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A half century after Prozac, a new generation of depression drugs is bringing hope to a long-stagnant field

27.03.2023

This article is excerpted from the latest STAT Report: Treating Depression: a new era of promising Drugs. On May 8, 1972, a researcher at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis named Jong-Sin …

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‘I’m terrified’: Patients scramble for treatment after 13 ketamine clinics shut down

17.03.2023

Around 4:30 p.m. last Friday, Ketamine Wellness Centers CEO Kevin Nicholson sent an email: In 30 minutes, the company would no longer be in business, he said. The message went …

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First Opinion

Opinion: The second age of psychedelic therapies for mental health

13.03.2023

Psychedelics like psilocybin and ketamine are being touted as the next generation of treatment for depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues. There’s no question that a next generation is …

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Psychedelic therapy is moving to the next frontier: workplace perk

06.12.2022

Acupuncture and chiropractic care weren’t always the common fixtures of employer benefit plans they are today. It took clamoring from workers, the accumulation of evidence, and the slow realization by …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Breakthrough Therapies Act: Good idea, wrong solution

02.12.2022

The Breakthrough Therapies Act, recently proposed by Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) as a way to expand access for therapeutic purposes to potentially beneficial but highly regulated …

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Colorado poised to become second state with legalized ‘medicinal psychedelics’

10.11.2022

Colorado looks set to legalize magic mushrooms in this week’s midterm elections, with the group opposing the ballot question conceding defeat. As of Thursday afternoon, Proposition 122 was passing with …

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‘Intriguing and sobering’: Enthusiasm over psilocybin’s effect on depression tempered by questions about durability

03.11.2022

The hype around psychedelic therapy has been put to the test, with the publication Wednesday of the largest-ever study of psilocybin to treat depression. The Phase 2 trial found that …

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In the Lab

Virtual drug screening identifies possible new antidepressants in LSD-like molecules

28.09.2022

What’s a hallucinogen without the hallucinations? Perhaps a potent and fast-acting antidepressant, according to a new study based on virtual drug screening. Psychedelic drugs are now widely understood to have …

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Psilocybin shows promise for treating alcohol addiction, new study finds

24.08.2022

Taking one recreational drug as treatment for over-dependence on another is hardly intuitive, but a new study found that psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, could be a promising …

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