Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Perspectives and preliminary experiences of psychedelics for the treatment of eating disorders: A systematic scoping review

Karolina Cuerva, Dean Spirou, A. García Cuerva, Chantal P Delaquis, Jayanthi Raman

While preliminary research suggests psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy may be a viable treatment option for ED symptoms, further research with more robust research designs is required to increase confidence in its efficacy, generalisability, and safety as a therapeutic medium.

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Psychedelics and Drug Studies
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