Positive effects of psychedelics on depression and wellbeing scores in individuals reporting an eating disorder.
Eating and weight disorders : EWD May 1, 2021 M J Spriggs, H Kettner, R L Carhart-Harris
People with a lifetime eating disorder diagnosis who planned to take a psychedelic drug showed improvements in depression and psychological wellbeing two weeks afterward. Twenty-eight participants completed depression and wellbeing measures before and after a psychedelic experience; twenty-seven also reported on emotional breakthrough during the experience. Bayesian analyses indicated strong evidence for reduced depressive symptoms and increased wellbeing after the psychedelic experience, with marginal evidence linking emotional breakthrough to those improvements. The findings suggest positive psychological aftereffects relevant to eating disorder treatment and encourage further clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted therapy for eating disorders.