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Roberta Murphy

7 papers in the library · 1,928 citations · publishing 2021-2024

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Effect of psilocybin versus escitalopram on depression symptom severity in patients with moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder: observational 6-month follow-up of a phase 2, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

EClinicalMedicine September 23, 2024 David Erritzøe, Tommaso Barba, Kyle T. Greenway et al. 46 citations

The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust and by the founding partners of Imperial College London's Centre for Psychedelic Research.

Personality change in a trial of psilocybin therapy v. escitalopram treatment for depression.

Psychological Medicine 2024 Brandon Weiss, Induni Ginige, Lu Shannon et al. 38 citations

Psilocybin Therapy (PT) is being increasingly studied as a psychiatric intervention. Personality relates to mental health and can be used to probe the nature of PT's therapeutic action. In a phase 2, double-blind, randomized, active comparator controlled trial involving patients with moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder, we compared psilocybin with escitalopram, over a core 6-week trial...

Personality Change in a Trial of Psilocybin Therapy vs Escitalopram Treatment for Depression – CORRIGENDUM

Psychological Medicine July 19, 2023 Brandon Weiss, Induni Ginige, Lu Shannon et al. 1 citation

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ARC: a framework for access, reciprocity and conduct in psychedelic therapies

Frontiers in Psychology May 11, 2023 Hannah Thurgur, Meg J. Spriggs, Ashleigh Murphy-Beiner et al. 13 citations

The field of psychedelic assisted therapy (PAT) is growing at an unprecedented pace. The immense pressures this places on those working in this burgeoning field have already begun to raise important questions about risk and responsibility. It is imperative that the development of an ethical and equitable infrastructure for psychedelic care is prioritized to support this rapid expansion of PAT...

Therapeutic Alliance and Rapport Modulate Responses to Psilocybin Assisted Therapy for Depression

Frontiers in Pharmacology March 31, 2022 Roberta Murphy, Roberta Murphy, Hannes Kettner et al. 229 citations

Background: Across psychotherapeutic frameworks, the strength of the therapeutic alliance has been found to correlate with treatment outcomes; however, its role has never been formally assessed in a trial of psychedelic-assisted therapy. We aimed to investigate the relationships between therapeutic alliance and rapport, the quality of the acute psychedelic experience and treatment outcomes....

Therapeutic Alliance and Rapport Modulate Responses to Psilocybin Assisted Therapy for Depression

Frontiers in Pharmacology March 31, 2022 Roberta Murphy, Roberta Murphy, Hannes Kettner et al. 229 citations

Background: Across psychotherapeutic frameworks, the strength of the therapeutic alliance has been found to correlate with treatment outcomes; however, its role has never been formally assessed in a trial of psychedelic-assisted therapy. We aimed to investigate the relationships between therapeutic alliance and rapport, the quality of the acute psychedelic experience and treatment outcomes....

Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression

New England Journal of Medicine April 14, 2021 Robin Carhart-Harris, Bruna Giribaldi, Rosalind Watts et al. 1,372 citations

On the basis of the change in depression scores on the QIDS-SR-16 at week 6, this trial did not show a significant difference in antidepressant effects between psilocybin and escitalopram in a selected group of patients. Secondary outcomes generally favored psilocybin over escitalopram, but the analyses of these outcomes lacked correction for multiple comparisons. Larger and longer trials are...