In this file photo taken on August 28, 2020, a woman demonstrates what a patient would experience in a therapy room at Field Trip, a psychedelic therapy clinic in Toronto August 28, 2020. — AFP picOTTAWA, April 18 — To manage her stress and fears, Andrea Bird — who is suffering from terminal cancer — uses psychedelics, which are seeing a sudden re-emergence in Canada as a possible treatment for mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.
“I’m still dying,” she said matter-of-factly, but added that psilocybin “makes me feel like I can stand up.” Psychedelics have been used by indigenous peoples for millennia, but Western researchers only started delving into their properties and potential uses in earnest in the middle of last century. Researchers are studying the potential benefits of these substances for treating depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder , substance addictions and anorexia.
“We’re experiencing a revolution in psychiatry,” Alexandre Lehmann, a cognitive neuroscientist who teaches at McGill University in Montreal, told AFP. “We know that standard antidepressants don’t help a significant proportion of the population. In fact, more than 30 to 40 per cent simply don’t respond and require alternatives,” he said.
Animal studies suggest they enhance brain plasticity, helping to re-organise neural connections, he says.Psychedelics have low toxicity and are generally not addictive, but they can cause paranoia and anxiety attacks, especially in high doses. Researchers are still unsure about the addictive nature of MDMA, a derivative of amphetamines.
“Death showed up a couple of times, but it was not at all scary... it was just waiting for me,” she said of her first experience in late 2018. Several are listed on stock exchanges, notably in Toronto and New York, which already trade shares in numerous cannabis companies. The clinic is accessible to those whose depression or other mental disorder is clinically resistant to treatment, meaning patients must have already tried at least two types of conventional treatments.
“When I was going back down, there was an hour window where my emotions felt pure — what I had in mind came out without worry, I had no more filters.”Putting aside the hype and promising early results, the use of ketamine in mental health care is not universally backed. More generally, others note that there is still a lack of solid evidence on the benefits of psychedelics. They say more and larger clinical trials are needed.
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