Talking to your patients about psychedelics: Using an informed approach and understanding indications, risks, and benefits

This article from Massuchusetts General Hospital starts: "Have you ever wondered what you should say to a patient who asks whether they should try a psychedelic? Have you been uncertain about the benefits and risks of psychedelics taken for medical or psychiatric conditions? Have you worried that it seems more patients, particularly those with depression, are using psychedelics? Have you been uncertain about the potential liability associated with discussing (or recommending) drugs not approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? If you have, the following case vignette and discussion should prove useful."

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