{
  "id": 758249,
  "title": "VA Launches Psilocybin Trial For Veterans With Treatment-Resistant Depression",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/va-launches-psilocybin-trial-for-veterans-with-treatment-resistant",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/13/0426242/va-launches-psilocybin-trial-for-veterans-with-treatment-resistant-depression"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Longtime Slashdot reader sbinning shares a press release: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of a new clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of psilocybin to treat major depression in Veterans, including those with concurrent PTSD. The new trial comes after a recent executive order on \"Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness,\" which…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}