UT Dell Medical School launches psychedelic therapy research center
The Dell Medical School at UT-Austin launched the Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy on Dec. 16 — the first center in Texas to conduct clinical research on psychedelic drugs as mental health treatments.
The center aims to understand the potential of psychedelic drugs – such as psilocybin, ibogaine and ayahuasca – to treat mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder when used with a trained provider, said Greg Fonzo, a psychiatry and behavioral sciences assistant professor and co-director for the center.
“One of our basic hypotheses about why psychedelics might be helping people to recover from these various mental disorders is that they increase the brain’s plasticity, or its ability to rewire itself,” Fonzo said.
Although psychedelics are prohibited in most parts of the United States, the Texas House passed HB 1802, allowing studies on the use of alternative therapies – more specifically psychedelic therapy – to treat mental health conditions, Fonzo said.
Read more: https://thedailytexan.com/2022/01/27/ut-dell-medical-school-launches-psychedelic-therapy-research-center/
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