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Does psilocybin really provide long-term relief from depression, as new study suggests?

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par Johan Lundberg, Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet
Guusje Haver, PhD Candidate, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet

Psilocybin, the psychedelic substance found in magic mushrooms, is a promising new treatment for psychiatric disorders, especially depression. The beneficial effects on mood and anxiety of psilocybin are rapid and pronounced after just a single treatment. A small study even suggested that these benefits remain after a year.

But what is really needed is a comparison of the long-term effect of psilocybin with another treatment (an antidepressant)…

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