Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Results From a Long-Term Observational Follow-Up Study of a Single Dose of Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depressive Disorder

Guy M. Goodwin, Anna Nowakowska, Merve Atli, Boadie W. Dunlop, David Feifel, David J. Hellerstein, et al.

Researchers followed people with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder for 52 weeks after a single dose of a pharmaceutical psilocybin (COMP360). In the original randomized trial (COMP001, n=233), the median time until a prespecified depressive event was 92 days for the 25 mg group, 83 days for the 10 mg group,…

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