Can psychedelic compounds play a part in drug dependence therapy?
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Can psychedelic compounds play a part in drug dependence therapy?
After a 40-year hiatus there is now a revisiting of psychedelic drug therapy throughout psychiatry, with studies examining the drugs psilocybin, ketamine, ibogaine and ayahuasca in the treatment of drug dependence. Limitations to these therapies are both clinical and legal, but the possibility of improving outcomes for patients with substance dependency imposes an obligation to research this area.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.148031