Experts assess role of therapists in psychedelic-assisted therapy

Acknowledging the barrage of research, media attention and capital investment focused on psychedelic compounds and the race to reach U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for such currently illegal drugs as psilocybin, nearly two dozen experts have weighed in on a new report that, among other things, calls attention to the critical role they said therapists play in the psychedelic-assisted therapy process.