Medical Health Cluster

Depression

Psilocybin Effective Up to 12 Weeks in Severe Depression

NEW ORLEANS – A single dose of a synthetic formulation of psilocybin provides rapid improvement in treatment-resistant depression, with benefits sustained for up to 12 weeks, according to results from the largest randomized controlled study of psilocybin to date. Dr Guy Goodwin “This is easily the largest study of a psychedelic drug employing […]

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Physician Burnout, Depression Compounded by COVID: Survey

In 2020, it was hard to imagine that the situation could get worse for doctors. But 2021 presented a new set of challenges. As quarantines lifted and physicians tried to get back to work, they were forced to deal with reduced staff, continuing COVID stress, and pandemic-related anxieties about family […]

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