/oss/taxonomy/term/2058/all en /oss/article/medical/can-psychedelic-drugs-help-depression <hr /> <p><em>This article was originally posted in the</em> <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-can-psychedelic-drugs-help-with-depression"><em>Montreal Gazette.</em></a></p> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 9658 at /oss /oss/article/health-general-science/chicken-wearing-shoes <div>Imagine being an elderly woman, sipping her tea in an empty house, and suddenly seeing a girl entering through a closed door and vanishing. The apparition is crisp and well defined. Would you, as the woman did, wonder if your house was haunted?</div> <div> </div> <div>If you are as scientifically minded as I am, you may reject such a supernatural explanation and gravitate toward one of the many medical causes of visual hallucinations. Maybe the woman was psychiatrically ill. Maybe she was having a seizure. Maybe her tea contained the remnants of her wild days at Woodstock.</div> Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:17:50 +0000 Jonathan Jarry, MSc 2620 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-drugs-health-history-news/rather-remarkable-coincidence <div></div> Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:17:49 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2283 at /oss