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> The findings were somewhat lackluster: it found that the psychedelic was only marginally better than traditional treatments at relieving depression. Err, wha
by darawk 4y ago
> The findings were somewhat lackluster: it found that the psychedelic was only marginally better than traditional treatments at relieving depression.
Err, what? What could possibly be lackluster about that? A one time (or few times) treatment does marginally better than a daily pill? Even if taken at face value, that's a spectacular result.
- nostromo 4y agoThe actual paper states things more clearly. > In this trial the primary outcome did not differ significantly between the trial groups. > Secondary outcomes generally favored psilocybin over escitalopram; however, the confidence intervals for the between-group differences were not adjusted for multiple comparisons, and no conclusions can be drawn from these data.
- p_j_w 4y agoIt's also just one single study. Maybe there's more out there, but this article doesn't even remotely make the case that its headline implies.
- mtalantikite 4y agoAnother thing that stood out to me is that all participants actually received psilocybin, it’s just that one group took 25mg vs the ssri group that took 1mg. It’s certainly a very small dose, but it’s a powerful chemical that seems to have effects even at these microdose levels. It would have been nice to see a group that had no psilocybin at all.