The combination of exercise and psychedelics for the treatment of major depressive disorder
Discover Mental Health March 7, 2026 Nicholas Fabiano, Brendon Stubbs, David W. Lawrence et al.
Upwards of 50% of people do not respond to the primary treatment modalities for major depressive disorder (MDD), which has led to increased attention and use of alternative methods, including exercise and psychedelics. While interventions using either exercise or psychedelics have demonstrated largely positive results in isolation, their synergistic potential has yet to be explored. As such,...