Increased nature relatedness and decreased authoritarian political views after psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression.

Taylor Lyons Robin Lester Carhart-Harris

Published in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2018)

This pilot study suggests that psilocybin with psychological support might produce lasting changes in attitudes and beliefs. Although it would be premature to infer causality from this small study, the possibility of drug-induced changes in belief systems seems sufficiently intriguing and timely to deserve further investigation.

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