Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Psychedelic use in individuals living with eating disorders or disordered eating: findings from the international MED–FED survey

Sarah-Catherine Rodan, Noah Meez, Sophie Lloyd-Hurwitz, Miguel A. Bedoya‐Pérez, Anastasia Suraev, Natasha Sommer, et al.
Journal of Eating Disorders Summary & key facts 2025 1 citation

This study analysed answers from 5,247 adults with diagnosed or self-reported eating disorders about their use of psychedelic drugs. About one third (32.4%) had ever used psychedelics and 19.4% had used them in the past year. Users most often took psilocybin or LSD only once or twice per year. People…

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