Psychedelic therapy for depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Ko, EI Kopra, AJ Cleare, JJ Rucker - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Psychedelic therapy shows promise for Major Depressive Disorder, especially
when treatment-resistant, as well as life-threatening illness distress. The objective of this …

Mechanisms and molecular targets surrounding the potential therapeutic effects of psychedelics

AM Jaster, J González-Maeso - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Psychedelics, also known as classical hallucinogens, have been investigated for decades
due to their potential therapeutic effects in the treatment of neuropsychiatric and substance …

Single-dose psilocybin treatment for major depressive disorder: A randomized clinical trial

CL Raison, G Sanacora, J Woolley, K Heinzerling… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Psilocybin shows promise as a treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD).
Objective To evaluate the magnitude, timing, and durability of antidepressant effects and …

Single-dose psilocybin-assisted therapy in major depressive disorder: A placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised clinical trial

R von Rotz, EM Schindowski, J Jungwirth… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Psilocybin has been suggested as a novel, rapid-acting treatment for
depression. Two consecutive doses have been shown to markedly decrease symptom …

Must psilocybin always “assist psychotherapy”?

GM Goodwin, E Malievskaia… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Design Open-label Randomized Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Randomized, double-blind, placebo …

Psilocybin-assisted therapy for major depressive disorder: An exploratory placebo-controlled, fixed-order trial

J Sloshower, PD Skosnik… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Several early phase studies have demonstrated that psilocybin-assisted
therapy has rapid-acting and persisting antidepressant effects from just one or two doses …

History repeating: guidelines to address common problems in psychedelic science

M van Elk, EI Fried - Therapeutic Advances in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Research in the last decade has expressed considerable optimism about the clinical
potential of psychedelics for the treatment of mental disorders. This optimism is reflected in …

Shared and distinct brain regions targeted for immediate early gene expression by ketamine and psilocybin

PA Davoudian, LX Shao, AC Kwan - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2023 - ACS Publications
Psilocybin is a psychedelic with therapeutic potential. While there is growing evidence that
psilocybin exerts its beneficial effects through enhancing neural plasticity, the exact brain …

Psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Haikazian, DCJ Chen-Li, DE Johnson, F Fancy… - Psychiatry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this review was to determine the effect of psilocybin on depressive symptoms in
patients diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses or major depressive disorder. Systematic …

Lower-dose psycholytic therapy–a neglected approach

T Passie, J Guss, R Krähenmann - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and similar psychoactive drugs have been used in
psychotherapy since 1949, when the first clinical study with lower-dose LSD showed …