A single dose of the psychedelic substance psilocybin can provide rapid relief from depressive symptoms—within just a few days. This is shown by the first randomized, double-blind study in Sweden of psilocybin for depression. The effect persisted for over three months, according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
Always wondered how the fuck you do a double-blind with psychedelics. Like the participant isn’t going to know the difference between tripping balls (OK 25mg might not be that, but there’d be visuals with an eyemask and music most likely) and not (niacin). Pretty likely the psychologist is going to pick up on the Ooh, wow and Pretty!s and Oh my Gods as well. Still, an effort was made and it doesn’t discount the effects on depression.
They just don’t give them a visual inducing dose usually. Usually they are medicinal doses only
I’ve taken a lot of shrooms and doses between 3-4g and have never really seen visuals.
People can get drunk on alcohol free vodka.
I think there’s a good chance they’ll think they’re high if they’ve never gotten high before too.
Maaybe, but does niacin dilate pupils?
Humans can dilate their pupils.
But more importantly - do they have access to mirrors?
Reaching.
Mirrors ?, there’s a psychotherapist in the room during, remember? The mask has to come off sometime.
I was just saying that study design for this is tricky as hell to actually reach the bar of ‘double blind’.
Wait, aren’t they blind folded actually? It’s probably so the psychotherapist can’t see the pupils either
Edit: yes, they have an eye mask on