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Dec 2023
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93. Psilocybin for Anorexia Nervosa with...

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David talks to Hannah, a 3rd year PhD student as she discusses her research into using psychedelics to treat eating disorders. She highlights how following personal experiences she came to find current treatment methods for anorexia were not sufficient and instead began conducting her own research with Imperial College London to investigate psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat eating disorders. Hannah explains the theories underlying this research as well as the neuroplasticity following from psilocybin which may increase its effectiveness in mental health treatment

 

Anorexia

Eating disorder 

Serotonin

ayahuasca

Psilocybin

Neuroplasticity

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