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Psilocybin relieves veteran from a decade of trauma

Opinion: I was traumatized by my time in Afghanistan and Iraq. Psychedelic therapy changed my life.

Juliana Mercer, a former U.S. Marine felt like she was “drowning in suppressed grief” after witnessing tragedies in Iraq and Afghanistan and losing fellow veterans to suicide. She says that a single session of psilocybin allowed her to release all the accumulated grief overnight. “I accidentally found relief and a glimpse of my authentic joyful self through the recreational use of psychedelics.” Now she urges California legislators to vote yes on the SB 519 bill that would decriminalize psychedelics.

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Mydecine’s psychedelic compound shows “blockbuster potential”, according to Roth Capital Partners

Roth says Mydecine Innovations has blockbuster potential with its MYCO-001 psychedelic therapy as it initiates coverage

Roth Capital Partners, a private investment bank in California, gave Mydecine Innovations Group Inc. (MYCO) a ‘buy’ rating with a C$3  target based on the “blockbuster potential” of its pyschedelic compound, MYCO-001. Mydecine expects to complete advanced clinical trials for PTSD and smoking cessation within the next 18-24 months. Based on this timeline, Roth believes that MYCO-001 could be introduced to the US market for smoking cessation in 2026, and could reach $2.5 billion in sales by 2031 by capturing just 0.5% market. Roth predicts that MYCO-001 will take over 20% of the market for PTSD treatment by 2032, reaching $3 billion in sales.

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Cybin aims to treat COVID-related distress in frontline healthcare workers using new psychotherapy model

Cybin Launches EMBARK and Co-Sponsors First Clinical Trial to Treat Frontline Clinicians Experiencing COVID-Related Burnout and Distress with Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

A new University of Washington study co-sponsored by Cybin aims to treat COVID-related depression, anxiety, burnout and post-traumatic stress in frontline healthcare workers using psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. The study will test Cybin’s new transdiagnostic psychotherapy model called EMBARK, which is “aimed at delivering best-practice, supportive healing in conjunction with psychedelic therapeutics”. Cybin CEO Doug Drysdale says he considers it an honour to support the frontline workers who made great sacrifices for the public throughout the pandemic.

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Texas passed a bill to study psychedelic treatments for PTSD in veterans with a surprising bipartisan approval

Texas legislature approves bill to study psychedelics to treat PTSD in veterans

Texas passes bill to study psychedelic treatment for PTSD in veterans with a surprising bipartisan approval. Representative Alex Dominguez is hopeful that other states will once again look to Texas for leadership to address the ongoing mental health crisis. While governor Greg Abbott has yet to take a stance, the bill has received endorsements from the former Texas governor and former US energy secretary, as well as several veterans groups. California, Iowa, Connecticut, Florida, New York, Virginia and Washington are also considering bills to allow for psychedelic treatments.

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A world-renowned addictions specialist claims that psychedelics have “potential to be the equivalent of a cure for cancer in the mental health space”

Documentary explores use of psychedelic drugs for mental health issues

In a new documentary, VeraCity: The Psychedelic Frontier, a world-renowned addictions specialist claimed that psychedelics have “potential to be the equivalent of a cure for cancer in the mental health space”. The documentary explores Canada’s leading research on psilocybin and follows a Toronto war hero’s journey to heal his mind from PTSD using a psychedelic plant called Iboga.

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A BC man no longer experiences panic attacks or other PTSD symptoms after microdosing psilocybin for 8 months

One man’s experience with magic mushrooms

A BC man claims that microdosing psilocybin for 8 months has eased his PTSD symptoms tremendously. The man states that he no longer experiences panic attacks and believes that psilocybin represents “freedom from being stuck in a dark place in your head”. The documentary VeraCity: The Psychedelic Frontier dives deeper into his journey through PTSD.

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Can psychedelics bring out trauma from the unconscious mind?

What psychedelics taught me about healing trauma

The psychedelic treatment revolution is shifting the model of psychiatry away from daily medication for mental health treatment, according to psychiatrist Dr. Craig Heacock. Heacock believes that mental health issues like depression, anxiety, addiction, and PTSD “are more often than not tied to a deep, and largely untouchable, river of trauma that lies beneath our reach in the unconscious mind”. Psilocybin therapy is proving to be an effective treatment option because it brings deeply repressed trauma to the surface so that patients can “begin to rework and reframe their experience without fear”.

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