Psychotherapy with the use of psilocybin – the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms – was associated with improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with cancer, with no evidence of the psilocybin causing any mental health problems such as phobia, paranoia or psychosis.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/psilocybin-could-help-with-a-wide-range-of-mental-health-problems-for-cancer-patients
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I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy improves psychiatric symptoms across multiple dimensions in patients with cancer
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-024-00331-0
From the linked article:
Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy could help cancer patients reduce symptoms of a wide range of mental health problems they may face during their cancer battles, according to international researchers. The team combined the results of two randomised controlled trials of the therapy, which combines psychotherapy with the use of psilocybin – the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms. The two studies involved a total of 79 patients, and the researchers say previous analysis of the results showed psilocybin was associated with improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms. Looking further at the data for other mental health symptoms, the researchers say psilocybin was also associated with fewer sensitivity issues with other people, less hostility, obsession-compulsion and less mental-health-related physical issues. They said there was no evidence of the psilocybin causing any mental health problems such as phobia, paranoia or psychosis.
I’m beginning to question everything taught to me by the D.A.R.E. program.
Shouldn’t be long before it is made legal for medically-supervised use, no?
Tell that to the Austrian man with a chopped off penis.