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Benefits of 'magic mushroom' therapy long lasting

Patients given psilocybin report continued well-being a year later.

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Frood, A. Benefits of 'magic mushroom' therapy long lasting. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.934

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