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DVA chief psychiatrist ‘cautiously’ optimistic after decision to fund psychedelic therapy for veterans

However, Professor Jon Lane says psychedelic-assisted therapy must not be 'divorced from everyday care'.

“The veteran community has a long history of looking for the magic-pill cure for mental health conditions,” says Department of Veterans’ Affairs chief psychiatrist Associate Professor Jon Lane.

“We all wish we had that.”

Professor Lane has no illusions about the newly subsidised treatment option of psychedelic-assisted therapy being a magic pill. However, he is cautiously optimistic.

The department announced in October it would fund MDMA for PTSD and psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression.

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