The expanding scope of psychedelics as medicines

Floris Wolswijk of Blossom has co-published this very interesting article with Lucid News. He writes "Psychedelics as therapeutic medicines have been studied for over half a century. MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD is on track to be approved in two years. Promising trials that study psychedelics as potential treatments for depression, anxiety, and addiction are ongoing. Open the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V, psychiatrists’ dictionary), pick any disorder, and you’re likely to see psychedelics research being conducted for it. Though psychedelic treatments for a few major indications get all the headlines, there are many more conditions for which psychedelic treatments are being investigated. With the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) just behind us, I want to give you a peek into the underside of the iceberg of psychedelic research. Let’s step away from the headlines, broaden our scope, and dive into the frontier of this field."

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