In mental health care, it’s not uncommon for patients to pursue complementary therapies to manage mental illness. As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen patients who take dozens of daily vitamin supplements.

Until now, if you wanted a sensory deprivation flotation tank in your home you’d better be a tech millionaire or international arms dealer, based on how much they cost. With prices that can easily ...

Flotation therapy was invented in the 1950s and caught on in the 1980s thanks partly to the movie “Altered States,” in which William Hurt played a professor experimenting with sensory deprivation ...

Sensory deprivation tank therapy may support relaxation, improve sleep, and decrease stress, anxiety, and pain. It may have other health benefits as well. A sensory deprivation tank, also called an ...

Sensory deprivation tanks force you into a meditative state by eliminating sound, light, and touch. Multiple studies have shown sensory deprivation tanks relieve anxiety and depression. I tried one at ...

It’s dark — perfectly dark. And silent — completely silent. You can’t feel your arms or legs, and there’s nothing to tell you how much time has passed, or where you are in space. That experience, ...

Vanessa McDonald-Hobbs climbed into the small, shallow pool, pulled a large clamshell lid over the top and eased, flat on her back, into the water. She closed her eyes. Because of the high salt ...

White, boxy and equipped with a futuristic exit hatch, the Samadhi sensory deprivation tank resembles a space pod. It's filled with 800 pounds of Epsom salt dissolved in 150 gallons of ...

ST. LOUIS — When I would tell people that I was going to try this new place where you float in a tank in total darkness and complete silence for 90 minutes, I would get two reactions: That sounds ...