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A single dose of psilocybin eased depression within days, but its edge over placebo faded within a year


A single dose of psilocybin eased depression within days in a small Swedish trial, outperforming an active placebo for more than three months on patients’ self-ratings. By one year, however, the placebo group had largely caught up.

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