Psilocybin therapy: A form of therapy that involves the use of psilocybin, a naturally-occurring psychedelic compound found in certain mushrooms.
The new study, publishing Aug. 24 in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, may be the first placebo-controlled trial to explore psilocybin as cure for excessive alcohol consumption, based on the study authors. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that excessive alcohol use kills roughly 95,000 Americans every year, often due to binge drinking…