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In Conversation: Can Psychedelics Rewire a Depressed, Anxious Brain?

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Medical News Today

Adrian Jacques Ambrose, MD, MPH, FAPA, medical director of the Columbia Psychiatry Faculty Practice Organization, discusses the newest research into the neuroscience of anxiety and depression.

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Neuroscience
Inside the Dispute Over a High-Profile Psychedelic Study

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Vice

"There's no way that these drugs can meet the fantasized expectations that people have,” David Hellerstein, MD, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia, said in reference to psychedelics.

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Treatment
Psilocybin Found to Rapidly Improve Depression in Clinical Trial

Columbia Psychiatry is among the principal investigators in biotech Compass Pathways study of more than 200 patients.

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Depression
Go Slow on Psychedelics

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New York Times

"The unbridled enthusiasm and commercial momentum generated by psychedelics are excessive and ill advised until we have more sound research," writes Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.

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Treatment

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Psychedelics and Therapy

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WHYY

January 10, 2020

After a decades-long hiatus, researchers are taking a fresh look at the potential of psychedelics in therapy.

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Mental Health
Misplaced Ecstasy? Questioning The Role Of Psychedelics As Therapy

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Medscape

October 30, 2017

Ecstasy "needs to be looked at in a very careful and rigorously controlled way to accrue evidence showing what it can do and what its potential liability is," says Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.

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Mental Health
‘Psychedelic Sanctuary’ Will Help Drug Users Get Over Bad Trips

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New Scientist

By Rachel Yarmolinsky

January 18, 2017

While some people may benefit from sharing their experiences, others risk experiencing more trauma by recalling them, says Dr. Elias Dakwar, Columbia University’s Division on Substance Abuse.

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Mental Health