2023-07-29 10:28:35
According the results of this study, combined with psychological support, psilocybin proved to be highly effective for 4 out of 10 patients. Of the 10 patients withmental anorexia, 9 showed significant improvement following undergoing therapy with a combination of psilocybin. These patients reported a decrease in anxiety related to their weight, their figure and their diet. three months following the treatment, 4 of them were even in remission, not presenting no more major symptoms of this potentially fatal disease characterized by restrictive behaviors towards food (source 1).
One patient reported having for the first time saw his thinness in the mirror, thus breaking with his distorted perception of his body, which is at the heart of this pathology. According to Stephanie Knatz Peck, a psychologist at the University of California, the psilocybin would make it possible to get out of the rigid “mental organization” of anorexic patients by creating a kind of disconnectionthus promoting openness to new perspectives. Brain imaging studies have shown activation of areas related to thought pattern more flexible and creative, which might be beneficial for people stuck in hermetic thought patterns related to anorexia.
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