In a first-of-its kind clinical trial, a research team will treat 30 depressed medical professionals with a dose of synthetic psilocybin — a psychedelic drug — to see if the drug, along with psychotherapy, can reduce their mental anguish.
That medical researchers are turning toward psilocybin to treat colleagues is representative of a growing curiosity and acceptance of the drug among those in the medical establishment.
Back has experienced the anguish of treating Covid-19 patients. Back practices palliative care, which means he tries to help patients improve their quality of life and reduce suffering as they face serious illness. More than half of health workers said their mental health had gotten worse during the pandemic, according to a
Back has taken psilocybin himself and wrote about his experience for the Journal of Palliative Medicine. The experience broadened his perspective on end-of-life care, he said. Most of the promising studies are small and exclude people with histories of psychotic disorders or drug use, and it remains difficult to know how well the results those studied might translate to broader groups, they wrote.
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