psilocybin-assisted therapypsychotherapyPromising outcomes of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy (PAT) for depression have generated concerted efforts to replicate, extend, and refine protocols to maximize efficacy. Psychotherapy research reveals that clients benefit most when important components of treatment align ...
Interestingly, SSRIs also increase neuroplasticity, a fact that science has known for some time. But in a 2022 double-blind phase 2 randomized controlled trial comparing psilocybin to escitalopram, a traditional SSRI, Nutt found the latter didn’t spark the same magic. “The S...
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Training and certification is expected to be required to practice psychedelic therapy. The FDA is still in the process of evaluating MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin therapies. As such, qualifications for psychedelic therapists in future clinical settings are still to be decided. Some states—like thestate...
We intend to pursue the 505(b)(2) approval path for both MDMA and psilocybin after these drugs are first approved in the US, which we believe will lead to additional cost-effective treatments on the market to benefit patients. So, it allows you to piggyback on a drug that ...
Our team conducts psychedelic-assisted therapy to address the emotional impact of cancer and other complex mental health disorders in a meaningful way. Our first study, published in JAMA Oncology, found that a single dose of the psychedelic drug psilocybin—coupled with psychotherapy support—led to...
Psilocybin is the inactive precursor of psilocin, the chemical primarily responsible for the hallucinogenic effects ofPsilocybe“magic mushrooms”. Though human cultures have used this entheogen for many centuries, we are only just beginning to understand the physiological mechanism by which it produces...
Michael Pollan, whose curiosity about our eating habits led to thoughtful, culturally transformative writing in The Omnivore’s Dilemma and, most recently, Food Rules, here explores the potential psilocybin and other psychedelics hold for transformation of the spiritual and emotional kind. As he tells...
Withdrawal symptoms from hallucinogens such as LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, PCP, ecstasy, ketamine, or salvia appear within 1-2 days after the last use. The initial symptoms may include headaches, drug cravings, and sweating. Such withdrawal symptoms will tend to peak and taper off within the fi...
22. Beckley Retreats is lucky enough to have a couple of what Markey calls “these amazing ‘unicorns’ – practitioners with formal western medical training, but who have been doing this work for years and years, who have facilitated hundreds of psilocybin sittings.” Not that you won’t ha...