Psilocybin is a psychedelic compound produced by several species of mushrooms, which has been used for millennia across various cultures. It first gained broader awareness in the Western world during the 1960s and is now the subject of scientific inquiry due to renewed interest in the clinical applications of psychedelic medicines and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Research into psilocybin and psilocybin-assisted therapy has found it to be effective in addressing a number of …
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Frustration.
If you’ve treated patients with PTSD, I’m guessing that both you and your patients have experienced frustration at numerous points along the treatment course. And it’s understandable – up until this point, the efficacy of PTSD treatments has been notoriously poor. The best options aimed to diminish the severity of symptoms with a combination of therapy and daily medications.
However, the …
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Back in medical school when you chose a residency, you probably thought you had to do most everything that came with your chosen specialty.
Then in residency, they for sure made you do every last part of your specialty (and more!).
Now you’re out of training, and you’re a practicing physician. And what you may not have realized is that at this point — something glorious happens.
You get to choose what you …
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