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For veterans with severe PTSD, psilocybin-assisted therapy may help


The first U.S. clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy in veterans with PTSD who got no relief from conventional treatments has established that the protocol is safe, causing no serious adverse events or increases in suicidal thinking or behavior.But the preliminary clinical results exceeded researchers’ expectations: In the pilot trial ...

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