# Could psychedelics help patients in therapy?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSaltLakeCity
- Speaker: Benjamin Lewis
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_lewis_could_psychedelics_help_patients_in_therapy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It's time to make psychiatry more psychedelic, says psychiatrist Benjamin Lewis. Sharing results from his clinical trial on psychedelic-assisted therapy, he highlights how group therapy paired with the safe use of psilocybin, a compound found in magic mushrooms, has the potential to improve mental health conditions like depression and burnout.

## Lectures

1. [Could psychedelics help patients in therapy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/benjamin_lewis_could_psychedelics_help_patients_in_therapy/e258fd1ce262), 13 min (TED's player)