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Here’s a look at the current research on ketamine for depression and mood disorders.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted psilocybin therapy a Breakthrough Therapy designation for the second time in a year, this time with a view on accelerating trials testing its efficacy treating major depressive disorder (MDD).
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Keep reading for an anthropologist’s account of how ayahuasca helped with his depression.
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Here’s a look at some recent research looking at whether ayahuasca can help with depression.
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Check out the documentary Dosed, from the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2019. Winner of Audience Award for Best Documentary.
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