[HN Gopher] Psilocybin reduced depression symptoms as much as le...
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       Psilocybin reduced depression symptoms as much as leading
       antidepressant (2021)
        
       Author : dp-hackernews
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2025-05-03 18:17 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | rus20376 wrote:
       | More recent than this article have been failed clinical trials of
       | psychedelics. Turns out forcing people chemically into a
       | hallucinatory state isn't that effective. To the point of this
       | older article it seems that existing therapies are probably not
       | the effective either.
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       | So the search should be for therapies that surpass existing ones.
        
         | ramesh31 wrote:
         | It's pretty bizarre the state that modern pharmaceutical
         | psychiatry has reached. We literally have an FDA approved
         | regimin of snorting ketamine to treat depression here in the US
         | now (Spravato). Those ads are beyond dystopian:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmhuerarE7I
        
           | Mo3 wrote:
           | Ad aside, what's wrong with that? Ketamine is proving to be
           | extremely effective at treating depression
        
             | rubatuga wrote:
             | I'm sure a lobotomy would also be useful in treating
             | depression
        
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