Psilocybin + Mindfulness Shows Promise for Healthcare Worker Depression: Report

Psilocybin + mindfulness show promise for health care worker depression

Front-line health care workers struggling with depression after the COVID-19 pandemic experienced significant relief from a treatment combining psilocybin group therapy with mindfulness training, according to a new study from Huntsman Mental Health Institute at University of Utah Health. Doctors and nurses who received this controlled, group psilocybin therapy along with an eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program saw far greater im…

Psilocybin + Mindfulness Shows Promise for Healthcare Worker Depression: Report

Nearly half (46%) of healthcare workers who received psilocybin and meditation techniques were free of depression at 2 weeks, compared to just 8% who only did meditation