STOUGHTON, Mass. Ariana Sutton, a dancer and mother of three whose husband is a Massachusetts police officer, took her own life May 31 after giving birth to twins. Her family is asking for community support to raise awareness of postpartum depression. Catherine Sutton, Ariana’s sister-in-law, said the family wants to make sure mothers aren’t ashamed to look after their own mental health. “It’s so important that you ask for help,” she said. “If another family is able to avoid what we’re going through right now, our story is worth sharing.”…
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Largest Phase 3 Trial of Psilocybin for Depression Has Begun | Psychedelic spotlight
As our social fabric is unraveling and rates of depression continue to rise, affecting an estimated 310 million people worldwide, psilocybin research has given us a glimmer of hope that things may be changing for the better. The largest Phase 3 clinical trial investigating the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of psilocybin as a treatment for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) has finally begun. In late 2022, Compass Pathways announced that their Phase 3 program, consisting of two separate pivotal studies involving a total of 946 participants and one long-term follow-up study, would…
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