Can psychedelic drug help with depression?

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3166, 2018, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The way you speak may reveal whether a psychedelic drug could help treat depression or anxiety. Robin Carhart-Harris and his team at Imperial College London have been testing psilocybin--a hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms--in people with treatment-resistant depression. Their pilot study found that when it was given to 12 volunteers alongside psychological support, five of them no longer met the clinical criteria for a depression diagnosis three months later