{"id":149493,"date":"2023-11-08T13:46:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=149493"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:46:03","slug":"psychedelics-to-treat-veterans-with-ptsd-research-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=149493","title":{"rendered":"Psychedelics to treat veterans with PTSD? Research underway…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Juliana Mercer is a Marine Corps veteran who served in both Iraq and in Afghanistan. To help address what she was going through after her return, Mercer traveled to a Central American country. A non-profit pointed the way leading Mercer to travel to where she could leverage magic mushrooms. today, she advocates for the use of psychedelic therapy for veterans experiencing mental health issues.<\/p>\n

From the Military Times:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“I have no doubt that we are currently witnessing how safe and responsible use of psychedelics is ushering in a revolutionary era for psychiatry and psychotherapy,” he added.<\/p>\n

Mercer expects the FDA to approve the treatment by next year, while psilocybin is four or five years behind it.<\/p>\n

The success of initial trials comes as a mental health crisis sweeps through veteran communities. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, one in 10 male veterans and nearly two in 10 female veterans suffer from PTSD.<\/p>\n

Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom suffer from near-epidemic levels of PTSD, as nearly 30% of those veterans say they have suffered from PTSD at some point in their lives.<\/p>\n

Suicide levels among veterans are higher than what the federal government once thought, too. America’s Warrior Partnership, in partnership with the University of Alabama and Duke University, found thousands of suspected or confirmed veteran suicides in eight states from 2014 to 2018 that were not counted by federal officials.<\/p>\n

If the study was replicated across other states, researchers believe that would increase the veteran suicide rate from 17 deaths a day — the VA’s official estimate — to 44 deaths a day.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are seven trials taking place across the country through the VA. But the problem, Mercer said, is that each study is philanthropically funded.<\/p>\n

“There’s no federal support, no federal funding on this treatment that has the potential to fix the veterans suicide epidemic and the PTSD problem,” Mercer said. “So we’re educating our lawmakers, telling them that we need to support the VA financially so that they can figure out how to basically roll out MDMA-assisted therapy as soon as it’s FDA-approved.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times has more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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