Are psychedelic drugs the solution to the ‘mental health crisis’, or just the latest manifestation of our ‘pill for every ill’ delusion?

The positioning of psychedelics as therapeutic agents for psychological conditions is just a continuation of the ‘pill for every ill’ mentality that has resulted in Australia, and other wealthy nations, becoming populations of chronic drug-takers.

And so, now that the ‘serotonin deficiency’/’biochemical imbalance’ hypothesis of depression has been comprehensively debunked, and the much-vaunted serotonin-modulating antidepressants are losing their sheen, the psychedelic-industrial complex is wheeling in the next miracle cure for human misery.

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https://robynchuter.substack.com/p/psychedelics-panacea-or-psychiatrys