Psilocybin, A new hope in treating Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder presented by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight. The psychiatric disorder is a greater threat with no proven treatments to reverse core symptoms and no medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Psilocybin is a popular hallucinogenic chemical found in mushrooms known as magic mushrooms. Eating mushrooms that contain psilocybin can have a variety of effects, ranging from euphoria to hallucinations. The therapeutic effects of Psilocybin is yet to be evaluated for many such psychiatric disorders.
A new study in Nature Medicine by Stephanie Knatz Peck and team suggests that psilocybin therapy is effective safe, tolerable and acceptable for female AN, which can be a turning point with given physiological dangers and problems with treatment engagement. This is the first data report on the effects of psilocybin therapy in AN in a clinical research trial. This open-label pilot study examined the safety and tolerability of administering psilocybin therapy to participants with AN and pAN (partial remission).
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