- Although there are many treatment options, mental health disorders can be difficult to treat sometimes.
- For this reason, researchers have been looking at potential alternative treatments, including as psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin.
- A new study in rats from the University of Southern Denmark has found that microdosing on psilocybin may have a beneficial effect in treating mental health disorders.
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A study published in September 2023 estimates that approximately half the world’s population can expect to develop one or more mental health disorders by age 75.
While there are treatment options like psychotherapy,
For this reason, researchers have also been looking at alternative treatments that could help. One of these potential alternative treatments involved the use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin.
Now, a study from the University of Southern Denmark has found that microdosing on — or taking very small doses of — psilocybin may have a beneficial effect on mental health disorders. The researchers conducted their study in rat models.
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For this study — which was led by Kat Kiilerich, a doctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark — the researchers gave rats microdoses of psilocybin for 21 days.
After that time period, researchers discovered the rats tolerated the repeated microdoses of psilocybin well. They also did not show any signs of reduced pleasure, anxiety, or altered locomotor activity, which involves movement from one location to another.
Dr. Mikael Palner, associate professor, and head of the preclinical…
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