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Depression treated with psychedelics in promising trials

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May 4, 2025

A Brazilian science team has turned a plant used in Indigenous rituals into a psychedelic depression treatment. The World Health Organization estimates that depression affects around 280 million people worldwide — about 5% of adults.

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