We Need New Drugs For Mental Ill-health | Letter

It is not only veterans and emergency workers surviving pinch post-traumatic accent upset who could use if ministers heed nan telephone from Sir Nick Carter (Ex-British service main calls connected ministers to backmost MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans, 1 February). Thousands of group who person awesome intelligence illness, and those dealing pinch bereavement and trauma, could beryllium helped too.

The shocking deficiency of advancement successful processing transformative psychiatric medicines, and a dearth of invention has near clinicians pinch fewer weapons successful their armoury to relieve intelligence pain. Families and group scarred by semipermanent distress show america they are hopeless for caller treatments and therapies.

At nan Prince of Wales International Centre for Sane Research, our investigation centre successful Oxford, we big objective tests researching nan aesculapian usage of innovative interventions specified arsenic esketamine and cannabidiol for psychiatric ill-health.

The authorities must prioritise investigation into replacement and much effective treatments, alternatively than relying connected narcotics invented and first made disposable complete 60 years ago.
Marjorie Wallace
Chief executive, Sane