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The mental healthcare crisis is escalating: Are Psychedelic Medicines the Solution? Can psychedelics health North America fight against anxiety, depression and addiction?

It is well known that during these unprecedented times of lockdowns and fear, our society’s mental health has taken a toll. Unfortunately, few realize how dire the situation has become.
In some respects, this pandemic has accelerated other health care crises: such as the addiction and overdose crisis, the depression crisis, and the anxiety crisis.
These crises can be hard to see when the illnesses are often hidden by those that are experiencing them, out of shame.

However, we can’t start talking about solutions to the problem until we see how big the problem is.
Therefore, in this episode, we are going to take a look at:
1. Some of the data regarding addiction, depression, and anxiety levels during the pandemic, and show you how stark this increase has been;

2. We will discuss a novel solution which has a lot of evidence backing it up: using psychedelics like magic mushrooms and LSD to treat these maladies of the mind;

Enjoy the episode!

Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:37 – Increased rates of Anxiety, Depression & Addiction in North America
6:24 – Psychedelic inspired medicines – potential solutions?

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Links:
Rates of addiction since the epidemic began:
https://www.kten.com/story/44309290/continued-increase-in-substance-abuse-after-pandemic

Rates of overdose:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2021/07/16/us-experiences-a-historic-spike-in-overdose-deaths-infographic/?sh5452ed443650&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1626828792173000&usg=AOvVaw3NuNLOX7F8X_pg9Uh0Rnhv

Rates of depression:
https://www.meetfieldtrip.com/news/news-details/2021/More-than-80-of-Americans-report-one-or-more-symptoms-of-depression-and-many-have-turned-to-substances-to-cope-with-negative-emotions-during-COVID-19-Pandemic-according-to-Field-Trip-Healths-First-Annual-State-of-Mind-Survey/default.aspx
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00175-z

Research into psychedelics as potential alternative treatments

Psilocybin: A potential treatment for depression:
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/psilocybin-therapy-major-depression-trial-results-johns-hopkins/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/219413/magic-mushroom-compound-performs-well-antidepressant/

Psilocybin : A potential cure for Smoking:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27441452/

Ibogaine: A potential cure for addiction:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00952990.2017.1310218

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In today’s episode, we discuss MindMed (Nasdaq: MNMD, NEO:MMED) and its Phase 2 LSD Trial Treating Anxiety Results.

MindMed (Nasdaq: MNMD, NEO:MMED) finally gave the world a glimpse into its LSD-as-medicine project today.

Speaking at the highly anticipated PSYCH Symposium in London, researchers Prof. Matthias Liechti and Dr. Friederike Holze presented topline data of a Phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, attempting to treat anxiety disorders with LSD in 46 patients. Patients received 200 µg (micrograms) of LSD, which is considered a large dose.

The results were very positive, though perhaps not paradigm shifting — yet.

The primary endpoint of the study was the reduction in anxiety levels 16 weeks after the administration of LSD. They measured this using a questionnaire called the State Trait Anxiety Inventory, better known by its acronym STAI. In short, a person can have a score between 0 and 63, with the higher the score, the worse the anxiety.

The study found that 65% of patients saw their anxiety levels drop by at least 30% from where they were before treatment, 16 weeks after dosing. This compared to only 9% of patients in the placebo arm reaching that 30% level. The average reduction in the STAI was 16.2 points.

Importantly, there was only one serious adverse event in the trial, which consisted of “acute transient anxiety and delusions” during the LSD experience. It does not appear that this patient had any troubles once the effects wore off. In sum, the administration of large doses of LSD appears to be very safe, even if one person did have a particularly bad experience during the dosing.

Furthermore, when looking at secondary variables that measure depression, anxiety and other major psychiatric symptoms (Hamilton Depression Scale, Beck Depression Index, Symptom-Check-List-90-R) the results “showed similarly rapid and sustained responses consistent with a lasting treatment effect.”

In sum, according to MindMed, the topline data demonstrates “the significant, rapid, durable, and beneficial effects of LSD and potential to safely mitigate symptoms of anxiety and depression.”

Interested in reading the article? Click here: 👇

MindMed’s Phase 2 LSD Trial Treating Anxiety Was a Success
https://psychedelicspotlight.com/mindmed-lsd-anxiety-phase-2-trial-psych-symposium/

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