How Psilocybin Therapy Can Ease Depression

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🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Infectious disease doctor and researcher Dr. Lawrence Purpura discusses herd immunity and the coronavirus pandemic. Then, learn about how psilocybin therapy may be able to treat depression, and why credit card chips are safer than magnetic strips.

Additional resources from Dr. Lawrence Purpura:

Lawrence Purpura's publications on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Lawrence-Purpura-2115048786
Interview with Dr. Purpura about his upcoming appearance on NYT's "The Weekly": https://icap.columbia.edu/profile-icap-fellow-lawrence-purpura-to-feature-in-nyt-documentary-on-hulu-and-fx/
Columbia University's Division of Infectious Diseases: https://www.infectiousdiseases.cumc.columbia.edu/

What's the deal with psilocybin therapy by Kelsey Donk

Davis AK, Barrett FS, May DG, et al. Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy on Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online November 04, 2020. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2772630
Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin Relieves Major Depression, Study Shows. (2020, November 4). Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/psychedelic-treatment-with-psilocybin-relieves-major-depression-study-shows
Dessem, M. (2020, November 4). D.C. and Oregon Move to Decriminalize Shrooms. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/oregon-washington-dc-shrooms-psilocybin-decriminalized-measure-81-109-mushrooms.html
Psilocybin as a therapeutic treatment - Alcohol and Drug Foundation. (2018). Adf.org.au. https://adf.org.au/insights/psilocybin-therapeutic-treatment/
Lewis, T. (2020, January 16). Johns Hopkins Scientists Give Psychedelics the Serious Treatment. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/johns-hopkins-scientists-give-psychedelics-the-serious-treatment/
Treating Depression With Magic Mushrooms. (2019). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-food/201912/treating-depression-magic-mushrooms

Why Are Credit Card Chips Safer Than Magnetic Strips? by author Reuben Westmaas

TDECU. (2017). Why Are Chip Cards More Secure Than Swiping? Tdecu.org. https://blog.tdecu.org/why-are-chip-cards-more-secure-than-swiping
ITRC Data Breach Overview 2005 to 2017. (2018). Identity Theft Resource Center. https://www.idtheftcenter.org/images/breach/MultiYearOverview20052017.pdf

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from
0:05.2	Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Gough, and I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about how
0:09.7	silocybin therapy might be able to treat depression and why credit card chips are
0:14.5	safer than magnetic strips. But first infectious disease doctor and researcher
0:19.2	Dr. Lawrence Pupura is back to talk about herd immunity.
0:23.2	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:25.5	In the midst of a global pandemic,
0:27.4	people are looking for any way possible
0:29.9	to get the coronavirus under control. One idea that's come in and out of the
0:34.4	spotlight throughout the year is herd immunity. Proponents argue that
0:38.6	basically if we just let people become infected enough of the population will become immune to make the virus
0:44.7	die out on its own.
0:46.8	But according to our guests today, that's a very dangerous idea.
0:51.2	Dr. Lawrence Papora is a physician and researcher at Columbia University's
0:55.3	Division of Infectious Diseases where he's currently a co-investigator on a
0:59.5	number of studies in clinical trials on SARS-Cove 2 infection and treatment.
1:04.4	Here's his explanation of herd immunity.
1:07.2	So herd immunity is a term we learned in public health 101.
1:11.8	So I can think back to my public health 101.
1:12.6	So I can think back to my public health training
1:15.6	and first learning about what that means.
1:18.1	And I'm actually just very confused
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