Narrative therapy-assisted psilocybin use for treatment of depression

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Scott Edwards, Ph.D.

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Marriage and Family Therapy

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There is recent renewed interest in use of psychedelic drugs for treatment of psychiatric disorders, including serotonin agonists such as psilocybin, potentially providing a new approach to treatment. I hypothesize use of psilocybin in conjunction with narrative therapy will produce a substantial impact on symptoms of depression. Using a true experimental design, I will compare the influence of therapy-assisted psilocybin to treat depression against a control group, therapy-only treatment, and psilocybin-only treatment over the course of two months. The Beck Depression Index will be used at the beginning and end of the trial, with regression used for data analysis

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Narrative therapy-assisted psilocybin use for treatment of depression

There is recent renewed interest in use of psychedelic drugs for treatment of psychiatric disorders, including serotonin agonists such as psilocybin, potentially providing a new approach to treatment. I hypothesize use of psilocybin in conjunction with narrative therapy will produce a substantial impact on symptoms of depression. Using a true experimental design, I will compare the influence of therapy-assisted psilocybin to treat depression against a control group, therapy-only treatment, and psilocybin-only treatment over the course of two months. The Beck Depression Index will be used at the beginning and end of the trial, with regression used for data analysis

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