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Jul 17, 2026 Psychedelics

UCSD Is Testing Psilocybin Therapy for Physician Burnout

UC San Diego has an open trial giving psilocybin-assisted therapy to its own physicians dealing with burnout, tracking outcomes on the Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index. It's Phase 1/2, feasibility-and-safety stage, not proof the treatment works for burnout specifically. But it's a notable shift in who's being studied — not just depression or PTSD patients, but the clinicians treating them.

Read at ClinicalTrials.gov