psychology

  • What Do the New Rules About Psychedelic Medicine Mean for Patients?

    What Do the New Rules About Psychedelic Medicine Mean for Patients?

    Many people in Australia, including psychiatrists, were surprised when earlier this year the medicines regulator down-scheduled MDMA, known colloquially as ecstasy, and psilocybin, from magic mushrooms. This means that under certain circumstances from July 1, authorised psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin to treat depression that has…