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Hopes That Treatment With Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Will Be Allowed In The Country
Psychiatrist Haraldur Erlendsson hopes that in the near future, hallucinogenic mushrooms will be allowed for medical use in Iceland, Vísir reports. It is believed by some psychiatrists that a revolution in treatment is on its way thanks to new research which shows…
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24% Of Patients In Icelandic Nursing Homes Administered Antipsychotics
According to a new report from RÚV, one out of four individuals living in Icelandic nursing homes is prescribed psychotropic drugs (often used for schizophrenia) even when patients haven’t been diagnosed with any psychosis. Instead, these medicines are often used as sedatives…
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Vulnerable Beings: Emilie Dalum Explores Cancer and Healing in Photo Memoir
One day last February, Emilie Dalum was getting ready to go to lunch when her doctor called. “I was only dressed in my underwear,” she recalls, “when he told me I had lymphoma.” Emilie, a photographer, was 26 years old. Over the…
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Icelanders Ahead Of US In Autism Treatment
An Icelandic child neurologist working in Florida says Iceland is “a few steps ahead” when it comes to the treatment of autism in children. In an interview with Morgunblaðið, child neurologist Laufey Ýr Sigurðardóttir talks about her experiences working at the Nemours…