We hear a lot about there being two different kinds of sleepers — early risers and night owls — but researchers from the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences have identified two new groups to add to the mix. And, perhaps not surprisingly, one of them...
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The Role of CES in Fighting Inflammation – Part 1
The inflammation process is known to be at the heart of medical problems that occur throughout the body, such as heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, sinusitis, bronchitis, prostatitis, ulcerative colitis, and all...
The Role of CES in Fighting Inflammation – Part 2
The role of CES in reducing the inflammatory response has been implicated more recently by Black who has shown that repeated acute or chronic psychological stress may also initiate the inflammatory response when the brain utilizes the same efferent pathways to respond...
Position Paper on Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation by Ray B. Smith, Ph.D.
Known effectiveness of Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) in mental health.1 Anxiety: 38 clinical studies of anxiety, 21 of which were double blind, showed a mean improvement of 58%, with a range of from 38% to...
The Rationale for the Use of CES in a Wellness Program
Many medical experts say that stress is a major cause of illness in the modern world. Some estimate that as much as 90% of illness is caused by stress, and all agree that stress, if present in an ill person, can only make the problem worse. For example, the perception...
Why You Shouldn’t Reach For a Sleeping Pill When You Can’t Sleep
Chronic lack of sleep has a cumulative effect when it comes to disrupting your health, so you can’t skimp on sleep on weekdays, thinking you’ll “catch up” over the weekend. You need consistency. Generally speaking, adults need between six and eight hours of sleep...
Do You Need a Lazy Day this Mother’s Day?
Take time for yourself this Mother’s Day — it’s your day, and you deserve it! Take A Lazy Day to Celebrate this Mother’s Day The concept of taking a lazy day may seem foreign — and perhaps downright crazy — when one considers all that has to be done on a given day...
Symptoms and Signs Indicating You May Have an Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety is a common mental state expressed as uneasiness or apprehension about an uncertain future event or occurrence. Any kind of anxious behaviour incites stress reaction within your body, expressing itself with symptoms of stress. Everyone experiences anxiety to...
A View from the Trenches: Why Psychiatry Needs CES – Part 3
Depression There is considerable controversy involving the efficacy of antidepressant medications.The controversy also involves the risk/benefit analyses of currently approved interventions For example, Time magazine recently cited Kirsch’s meta-analysis in PLoS...
A View from the Trenches: Why Psychiatry Needs CES – Part 4
CES vs. Drugs I would like to highlight various advantages of CES relative to other existing treatments, especially medications that may not be well appreciated. Take for example, the difficulty faced by primary care physicians and mental health professionals in...