LSD Research for Treatment of Anxiety and Depression

http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/ptsd-trauma-and-stressor-related/psychedelics-promising-for-anxiety-depression-addiction-and-ptsd/article/437635/ A small trial conducted in 2014 in Switzerland demonstrated the potential for LSD-assisted psychotherapy to reduce anxiety stemming from terminal illness. At two-month follow-up, participants who were randomly assigned to treatment with LSD showed significant reductions in state anxiety. At one-year follow-up, participants in the LSD group demonstrated sustained therapeutic benefit with no acute…