Psilocybin ‘curbs heavy drinking’ in patients with alcohol use disorder
The first randomised, placebo-controlled trial of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for patients with alcohol dependence produced robust results, according to researchers
Psilocybin holds promise as an add-on treatment for patients with alcohol use disorder, halving heavy drinking days compared with placebo in a novel trial, psychiatrists say.
The addition of two sessions of psychedelic drug therapy to 12 weeks of psychotherapy produced superior outcomes to talking therapies alone, they found in the double-blinded, randomised trial of 95 patients.
