PSYCHEDELICS

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder with growing impact worldwide. Depression and anxiety are common in PD and linked to poor quality of life and high health care costs. Unfortunately, treatment options for patients are limited. Though previous studies have found that psilocybin may be helpful for people with depression and anxiety, all of these studies have excluded patients with PD or any other neurodegenerative disorder. As a result, we lack critical information about the safety, tolerability, and feasibility of this treatment for people living with PD. In this study, our goal is to fill that gap. If successful, this project will lay the groundwork for a larger randomized placebo-controlled study of psilocybin therapy for treating PD-associated depression and anxiety... We combine innovative basic and clinical research approaches to answer key questions about the mechanisms, safety, and efficacy of psychedelics for specific health conditions. Our..

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