Summary: Verywell Health explores the potential impact that psychedelics could have on healing trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with MAPS Founder Rick Doblin, Ph.D. “Doblin projected that interest and use of psychedelics will grow over the next several years, with legalization likely happening around 2035, explains Jennifer Chesak of Verywell Health. “The psychedelic renaissance will continue to unfold in the post-pandemic world as research—and potentially FDA approval—helps fine-tune how the compounds should be used to treat the traumas left in the wake of COVID-19.”
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Will We Turn to Psychedelics for Mental Health Treatment After the Pandemic?
The increasing presence of psychedelic-assisted therapy points to how mental health treatment may take place in the post-pandemic world.
