DMT Can Quickly and Effectively Treat Depression, Early Research Suggests

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DMT can potentially reduce symptoms of depression without the need for lengthy integrated therapy sessions, according to a preliminary study published in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal.

Several large-scale clinical research studies have thoroughly established that psilocybin and other psychedelic medicines can effectively treat depression when combined with therapy. In most of these experiments, subjects met with therapists in a carefully-controlled environment designed to be as relaxing as possible. These studies generally combine an initial integration session, followed by a 6 to 8 hour therapy session conducted under the influence of psilocybin, and a subsequent follow-up visit.

Since these sessions require a highly controlled setting and constant supervision by specially-trained therapists, they tend to be extremely expensive and relatively time-consuming. And although psilocybin therapy has proven to be highly effective, the cost  and duration of these sessions puts them…