30 Sep PSILOCYBIN TREATMENT FOR CANCER ANXIETY STUDY PUBLISHED IN ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

The Archives of General Psychiatry has just published the report of Dr. Charles Grob’s experimental treatment of anxiety in cancer patients. You can view the abstract here:

Grob CS, Danforth AL, Chopra GS, Hagerty M, McKay CR, Halberstadt AL, Greer GR. (2011) Pilot Study of Psilocybin Treatment for Anxiety in Patients With Advanced-Stage Cancer. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;68(1):71-8.

The online publication in September, 2010 generated quite a bit of media attention, and here are links to some of the stories:

ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/ucla-study-finds-magic-mushrooms-curb-anxiety-advanced/story?id=11568335

FoxNews:   https://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/09/07/magic-mushrooms-ease-anxiety-cancer-study-finds/

New York Times:  https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/research/07brfs-MAGICMUSHROO_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=health

CNN:  https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/06/magic.mushrooms.ease.anxiety/index.html?hpt=Sbin

CNN:  https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/24/psychedelic.drugs.depression/index.html

LA TIMES:  https://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-magic-mushrooms-20100907,0,4230087.story