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More Therapy Hours Don't Clearly Improve Psilocybin Outcomes

More Therapy Hours Don't Clearly Improve Psilocybin Outcomes

Psilocybin mushrooms

What they found

A meta-analysis of 16 studies found large benefits of psilocybin therapy for depression but no link to therapy hours.

A meta-analysis of 16 studies found large benefits of psilocybin therapy for depression but no link to therapy hours.

The number

long-term (d = 2.10)

How solid is it?

Strong human

Strong human

Meta-analysis/systematic review

Meta-analysis/systematic review

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Compound

psilocybin

psilocybin

Sample size

16 studies

16 studies

Published in

General Hospital Psychiatry

General Hospital Psychiatry

Covered in Shroom Scan

Section

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Therapy Time

Therapy Time

A meta-analysis of 16 studies on psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression found large benefits in both short-term (d = 1.69) and long-term (d = 2.10) outcomes, but no clear link between the number of therapy hours (4.5–18 h) and treatment success. While all studies included some therapy, differences in methods and reporting make it hard to rule out its role, highlighting the need for more standardized, rigorous research on how therapy dose impacts psychedelic treatment results.

A meta-analysis of 16 studies on psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression found large benefits in both short-term (d = 1.69) and long-term (d = 2.10) outcomes, but no clear link between the number of therapy hours (4.5–18 h) and treatment success. While all studies included some therapy, differences in methods and reporting make it hard to rule out its role, highlighting the need for more standardized, rigorous research on how therapy dose impacts psychedelic treatment results.

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