LSD, Special K and Ecstasy for better mental health!

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This story was published a few hours ago in Time magazine.

Is Ketamine a Quick Fix for Hard-to-Treat Depression? by John Cloud

I think the study authors would be a little more conservative in their reporting of the results however the people who end up in these experimental drug trials in the US are people with severe conditions where other treatments haven't worked and the prognosis is likely to be poor.

It follows another article written in Time magazine a fortnight ago.

Cloud, J. 2010, Ecstasy Shows Promise in Relieving PTSD

I also reported on LSD being used to treat mental ill health in an earlier blog post.

As Simon and Garkfunkel sung,

"Oh the times they are a changing."