A question on #MentalIllness #Drugs tabled by Dr Al Pinkerton on 17-12-2024 has been answered by Andrew Gwynne.

Heading: Mental Illness: Drugs
Question ID: 1750767
UIN: 20768
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-12-17
Asking Member ID: 5288
Asking Member display name: Dr Al Pinkerton
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Dr Al Pinkerton
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of(a) the utilisation of psilocybin-based treatments for mental health conditions and (b) commissioning further research into the therapeu
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Date answered: 2025-01-03
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Answering Member ID: 1506
Answering Member display name: Andrew Gwynne
Answering Member handle: GwynneMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @GwynneMP
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Answer text: The Department recognises that the use of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, such as psilocybin, to treat mental illness is gaining attention both within the medical and scientific communities, as well as across the public more broadly. However, there ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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