scholarly and popular subjects. He taught at American universities and also ran for political office [1]. Parenti was well known for his Marxist writings and lectures [2, 3] and was a heroic intellectual of the American Left [4]. More

• Shows featuring Michael Parenti | Democracy Now!
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• Jimmy Dore, The Jimmy Dore Show, Jan. 27, 2026; Seth Auberon, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Pantera: 'Broken'? Addiction recovery

(Loudwire - Clips) How rockstar Phil Anselmo of Pantera finally quit hard drugs. Walk amongst the dead on a trip to hell:

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Man, this is cool, this is the life 😭

From homeless drug addicts to high-functioning workaholics, the continuum of addiction cuts a wide and painful swath through our Western culture.

Blending first-person accounts, riveting case studies, cutting-edge research and passionate argument, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts takes a panoramic yet highly intimate look at this widespread and perplexing human ailment.

Countering prevailing theories of addiction as being a genetic disease or an individual moral failure, addiction specialist Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D., presents an eloquent case that addiction – all addiction – is in fact a case of human development gone askew.

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  (Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D.)

  No substance (not heroin, meth, crack) is addictive. If it were, everyone who took it would become addicted. They do not. We become addicted because we are predisposed by a history of early child trauma. Combined with substances or behaviors, drug use leads to addiction.

Dr. Maté, who for 12 years practiced medicine in Vancouver, Canada’s notorious Downtown Eastside – North America’s most concentrated area of drug use, begins by telling the stories of his patients who, in their destitution and uniformly tragic histories, represent one extreme of the addictive spectrum.

(Doug Stanhope) on drug abuse (unreleased standup comedy)

With trademark compassion and unflinching narrative eye, Dr. Maté brings to life their ill-fated and mostly misunderstood struggle for relief or escape -- through substance abuse -- from the pain that has tormented them since childhood.

Dr. Maté shows how the behavioral addictions of society’s more fortunate members – including himself – differ only in degree of severity from the drug habits of his Downtown Eastside patients.

In reality there is only one addiction process, its core objective being the self-soothing of deep-seated fears and discomforts.

(Mirror Mind) Phil Anselmo's best friend was drug addict Dimebag Darrell

Turning to the neurobiological roots of addiction, Dr. Maté presents an astonishing array of scientific evidence showing conclusively that:

• Addictive tendencies arise in the parts of our brains governing some of our most basic and life-sustaining needs and functions: incentive and motivation, physical and emotional pain relief, the regulation of stress, and the capacity to feel and receive love;
• These brain circuits develop, or don’t develop, largely under the influence of the nurturing environment in early life, and that therefore addiction represents a failure of these crucial systems to mature in the way nature intended; and
• The human brain continues to develop new circuitry throughout the lifespan, including well into adulthood, giving new hope for people mired in addictive patterns. Dr. Maté then examines the current mainstream. More

Jimmy Dore Show: Israel, medicine, vax

Making the Cut: How to Heal

• After YouTube, the show goes to Rumble around 5:00 pm

(Middle East Eye)

Making the Cut: How to Heal Modern Medicine

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, M.D.

Author Dr. Aaron Kheriaty has 4.6 out of 5 stars (with 28 reviews). There is a cure for medicine’s ills, but it’s going to hurt. Effective treatment, as every doctor knows, begins with accurate diagnosis.

Making the Cut is about what’s going on in the house of medicine. Medicine got sick.

• One in three people now distrust the healthcare system.
• Following the pandemic, two-thirds of Americans doubt medical scientists will act in the best interest of the public.
• We are grappling with an epidemic of chronic illness—heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke, and chronic lung and kidney disease—affecting six in ten Americans, which medicine seems powerless to fix.

The overall life expectancy of Americans has declined for the first time since the Great Depression. Not only are trust levels tanking,

• the number of doctors is dropping dramatically.
• Physicians are quitting in droves.
• One in five doctors will leave medicine in the next two years.
• One in three will reduce their hours.

A doctor, we assume, wounds in order to heal. “You’re going to feel a sharp pain!” she says, before making the cut. Today, though, all too often the doctor wounds without healing. Why?

In Making the Cut, Dr. Kheriaty, one of the country's leading public intellectuals and preeminent bioethicists, reveals what medicine gave him—and what it sometimes took from him.

This book is about how he grew from an overconfident pre-med to an ambivalent medical student to a capable physician who had fallen in love with medicine—even if his lover has turned into a prostitute of late.

While presenting a damning diagnosis of contemporary medicine, Making the Cut also applies the wounding scalpel in order to heal it. More

• Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and more mock Donald Trump for 'appearing' to fall asleep in meeting

(Access Hollywood) Dec. 3, 2025: Late-night hosts are not holding back after Trump appeared to fall asleep during his latest cabinet meeting. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the senile president assembled members of his administration for a televised meeting in which he seemingly closed his eyes at times, prompting speculation if he was dozing off. Hours after the gathering, comedians, including Kimmel, Colbert, and Fallon, mocked the moments during their respective shows. “Tell us again how sleepy Joe is, will you?” Kimmel joked during Tuesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” episode. #JimmyKimmel #StephenColbert #Trump

• 0:00 - Introduction to Trump's meeting
• 0:45 - Jimmy Kimmel reacts to video
• 2:10 - Colbert also comments on viral video
• 3:00 - Fallon jokes about Trump's Truth Social posts
• 4:15 - Karoline Leavitt lies responds to criticism

Dr. Fauci: New pandemic is coming

• JimmyDore.com exposes Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, who someway, somehow isn't in prison for lying to Congress, as Sen. Rand has shown, and committing crimes against humanity for profit. Capitalism and healthcare go well together. The good doctor has no interest in anything but making us all healthy since his work with AIDs and all the trouble he got in at that  time.

Synthetic cannabis; deadly new opioid

(KTLA 5) Southern California youth Bryce Jocquet, 22, from Stevenson Ranch, overdosed on drug

Worse than fentanyl, carfentanil (Wildnil), tranq

Careful, kids. There's a new danger on the block. Nitazenes are a chemically defined class of substances derived from the parent compound nitazene. They were developed in the second half of the 1950s by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Ciba AG as pain-relieving agents.

Big Pharma to blame for making obscene profits?

They are important as centrally active, selective μ-opioid receptor agonists. The high potency of fentanyl (in humans) is matched by only a few nitazenes and surpassed by etonitazene and isotonitazene.

Due to unacceptable side effects, nitazenes were never included in the pharmacopoeia of human or veterinary medicine.

Deadly fake weed Delta-8

Worse living through chemistry: The problematic rise of Delta-8

(Reuters) Thailand to recriminalize cannabis, shocks billion-dollar industry

Since 2019, highly potent nitazenes have proliferated as ″new synthetic opioids″ in the North American and European narcotics markets and as such have become a formative component of the opioid epidemic in the United States. Overdoses of nitazene opioids have led to several hundred documented fatalities [1].

• (Ponto Azul) The first country in Asia (Buddhist Thailand) to legalize cannabis (marijuana, weed, pot)
• 100 incredible moments caught on camera #16 | Best of the Month | VIU
• KTLA 5; Reuters; Crystal Q., CC Liu, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Jon Stewart: Censorship, Trump, Autism

Kimmel's suspension was always about censorship (Just ask Trump) | The Daily Show

(The Daily Show) Sept. 22, 2025: Jon Stewart unpacks Jimmy Kimmel’s RETURN to satirical late night television comedy amid outcry over his cancellation suspension, a sign of the times in an era where Pres. Trump isn’t even hiding his flagrant attacks on Kirk-style free speech, retaliation against his many political enemies, and the brazen corruption in his administration.

(CBC News) How the FCC torpedoed Jimmy Kimmel | About That

#DailyShow #JonStewart #Trump #JimmyKimmel Subscribe to The Daily Show: @thedailyshow. Follow: Twitter: thedailyshow. Facebook: thedailyshow. Instagram: thedailyshow. Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: paramountplus.com/thedaily...

Hamilton Morris: Tales from the Trip

Hamilton Morris made his own “pharmahuasca” and spoke in tongues: Tales from the Trip

(Animated) Oh, Hamilton Morris (Hamilton's Pharmacopeia), will you never learn? We are reminded of that hippie from Reality Sandwich and the blond gal from Neuro Soup. Hamilton Morris takes pharmahuasca and screams in tongues. Then someone animates it to bring it to life for sober viewers who envy his journey. Potential travelers, beware. Wyrd is no place to wander.

(Family Guy, Season 2, Episode 14) Seth MacFarlane writing team does it

You used to be such a nice, clean-cut boy, Hamilton! Now you're Lennon

• The toad venom pamphlet that changed psychedelia forever | Hamilton's Pharmacopeia (VICE TV) Haunted by his past mistakes, Hamilton embarks on a journey to correct an error in his reporting while identifying the origin of an international "toad venom" smoking phenomenon. In Season 3 of Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, the Ham Man continues his odyssey into the historical, chemical, and societal impacts of some of the world's most mind-blowing drugs. He learns more about LSD (acid), bufotenine (bufo or 5-MeO-DMT), DMT (the spirit molecule), and more. Why? It's because he wants to free his mind so his butt will follow.

Kids, listen to Lando: Avoid toad

(Family Guy) Brian the Dog is addicted to drugs

Love Tales from the Trip? Watch every episode here: • Tales from the Trip. (Paramount+ has a way to stream all favorite shows that are now on Paramount+. Try it FREE at bit.ly/3qyOeOf #TalesFromTheTrip #HamiltonMorris #HA. Tales from the Trip merch is now available. Head over to comedycentralstore.com or click this link to check it out: bit.ly/2QumT2E.

ABOUT: Tales from the Trip: Don’t have the time, money, or connections to take drugs (even entheogenic ones) with comedians? Tales from the Trip is here to help. Go on an animated psychedelic journey with funny people as they recount their hilarious, scary, and sometimes dangerous experiences with DMT, acid, shrooms (psilocybin or Amanita muscaria), salvia divinorum, molly (MDMA, ecstasy), and more.

Credits: Live Action, Video Directors: Greg Washburn, Nik Kazoura. Animation Director: Grant Lindahl. Editor: Nik Kazoura. Lead Animator: Ben Luce. Lead Animator: Jasmine Soompholphakdy.

What'd booze 'n drugs ever do for Homer Simpson?

ABOUT: Looking for funny cartoons? Comedy Central’s Animated channel is a one-stop shop for animated comedy that’s fun – but not always appropriate – for the whole family. Immerse in clips, livestreams, and compilations from new and legendary series alike. Check out brand-new episodes of Tales from the Trip and other originals, or catch up on old favorites like Dr. Katz and TripTank. Subscribe to Animated: @comedycentraloriginals.

More Comedy Central: comedycentral. Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: comedycentral. Facebook: comedycentral. Instagram: comedycentral.

• Reality Sandwiches, poetry by Allen Ginsburg
• Hamilton Morris, Animated, Comedy Central, Nov. 10, 2021; Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, Dec. 7, 2021; Family Guy; The Simpsons; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

JnJ sells nasal ketamine for depression

What is the worst source of info on drugs? - Big Pharma press releases on their own product.

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SPRAVATO® (esketamine) approved in the US as the first and only monotherapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression

Special K (ketamine) is called a psychedelic.

[Matthew "Chandler" Perry would love it, wouldn't he?] Following U.S. FDA Priority Review, approval is based on data demonstrating SPRAVATO® alone met its primary endpoint at 4 weeks and led to rapid and superior improvement in depressive symptoms compared to placebo as early as 24 hours [1].

SPRAVATO® alone showed a rapid and superior improvement vs. placebo in the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score, with numerical improvements across all 10 MADRS items seen at day 28 in a post-hoc analysis [2].

• AUDIO: Article with jnj.com press release

Monotherapy data adds to well-established clinical efficacy and real-world safety profile

TITUSVILLE, New Jersey, Jan. 21, 2025 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for SPRAVATO® (esketamine) CIII nasal spray, making this innovative treatment the first and only monotherapy for adults living with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have had an inadequate response to at least two oral antidepressants.

MDD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, with an estimated 21 million adults in the U.S. living with the disease. About one-third of adults will not respond to oral antidepressants alone, which has a significant negative impact on the quality of life of those affected. MDD has a high economic burden, with nearly half of it attributable to treatment-resistant depression (TRD) [3,4,5]. More

• Johnson & Johnson (jnj.com), 1/21/25; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Trump to pull us out of Bill Gates' WHO

• What does tinfoil cap club at Rense think about Bill Gates?
• Jimmy Dore (TJDS, jimmydore.com); Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

RFK Jr willing to upset Big Pharma (JDS)

Cure for autism: Buddhist🐎shamanism

Oh, Bojack Horseman, you're not for kids. Real living horses can heal children.

Words of Wisdom: Rupert Isaacson on how horses bring us happiness

(Happinez Magazine International) Feb. 7, 2018: In search of healing for his autistic son, Rupert Isaacson traveled to Buddhist Mongolia and the world with that son on horseback. He discovered how horses have a wonderful effect -- not just on people with autism, but on every single one of us.

Healing autistic children with Shamanic Healer Dawn Paul

(Dawn Paul) I work with autistic children all over the world. I am able to connect with them and obtain information from them as well as carry out any necessary healing in order to allow them to be more whole and comfortable in their bodies. I work on them remotely and then email the parents a report of what I did for their child. Visit liberate-online.co.uk for more information and an article on healing for autistic children.

THE HORSE BOY (official US trailer)

(ZeitgeistFilms) Now on DVD from Zeitgeist Video. How far would you travel to heal someone you love?

An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Buddhist Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing.

• Mongolian shamanism

When 2-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife, Psychology Professor Kristin Neff, sought the best possible medical care for their son — but traditional therapies had little effect.

Then they discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals — particularly horses — and the family set off on a quest for a possible cure.

The Horse Boy is part travel adventure, part insight into shamanic tradition and part intimate look at the autistic mind.

In telling one family's extraordinary story, the film gives voice to the thousands who display amazing courage and creativity every day in the battle against this mysterious and heartbreaking epidemic.

The filmic companion to Isaacson's best-selling book of the same name and a festival favorite, this ravishing documentary odyssey gives insight into how, in life's darkest moments, one can find the gateway to joy and wonder. More: zeitgeistfilms.com/horseboy

• Zeitgeist Films, July 17, 2009; Dawn Paul, Sept. 6, 2019; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

How you will die and why: I.R.

Look, if we have to die, let's at least not talk about it, not now while we're still alive.

I.R. = insulin resistance. It's part of the metabolic syndrome our bodies spin into, with weight, diabetes, blood pressure, sugar, addiction, exhaustion...this disease kills more people than cancer, and no one seems to know he or she has it. Get onto YouTube and watch this presentation. It's well worth it.

3X deadlier than cancer and most people don't know they have it

(Dr. Sten Ekberg) May 22, 2020: Over 70% of people have this health issue. Many people need to reverse:

• Insulin resistance,
• Type 2 diabetes,
• heart disease, obesity,
• and so on.

But this condition is three times more deadly than cancer. Reverse these health issues like insulin resistance, visceral belly fat, and so on while there is still time.

Is your doctor missing the root cause of why you have these issues? Watch this video to learn how to stay healthy naturally.

• Reverse I.R. naturally
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Welcome to "Reverse Insulin Resistance Naturally" by Dr. Sten Ekberg; a series where he tries to tackle the most important health issues of the day in a natural and safe way including the benefits of intermittent fasting, fasting, and autophagy (eating away the bad in the body).

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Mindfulness as effective as antidepressants

The Buddha taught mindfulness.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was found to be as effective as the antidepressant escitalopram in reducing agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder symptoms.

The muti-institution study, led by the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, suggests that mindfulness (sati) practices may offer a viable alternative to medication for treating anxiety disorders, with significantly fewer side effects.

Anxiety disorders affect millions of people and are frequently treated with medications like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

Ketamine and psychedelics may also work better than toxic antidepressants.

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While SSRIs can be an effective tool in countering the symptoms of anxiety disorders, they also come with side effects that can negatively impact a patient's quality of life in other ways.

In the case of escitalopram (sold as Lexapro and Cipralex), these adverse effects include nausea, headaches, dry mouth, excessive sweating, insomnia, and fatigue.

The research team previously demonstrated that eight weeks of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was non-inferior to escitalopram in providing stress relief and emotional regulation without having the additional drawbacks (avoiding the side effects of synthetic allopathic drugs).

In a new research letter, "Mindfulness Meditation vs Escitalopram for Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial," published in JAMA Network Open, the team presents the secondary outcomes of patient-reported anxiety, depression, and quality of life from the previous study.

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The study

Drugs disrupt enzyme processes like magic.

The study involved 276 adults diagnosed with various anxiety disorders (including agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder). Participants were randomly assigned to either the MBSR program or escitalopram treatment. The MBSR group attended weekly sessions focused on mindfulness meditation techniques, while the escitalopram group received dosages ranging from 10 to 20 mg per day with regular clinical follow-ups. Researchers used multiple standardized scales to measure anxiety, depression, and quality of life, both from patient and clinician perspectives. Blinded evaluators conducted assessments using tools like the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the PROMIS Anxiety Short Form.

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Findings

I'll take Nature over Big Pharma any day.

Findings revealed that both groups experienced similar reductions in anxiety symptoms over the study period. No significant differences were detected between MBSR and escitalopram in overall anxiety reduction by Week 8, the study's primary endpoint.

Escitalopram showed a slight edge in symptom reduction at the mid-treatment point (Week 4), but these improvements were not sustained by the end of the study.

Adverse event rates were the only significant difference between the two treatments. Nearly 79% of escitalopram recipients reported at least one study-related side effect, compared to just 15% of those in the mindfulness group.

The findings lend greater support for the use of mindfulness-based stress reduction as a reliable treatment for anxiety disorders with fewer risks, making a compelling case for its broader application in clinical settings. Source: Mindfulness found as effective as leading antidepressant in treating anxiety disorders

• More info: Hiroe Hu et al, "Mindfulness Meditation vs Escitalopram for Treatment of Anxiety Disorders," JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38453 © 2024 Science X Network.
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• Medical Xpress via MSN.com, 10/24/24; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly