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Posted by PeterMartin on January 30, 2020, at 15:25:52
New today:
https://www.empr.com/home/news/benefits-of-psilocybin-assisted-psychotherapy-may-be-lasting/
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Jan 30, 2020
HealthDay News:Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy may promote long-term benefits in terms of reductions in anxiety, depression, and hopelessness among patients with cancer-related psychiatric distress, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
Gabrielle I. Agin-Liebes, from Palo Alto University in California, and colleagues conducted a long-term within-subjects follow-up analysis involving 16 participants in a trial evaluating single-dose psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in cancer-related psychiatric distress, 15 of whom agreed to participate at an average of 3.2 and 4.5 years following psilocybin administration.
The researchers found that at the first and second follow-up periods, reductions in anxiety, depression, hopelessness, demoralization, and death anxiety were sustained. Large within-group effects were seen. The criteria for clinically significant antidepressant or anxiolytic responses were met by 60 to 80% of participants at the 4.5-year follow-up. Positive life changes were overwhelmingly attributed to psilocybin-assisted therapy experience (71 to 100%); it was rated as among the most personally meaningful and spiritually significant experiences of patients lives.
==Plus psilocybin was decriminalized in Santa Cruz, CA - 3 places in the US now: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/us/santa-cruz-mushrooms-psychedelics-trnd/index.html
I had a few very good experiences "on mushrooms" 20yrs ago in my college days. I'm glad they're finally being looked at for benefits.
Posted by Hugh on February 1, 2020, at 11:11:40
In reply to Benefts of Psilocybin+Psychotherapy May be lasting, posted by PeterMartin on January 30, 2020, at 15:25:52
This site contains a list of therapists who engage in integration counseling. They won't help you get psychedelics, but they will help you to benefit from your psychedelic trip.
https://www.trippingly.net/lsd-studies/2018/6/14/psychedelic-integration-list
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